Khuan Don ( th, ควนโดน, ) is a district (''
amphoe
An amphoe (sometimes also ''amphur'', th, อำเภอ, )—usually translated as "district"—is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Groups of ''amphoe'' or districts make up the provinces, and are analogous to countie ...
'') of
Satun province, southern
Thailand.
History
The old name of Khuan Don was Duson (ดุสน), which is derived from its original Malay name, ''Dusun'' (Jawi: دوسون).
Khuan Don was a minor district (''
king amphoe'') before it was merged to be a part of
Mueang Satun district. On 1 February 1977 the government separated Tambon Khuan Don and Khuan Sato to re-establish a minor district. It was upgraded to a full district on 1 January 1988.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise)
Mueang Satun,
Tha Phae and
Khuan Kalong of Satun Province;
Sadao of
Songkhla province; and the state
Perlis of
Malaysia.
The district is on the
Malaysia-Thailand border. The border crossing is at the
Wang Prachan
Wang Prachan ( th, วังประจัน, ) is a sub-district (''tambon'') of Khuan Don District, Satun Province of Thailand, at the boundary to Malaysia.
Thai Hwy 4181, which passes through the sub-district, connects Satun with Wang Keli ...
(Satun, Thailand) -
Wang Kelian
Wang Kelian is a village in Perlis, Malaysia located on the Malaysia-Thailand Border. The village was popular with tourists as it was the location of a border market which straddles both sides of the border. However, it has lost it popularity fol ...
(Perlis, Malaysia) border posts.
The important water resource is the Duson river (''Sungai Dusun'' in
Malay
Malay may refer to:
Languages
* Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore
** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century
** Indonesi ...
which was the original name of the river). The area near the boundary is part of the
Thale Ban National Park.
Administration
The district is divided into four sub-districts (''
tambons''), which are further subdivided into 30 villages (''
muban
Muban ( th, หมู่บ้าน; , ) is the lowest administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74,944 administrative mu ...
''). The sub-district municipality (''
thesaban tambon'') of Khuan Don covers parts of ''tambons'' Khuan Don, Khuan Sato, and Yan Sue. There are a further four tambon administrative organizations (TAO) responsible for the non-municipal areas.
References
External links
amphoe.com
Districts of Satun province
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