Ban Khok ( th, บ้านโคก, ) is the northeasternmost 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 Uttaradit province, northern Thailand.

History

The minor district ('' king amphoe'') Ban Khok was established on 1 July 1977, when the two ''tambon'' Ban Khok and Muang Chet Ton were split off from

Fak Tha district Fak Tha (, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Uttaradit province, northern Thailand. History The minor district ('' king amphoe'') Fak Tha was established in 1937 as a subordinate of Nam Pat district. On 22 July 1958 it was upgraded to a full distr ...

. Sub-districts Na Khum and Bo Bia were created in 1986. On 12 August 1987 it was upgraded to a full district. In 1984 a boundary dispute with neighboring Laos over the exact location of the watershed between the Mekong and the Nan Rivers led to an armed dispute between the two countries. The disputed area of 19 km², covering three villages and about 1000 inhabitants, was finally given to Laos.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise)

Nam Pat Nam Pat ( th, น้ำปาด, ) is a watercourse in Thailand, part of the Chao Phraya River basin. It joins the Nan River The Nan River ( th, แม่น้ำน่าน, , ) is a river in Thailand. It is one of the most important tributa ...

and

Fak Tha Fak Tha ( th, ฟากท่า, ) is a village and '' tambon'' (sub-district) of Fak Tha District Fak Tha (, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Uttaradit province, northern Thailand. History The minor district ('' king amphoe'') Fak Tha was esta ...

of Uttaradit Province, Na Muen and Na Noi of Nan province. To the east is Xaignabouli province of

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

. The main river of the district is the

Pat River The rivière à Pat (''in English: Pat River'') is a tributary on the east bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. It crosses the municipalities of Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick, Sainte-Séraphine and Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton in the Arthabaska Re ...

, a tributary of the Nan River. The district is in the Luang Prabang Range mountain area of the Thai highlands. ดร.กระมล ทองธรรมชาติ และคณะ, สังคมศึกษา ศาสนาและวัฒนธรรม ม.1, สำนักพิมพ์ อักษรเจริญทัศน์ อจท. จำกัด, 2548, หน้า 24-25

Administration

The district is divided into four sub-districts ('' tambon''), which are further subdivided into 28 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 ...

''). Ban Khok is a sub-district municipality ('' thesaban tambon'') which covers the whole of ''tambon'' Ban Khok. There are a further three tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

References

External links

amphoe.com
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