Don Tan (, ) is the southeasternmost 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 Mukdahan province, northeastern

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History

Originally Don Tan was a ''

tambon ''Tambon'' ( th, ตำบล, ) is a local governmental unit in Thailand. Below district (''amphoe'') and province (''changwat''), they form the third administrative subdivision level. there were 7,255 tambons, not including the 180 ''khwaeng'' ...

'' of Mukdahan district, Nakhon Phanom province. Don Tan was upgraded to a minor district ('' king amphoe'') in 1963, which was further upgraded to a full district in 1974. When the government established Mukdahan Province in 1982, Don Tan district was assigned to be a district of the new province.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the southeast clockwise) Chanuman of Amnat Charoen province; Loeng Nok Tha of

Yasothon province Yasothon province ( th, ยโสธร, ), one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (''changwat''), lies in central northeastern Thailand also called Isan. The province was established by the revolutionary council of Field Marshal Thanom Kittika ...

; Nikhom Kham Soi and Mueang Mukdahan of Mukdahan Province. To the east across the Mekong River is the Laotian province of

Savannakhet Savannakhet (ສະຫວັນນະເຂດ), officially named Kaysone Phomvihane ( lo, ໄກສອນ ພົມວິຫານ; th, ไกสอน พมวิหาน) since 2005 and previously known as ''Khanthaboury'' (ຄັນທະ ...

. The important water resource is the Mekong River.

Administration

The district is divided into seven sub-districts (''

s''), which are further subdivided into 62 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 ...

s''). Don Tan is a sub-district municipality (''

thesaban tambon Thesaban ( th, เทศบาล, , ) are the municipalities of Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities: city, town, and sub-district. Bangkok and Pattaya are special municipal entities not included in the ''thesaban'' system. The mu ...

'') which covers parts of the ''tambon'' Don Tan. There are a further seven tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

References

External links

amphoe.com
(Thai)

Don Tan Don Tan (, ) is the southeasternmost district (''amphoe'') of Mukdahan province, northeastern Thailand. History Originally Don Tan was a ''tambon'' of Mukdahan district, Nakhon Phanom province. Don Tan was upgraded to a minor district ('' kin ...

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