Hua Sai ( th, หัวไทร, ) 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 ...
'') in the southeastern part of
Nakhon Si Thammarat province,
southern Thailand
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Geography
Southern Thailand is on the Malay Peninsula, with an area of around , bounded ...
.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise):
Ranot of
Songkhla province;
Khuan Khanun and
Pa Phayom of
Phatthalung province;
Cha-uat,
Chian Yai, and
Pak Phanang
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Places
* Pakistan (country code PAK)
* Pak, Afghanistan
* Pak Island, in the Admiralty Islands group of Papua New Guinea
* Pak Tea House, a café in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Arts and entertainment
* PAK (band), an Am ...
of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. To the east is the
Gulf of Thailand
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.
History
The district was established in 1904, then named Khao Phang Krai (เขาพังไกร), as the administrative center was in ''tambon'' Khao Phang Krai. When the center was moved in 1906 to ''tambon'' Hua Sai, the district was renamed accordingly. In 1924 the district was reduced to a minor district (''
king 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 ...
'') under
Pak Phanang district. In the same year the district office was moved to its present location in village eight of ''tambon'' Hua Sai. In 1937 the district regained full district status.
Administration
The district is divided into 11 sub-districts (''
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'' ...
s''), which are further subdivided into 99 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''). Hua Sai is a township (''
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 ''tambons'' Hua Sai and Na Saton. There are a further 11 tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
References
External links
amphoe.com*http://www.huasai.go.th Hua Sai TAO (Thai)
Districts of Nakhon Si Thammarat province
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