Khlong Hat ( th, คลองหาด, ) 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

Sa Kaeo province Sa Kaeo ( th, สระแก้ว, ) is one of the 76 provinces (''changwat'') and lies in eastern Thailand about 200 km from Bangkok. Neighboring provinces are (from south clockwise) Chanthaburi, Chachoengsao, Prachinburi, Nakhon Ratcha ...

, eastern

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History

The area originally was a forest with plenty of Mahat (Thai: ) or Lakooch tree (''

Artocarpus lakoocha ''Artocarpus lacucha'', also known as monkey jack or monkey fruit, is a tropical evergreen tree species of the family Moraceae. It is distributed throughout the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The tree is valued for its wood; its fruit ...

'') along the canals (

khlong A ''khlong'' ( th, คลอง, ), alternatively spelt as ''klong'' () commonly refers to a canal in Thailand. These canals are spawned by the rivers Chao Phraya, Tha Chin, and Mae Klong, along with their tributaries particularly in the low-ly ...

). When people moved there, they named the village Ban Khlong Mahat. Later the name was shortened to Ban Khlong Hat. In 1984 Cambodian refugees fleeing from the civil war migrated to the area of Khlong Hat. The Thai government separated the four sub-districts Khlong Hat, Thai Udom, Sap Makrut, and Sai Diao from

Watthana Nakhon district Watthana Nakhon (, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the central part of Sa Kaeo province, eastern Thailand. History Watthana Nakhon is an ancient city. Established before 1917 and originally named Watthana, it was a minor district (''king amphoe'' ...

and created 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 ...

'') for better administration, effective 15 January 1985. It was upgraded to a full district on 21 May 1990.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Soi Dao of Chanthaburi province, Wang Sombun, Wang Nam Yen, Watthana Nakhon, and

Aranyaprathet Aranyaprathet (Thai: อรัญประเทศ) is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in Sa Kaeo province in eastern Thailand . It covers the entire ''tambon'' of Aranyaprathet, in Aranyaprathet district. As of 2005, the town has 16,937 inhabitant ...

of Sa Kaeo Province. To the east is Battambang province of

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

. A

border crossing Border control refers to measures taken by governments to monitor and regulate the movement of people, animals, and goods across land, air, and maritime borders. While border control is typically associated with international borders, it a ...

into Cambodia is in the eastern part of the district near the village of Ban Khao Din. The checkpoint on the Cambodian side of the border is in the town of

Sampov Loun Sampov Loun District ( km, សំពៅលូន) is a district (''srok'') of Battambang Province, in northwestern Cambodia. Administration The district is subdivided into six communes (''khum Administrative divisions of Cambodia have sev ...

Administration

The district is divided into seven 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 69 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''). There are no municipal (''

thesaban 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 ...

'') areas. There are a further seven tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

References

External links

amphoe.com
Khlong Hat Cambodia–Thailand border crossings {{SaKaeo-geo-stub