Loeng Nok Tha ( th, เลิงนกทา, ) is a district 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 ...
in northeastern
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...
. Loeng Nok Tha town, the administrative center of the district, lies 69 km from
Mueang Yasothon, and approximately 600 km from
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...
.
History
Loeng Nok Tha was established as 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 jurisdiction of
Mueang Amnat Charoen district in
Ubon Ratchathani province on 1 September 1937. It then consisted of the three ''tambons'' Kut Chiang Mi, Bung Kha, and Som Pho.
On 1 November 1947, Loeng Nok Tha was elevated to district (''amphoe'') status in Ubon Ratchathani Province.
When Yasothon was established as a province in 1972, Loeng Nok Tha was one of six districts reassigned to the new province.
Etymology
The name ''Loeng Nok Tha'' consists of two parts:
:''Loeng'',
Isan
Northeast Thailand or Isan (Isan/ th, อีสาน, ; lo, ອີສານ; also written as Isaan, Isarn, Issarn, Issan, Esan, or Esarn; from Pali ''īsānna'' or Sanskrit ईशान्य ''īśānya'' "northeast") consists of 20 provin ...
for a 'low-lying swampy basin'.
:''Nok'' (
fowl
Fowl are birds belonging to one of two biological orders, namely the gamefowl or landfowl (Galliformes) and the waterfowl (Anseriformes). Anatomical and molecular similarities suggest these two groups are close evolutionary relatives; together ...
) ''Tha'' (painted), Isan for a species of bird similar to the
guineafowl
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.
The area of Loeng Nok Tha is so called because there once were large numbers of ''nok tha'' living around the swamps of the region, but they have now disappeared almost entirely as a result of human habitation; not to be confused with similarly named Tambon ''Nong'' ('fen') Nok Tha (Thai: หนองนกทา) in
Khemarat district, Ubon Ratchatani Province; or ''None'' ('hill') Nok Tha (Thai:โนนนกทา) a
Thai prehistoric archaeological site in
Phu Wiang district
Phu Wiang (, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the northwestern part of Khon Kaen province, northeastern Thailand.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the northeast clockwise): Ubolratana, Nong Ruea, Chum Phae, Wiang Kao, Nong Na Kham o ...
, Khon Kaen Province.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise)
Nong Sung,
Nikhom Kham Soi, and
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 (''king ...
of
Mukdahan province;
Chanuman and
Senangkhanikhom of
Amnat Charoen province;
Thai Charoen and
Kut Chum of Yasothon Province; and
Nong Phok of
Roi Et province.
Administration
The district is divided into 10 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''), incorporating 143 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'').
Education
Secondary schools
*Loeng Nok Tha School (โรงเรียนเลิงนกทา)
*Hong Saeng Witthayakhom School (โรงเรียนห้องแซงวิทยาคม)
*Bung Kha Witthayakhom School (โรงเรียนบุ่งค้าวิทยาคม)
*Si Kaeo Pracha San School (โรงเรียนศรีแก้วประชาสรรค์)
*Na Prong Pracha San School (โรงเรียนนาโปร่งประชาสรรค์)
Colleges
*Loeng Nok Tha College (วิทยาลัยการอาชีพเลิงนกทา)
References
{{Authority control
Districts of Yasothon province