250px, Thanarat Road in the area of Mu Si Mu Si ( th, หมูสี, ) is 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'' ...

'' (subdistrict) of Pak Chong District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province,

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Description

Mu Si is an area adjacent to the

Khao Yai National Park Khao Yai National Park ( th, อุทยานแห่งชาติเขาใหญ่, , ) is a national park in Thailand. Established in 1962 as Thailand's first national park, it is the third largest national park in Thailand. Descri ...

, the largest and most fertile forest in the country. Therefore, there are often wild animals such as

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s invading to find food in the farmland of the locals. The term ''"Mu Si"'' is the name of a native

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types.

Geography

Most of the area is plain at the foothills, with an area of 109.19 square kilometers or 68,244.50

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or 378 square kilometers (including Khao Yai National Park). Surrounding areas include (from north clockwise): Nong Nam Daeng and Khanong Phra in its district, Pong Talong in its district,

Nakhon Nayok Nakhon Nayok City is a capital of Nakhon Nayok province in the central region of Thailand. The city (''thesaban mueang'') covers ''tambon'' Nakhon Nayok and parts of Tha Chang, Ban Yai, Wang Krachom, and Phrom Ni of Mueang Nakhon Nayok distric ...

and

Prachinburi Prachinburi ( th, ปราจีนบุรี, , ) is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in central Thailand, capital of Prachinburi Province. It covers the entire tambon Na Mueang of the Mueang Prachinburi District (city district). As of 2000, the ...

Provinces, Phaya Yen in its district, respectively.

Transportation

Thanarat Road (Highway 2090) is a main thoroughfare that cuts through the area including Khao Yai National Park. The road bridging Mu Si with Nakhon Nayok and Prachinburi Provinces.

Administration

Mu Si is governed by the Subdistrict-Municipality Mu Si (เทศบาลตำบลหมูสี). The area also consists of 19 administrative 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 ...

'').

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* Tambon of Nakhon Ratchasima province {{Coord, 14.534, N, 101.379111, E, type:isle, display=title