Mueang Yasothon ( th, เมืองยโสธร, ) is the capital 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 ...

northeastern Thailand 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 ...

on the

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. Sub-district Nai Mueang (, 'in the town') defines the

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of the

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Yasothon Yasothon ( th, ยโสธร, ) is a town on the Chi River in the north-eastern region of Thailand. It is the capital and administrative center of Yasothon province and seat of its city district. In this district, subdistrict Nai Mueang ( 'in ...

History

According to the chronicles of Mueang Yasothon, in 1795 Phra Chao Worawongsa (Phra Wo), Minister of

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, and several others set off to live with the king of Champassak. Along the way they came to a jungle where spirits dwelt, and seeing that it was a good place, they built a village there next to the grounds of an abandoned

wat A wat ( km, វត្ត, ; lo, ວັດ, ; th, วัด, ; khb, 「ᩅᨯ᩠ᨰ」(waD+Dha); nod, 「ᩅ᩠ᨯ᩶」（w+Da2)) is a type of Buddhist temple and Hindu temple in Cambodia, Laos, East Shan State, Yunnan, the Southern Provi ...

. They called it ''Wat Singh Tha'' (), which remains to this day. The village they called '' Ban Singh Tha'' ().

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is a mythical lion; ''tha'' () means 'pose'. A marker for a chedi erected by Wat Singh Tha says that, during the

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Period, grandson Kham Su () called the settlement Ban Singh Thong (). The

, which had been deserted with dense jungle blocking the way to the river landing, was re-built and renamed after the new village. The change from ''thong'' ('gold') to ''tha'' () was influenced by two factors: ''tha'' means 'port' or 'landing' and also means 'pose' with many connotations. Thus the change in name to ''Singh Tha'' means 'port lion' and also 'imposing lion' such as those posed on the Lion Gate, and on pedestals on the temple grounds. In 1814, King

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renamed Ban Singh Tha to Yasothon and raised its status to ''

mueang Mueang ( th, เมือง ''mɯ̄ang'', ), Muang ( lo, ເມືອງ ''mɯ́ang'', ; Tai Nuea: ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ''muang''), Mong ( shn, ''mə́ŋ'', ), Meng () or Mường (Vietnamese), were pre-modern semi-independent city-states or principali ...

''. Yasothon was the national winner of the

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's 2018 "One Planet City Challenge". The municipality was lauded for its efforts to curb

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, by means of recycling efforts and transport initiatives.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Sai Mun, Kut Chum, Pa Tio and Kham Khuean Kaeo of Yasothon Province; Phanom Phrai and Selaphum of Roi Et province.

Administration

The district is divided into 18 sub-districts (''

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s''), which are further subdivided into 190 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 ...

''). The town (''

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'')

covers the entire ''tambon'' Nai Mueang. There are a further 17 tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

Education

Private schools in Mueang Yasothon: * Santitham Wittayakom Primary School —

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() The secondary schools in Mueang Yasothon are: * Yasothon Phitthayakhom School * Yasothon Phitthayasan School College in Mueang Yasothon * Yasothon Technical College วิทยาลัยเทคนิคยโสธร

Military

Camp

Bodindecha ''Chao Phraya'' Bodindecha ( th, เจ้าพระยาบดินทรเดชา, km, ចៅ ឃុន បឌិន, 13 January 1776 – 24 June 1849), personal name Sing Sinhaseni (), was a prominent military figure of the early Rat ...

() is west of the city proper in Ban Doet () Tambon Doet, on

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23 (Chaeng Sanit Road ). The camp has been home to the

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16th Infantry Regiment () since 23 December 1985.

References

External links

Official government page
of Mueang Yasothon {{Amphoe Yasothon Mueang Yasothon