Phak Hai (, ) 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 northwestern part of
Ayutthaya province, central
Thailand
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.
History
Historically, the district was named ''Khwaeng'' Sena Yai, which became converted to an ''amphoe'' at the end of the 19th century. In 1917, the name of district was changed to be Phak Hai after the central ''tambon''.
The name Phak Hai comes from the
Nirat
file:Samut Khoi 2.jpg, 300px, ''Samut Thai'', a traditional medium for recordation and transmission of Thai and other literature in mainland Southeast Asia
Thai literature is the literature of the Thai people, almost exclusively written in the T ...
''Suphan'' by
Sunthorn Phu
Phra Sunthorn Vohara (Phu) ( th, พระสุนทรโวหาร (ภู่), , ; 26 June 1786 – 1855), known as Sunthorn Phu ( th, สุนทรภู่, , ), is Thailand's best-known royal poet. He wrote during the Rattanakosin pe ...
, which refers to a village named Ban Pak Hai. The spelling has changed however now, so it can also mean a kind of plant (''
Momordica charantia
''Momordica charantia'' (commonly called bitter melon; Goya; bitter apple; bitter gourd; bitter squash; balsam-pear; with many more names listed below) is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceae, widely grown in Asia, Afr ...
'') that grows in swamps.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise)
Wiset Chai Chan and
Pa Mok of
Ang Thong province;
Bang Ban,
Sena, and
Bang Sai of Ayutthaya Province; and
Bang Pla Ma, and
Mueang Suphanburi of
Suphanburi province.
Administration
The district is divided into 16 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'' ...
''), which are further subdivided into 128 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 ...
'').
In media
Phak Hai is the setting of a Thai country song, (''
luk thung''), titled ( th, สาวผักไห่; ) 'Phak Hai Girl'). It has been popular since around 1970s.
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References
External links
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