Sawang Arom ( th, สว่างอารมณ์, ) 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 northern part of
Uthai Thani province, northern
Thailand.
History
This area was originally called ''Ban Sawang Chaeng Sabai Chai''. In a Thai-Burmese war of
Ayutthaya era, the troops began fighting in the
Lat Yao district area at night and finished at the village in the morning. To commemorate this battle the government renamed the village ''Sawang Arom'' in 1961.
The Sawang Arom minor district (''
king amphoe'') was established in 1960 as a subordinate of
Thap Than district by splitting off four sub-districts from Thap Than. It was upgraded to a full district in 1963.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise)
Thap Than,
Lan Sak of Uthai Thani Province,
Lat Yao and
Krok Phra of
Nakhon Sawan province.
Administration
The district is divided into five sub-districts (''
tambons''), which are further subdivided into 64 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''). Sawang Arom is a sub-district municipality (''
thesaban tambon'') which covers parts of ''tambon'' Sawang Arom. There are a further five
tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
References
External links
amphoe.com(Thai)
Sawang Arom
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