Thai Charoen ( th, ไทยเจริญ, ) 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
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.
History
Thai Charoen, formerly a sub-district (''
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'' ...
'') of
Loeng Nok Tha, was established as a minor district (''
king amphoe'') on 1 April 1992, consisting of five sub-districts formerly of Loeng Nok Tha.
On 11 October 1997, Thai Charoen was raised to 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 ...
'') status, becoming Yasothon's ninth and Thailand's 784th district.
The area has been home to the
Roman Catholic
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
St Michael's Church, Songyae
St Michael's Church, Songyae ( th, วัดอัครเทวดามีคาแอล ซ่งแย้; ) is a
Roman Catholicism in Thailand, Roman Catholic parish church in the Isan, northeastern Thai village of Nong Songyae, Kham Toei S ...
, since 1908.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise):
Pa Tio,
Kut Chum, and
Loeng Nok Tha, of Yasothon Province;
Senangkhanikhom and
Mueang Amnat Charoen of
Amnat Charoen province.
Administration
The district is divided into five 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''), and 48 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
The secondary schools in Thai Charoen are:
*Kham Toei Witthaya School (โรงเรียนคำเตยวิทยา)
*Nam Kham Witthaya School (โรงเรียนน้ำคำวิทยา)
*
Songyae Wittaya (โรงเรียนซ่งแย้วิทยา)
References
External links
ThaiCharoen.net(in Thai).
amphoe.com
{{Amphoe Yasothon
Districts of Yasothon province