Lahan Sai District

Lahan Sai () is a district (Amphoe) in the southern part of Buriram Province, northeastern Thailand.

History

Lahan Sai area was originally part of Nang Rong district. The area was fertile and covered by dense forest, so people from neighboring districts moved to establish new village there. When the community grew bigger, the government created a minor district (King Amphoe) on January 1 1961 to make it more comfortable for the citizen to reach public services. The new district covered the tambon Lahan Sai and Pakham. It was upgraded to a full district on July 17, 1963.

Etymology

Lahan Sai means plain fertile width Hog Deers (Axis porcinus).

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the southwest clockwise) Ta Phraya of Sa Kaeo Province, Non Din Daeng, Pakham, Nang Rong, Chaloem Phra Kiat, Prakhon Chai and Ban Kruat of Buriram Province. To the southeast it borders the province Oddar Meancheay of Cambodia.The Sankambeng Range mountainous area is located in the southern section of this district.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 6 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 95 villages (muban). Lahan Sai is a subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambon Lahan Sai. Ta Chong, Samrong Mai and Nong Waeng are subdistrict municipalities which each cover the complete same-named subdistrict. The non-municipal parts of Lahan Sai and the subdistricts Nong Takhrong and Khok Wan...
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