Sadao district

Sadao ; สะเดา
Province:	Songkhla
Surface:	1029,273 km²
Residents:	123,380 (2012)
Population density :	109.4 E./km²
ZIP :	90120, 90170, 90240, 90320
Geocode :	9010
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Amphoe Sadao ( Thai : อำเภอ สะเดา ) is a county ( amphoe - administrative district) in Songkhla Province . Songkhla Province is located in the southern region of Thailand .

The name Sadao ( สะเดา ) is the Thai word for the neem tree .

geography

Neighboring districts and territories (from west clockwise): Amphoe Khuan Don and Khuan Kalong of Satun Province and Amphoe Khlong Hoi Khong , Hat Yai , Chana and Na Thawi of Songkhla province. To the southwest are the states of Kedah and Perlis of Malaysia .

traffic

The Phetkasem Highway, the longest road in Thailand, which connects the state capital Bangkok with the national border with Malaysia, ends in Sadao .

For rail travelers, Padang Besar is the border station of the railway line to Butterworth ( Penang ).

history

The area of today's Sadao County was the Tambon Sadao of Chang Lon District in Saiburi Province (now Kedah ) more than 100 years ago . When the British and Siam (now Thailand) signed the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Sadao stayed with Thailand.

In 1917 the Tambon Sadao was officially elevated to an amphoe . The district has been under martial law since 2004 .

administration

Provincial Administration

Amphoe Sadao is divided into nine subdistricts ( tambon ) , which in turn have a total of 67 village communities ( muban ) .

No.	Surname	Thai	Muban	Pop.
1.	Sadao	สะเดา	0-	20,515
2.	Prik	ปริก	11	19,085
3.	Phang La	พัง ลา	07th	12,660
4th	Samnak Taeo	สำนัก แต้ว	10	14,160
5.	Thung Mon.	ทุ่ง หมอ	07th	07,280
6th	Tha Pho	ท่า โพธิ์	08th	06,645
7th	Padang Besar	ปา ดัง เบ ซาร์	12	24,973
8th.	Samnak Kham	สำนัก ขาม	07th	12,956
9.	Khao Mi Kiat	เขา มี เกียรติ	05	05.106

Local administration

There are two towns ( Thesaban Mueang ) in the county:

Sadao ( เทศบาล เมือง สะเดา ), consisting of the entire tambon Sadao,
Padang Besar ( เทศบาล เมือง ปา ดัง เบ ซาร์ ), consisting of parts of the Tambon Padang Besar.

There are also four small towns ( Thesaban Tambon ) in the district:

Prik ( เทศบาล ตำบล ปริก ), consisting of parts of the Tambon Prik,
Khlong Ngae ( เทศบาล ตำบล คลอง แงะ ), consisting of parts of the Tambon Phang La,
Samnak Kham ( เทศบาล ตำบล สำนัก ขาม ), consisting of the whole tambon Samnak Kham
Padang ( เทศบาล ตำบล ปา ดัง ), consisting of further parts of the Tambon Padang Besar.

There are also six “tambon administration organizations” (TAO, องค์การ บริหาร ส่วน ตำบล ) for the tambon or the parts of tambon in the county that do not belong to any town.

Individual evidence

↑ Population statistics 2012 . Department of Provincial Administration. Retrieved July 13, 2014.

Web links

More details on Amphoe Sadao from amphoe.com (in Thai)

6.6386111111111 100.42388888889Coordinates: 6 ° 38 ' N , 100 ° 25' E

[1] Population statistics 2012 . Department of Provincial Administration. Retrieved July 13, 2014.