Sao Hai district

Sao Hai เสาไห้
Province:	Saraburi
Surface:	111.8 km²
Residents:	32,871 (2013)
Population density :	270.9 U / km²
ZIP :	18160
Geocode :	1910
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Amphoe Sao Hai ( Thai : อำเภอ เสาไห้ ) is a district ( amphoe - administrative district) in the province of Saraburi . The Saraburi Province is located in the central region of Thailand .

geography

Neighboring districts (clockwise from northwest): Amphoe Ban Mo , Amphoe Phra Phutthabat , Amphoe Chaloem Phra Kiat , Amphoe Mueang Saraburi , Amphoe Nong Saeng of the province of Saraburi and Amphoe Tha Ruea of the province of Ayutthaya .

The county's main water resource is the Pa-Sak River .

history

For military tactical reasons, King Maha Chakkraphat ordered in 1549 that some areas of the Mueang Lopburi and Nakhon Nayok be separated to create Mueang Saraburi. Its administrative seat was initially in today's Tambon Mueang Kao, Amphoe Sao Hai, and not in today's Amphoe Mueang Saraburi.

As a result of taking Chiang Saens by Thai troops in 1804 thousands were of Tai Yuan relocated here from there. Their descendants can be traced to this day. There is even an enclave with a Yuan majority in the actual settlement area of ​​the Central Thai (Siamese). The local population still maintains close ties to northern Thailand. For example, craftsmen from Ban Tong ( Lamphun Province ) were commissioned to erect yuan-style religious buildings here.

In 1896 the administration of the Mueang Saraburi was officially transferred to Tambon Pak Phriao, Amphoe Mueang Saraburi . At the same time, the district administration was moved from Sao Hai to Tambon Suan Dokmai, and three years later again to Tambon Sao Hai near the Chao Pho Shrine. In 1924 the owner of the Sao Hai market donated 12,800 m² of land about 500 m from the old location so that the new administrative building for the district and a police station could be built there.

The name of Sao Hai County literally means Weeping Pillar , referring to a local legend. At the time when the city ​​pillar of Bangkok was being erected, the king asked for the most beautiful pillar in the whole country to put in the capital. The Saraburi pillar was almost perfect, but it did not reach the capital until the main pillar had been chosen, so it could only be of secondary importance. This made the column very sad and it swam across the Chao Phraya and Pa-Sak rivers back to Saraburi, where it sank in the river. Residents of a nearby village heard the weeping of the column, hid it and erected it in their village, which gave the whole district its name. Today the pillar is in the Chao Mae Takhian Tong Shrine inside the Wat Sung temple near the Sao Hai district administration building.

Attractions

• Wat Samuha Pradittharam ( วัด สมุห ประดิ ษ ฐา ราม ) - Buddhist temple complex ( Wat ) in the Tambon Suan Dokmai on the banks of the Pa Sak with interesting wall paintings in the Ubosot . Every year in November and December, boat races are held on the river at this temple.

various

Luis Weiler was called up in 1893 as a section engineer for the expansion of the northeast line of the Thai Railway , the so-called "Korat Railway " to Siam . Weiler calls the route from Ayutthaya via Saraburi to Kaeng Khoi and Hinlap, and on to Korat ( Nakhon Ratchasima ), the “ Korat Railway” . He reached his first place of work in Saraburi by boat across the Pa-Sak River. On the way there he passed Sao Hai, which he noted in his diary:

“We passed Saraburi around four o'clock. ... From here on the water became shallower. A little later we ran aground in front of a wat. I decided to rest here for the night. The wat was called Wat Tschung. … The next morning, March 4th, 1893 at 5 o'clock, I got up and the journey continued. After half an hour we passed the Sauhai village. The river is quite narrow here and blocked by floating houses, so that we had to drive past the houses and see their deepest secrets. The houses are mostly open after the current. "

- Luis Weiler : beginning of the railway in Thailand . Chalermnite, Bangkok 1979

administration

Provincial Administration

The Sao Hai district is divided into twelve tambon ("subdistricts" or "municipalities"), which are further subdivided into 104 muban ("villages").

No.	Surname	Thai	Muban	Pop.
1.	Sao Hai	เสาไห้	07th	3,323
2.	Ban Yang	บ้าน ยาง	14th	3,521
3.	Hua Pluak	หัวปลวก	12	2,694
4th	Ngio Ngam	งิ้ว งาม	08th	1,048
5.	Sala Ri Thai	ศาลา รี ไทย	05	1,133
6th	Tone tan	ต้นตาล	08th	2.007
7th	Tha Chang	ท่าช้าง	08th	1,534
8th.	Phraya Thoth	พระยา ทด	07th	2.006
9.	Muang Ngam	ม่วง งาม	08th	2,246
10.	Roeng rank	เริง ราง	07th	3.164
11.	Mueang Kao	เมือง เก่า	09	3,377
12.	Suan Dok May	สวน ดอกไม้	11	6,818

Local administration

There are six municipalities with "small town" status ( Thesaban Tambon ) in the district:

• Hua Pluak (Thai: เทศบาล ตำบล หัวปลวก ) consisting of the complete Tambon Hua Pluak.
• Ton Tan - Phraya Thot (Thai: เทศบาล ตำบล ต้นตาล - พระยา ทด ) consisting of the complete tambon Ton Tan, Phraya Thot.
• Mueang Kao (Thai: เทศบาล ตำบล เมือง เก่า ) consisting of the complete tambon Mueang Kao.
• Ban Yang (Thai: เทศบาล ตำบล บ้าน ยาง ) consisting of parts of the Tambon Ban Yang.
• Suan Dok Mai (Thai: เทศบาล ตำบล สวน ดอกไม้ ) consisting of the complete tambon Suan Dok Mai.
• Sao Hai (Thai: เทศบาล ตำบล เสาไห้ ) consisting of the complete Tambon Sao Hai.

There are also four " tambon administration organizations " ( องค์การ บริหาร ส่วน ตำบล - Tambon Administrative Organizations, TAO)

• Ban Yang (Thai: องค์การ บริหาร ส่วน ตำบล บ้าน ยาง ) consisting of parts of the Tambon Ban Yang.
• Chang Thai Ngam (Thai: องค์การ บริหาร ส่วน ตำบล ช้าง ไทย งาม ) consisting of the complete Tambon Ngio Ngam, Sala Ri Thai, Tha Chang.
• Muang Ngam (Thai: องค์การ บริหาร ส่วน ตำบล ม่วง งาม ) consisting of the complete tambon Muang Ngam.
• Roeng Rang (Thai: องค์การ บริหารส่วน ตำบล เริง ราง ) consisting of the complete Tambon Roeng Rang.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grabowsky: Population and State in Lan Na. 2004, pp. 262, 264 ff.
2. ↑ The beginning of the railroad in Thailand at openlibrary.org
3. ↑ Wat Chung ( วัด ชุ้ง ) is today about 700 meters northwest of Thesaban Tambon Sao Hai, Amphoe Sao Hai, Changwat Saraburi, on the southern bank of the Pa Sak.
4. ↑ 2013 population statistics ( Thai ) Department of Provincial Administration. Retrieved September 6, 2014.

Web links

• More information about Amphoe Sao Hai from amphoe.com (in Thai)

Coordinates: 14 ° 33 '  N , 100 ° 51'  E