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Amphoe Phon Sawan
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| Province: | Nakhon Phanom |
| District office: | Phon Sawan |
| Area: | 718.835 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 54,352 (2005) |
| Pop. density: | 75.6 inh./km² |
| Geocode: | 4810 |
| Postal code: | 48190 |
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Phon Sawan (Thai: โพนสวรรค์) is a district (Amphoe) in the province Nakhon Phanom in the northeast of Thailand.
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Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Na Wa, Si Songkhram, Tha Uthen and Mueang Nakhon Phanom of Nakhon Phanom Province, and Kusuman of Sakon Nakhon Province.
The minor district (King Amphoe) was established on January 7 1986, when the five tambon Phon Sawan, Na Hua Bo, Na Khamin, Phon Bok and Ban Kho where split off from Tha Uthen district.[1] It was upgraded to a full district on Mai 9 1992.[2]
The district is subdivided into 7 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 86 villages (muban). Phon Sawan itself has township (thesaban tambon) status and covers part of the tambon Phon Sawan and Phon Chan. There are further 7 tambon Tambon administrative organization (TAO).
| No. | Name | Thai name | Villages | Inh. | |
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| 1. | Phon Sawan | โพนสวรรค์ | 13 | 9,982 | |
| 2. | Na Hua Bo | นาหัวบ่อ | 9 | 5,468 | |
| 3. | Na Khamin | นาขมิ้น | 16 | 8,849 | |
| 4. | Phon Bok | โพนบก | 10 | 5,895 | |
| 5. | Ban Kho | บ้านค้อ | 18 | 12,311 | |
| 6. | Phon Chan | โพนจาน | 12 | 7,548 | |
| 7. | Na Nai | นาใน | 8 | 4,299 |
- ^ (January 21 1986) "ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งเขตท้องที่อำเภอท่าอุเทน จังหวัดนครพนม ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอโพนสวรรค์" (in Thai). Royal Gazette 103 (9 ง): 160.
- ^ (April 9 1992) "พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอสอยดาว อำเภอโพนสวรรค์ อำเภอบางขัน อำเภอหว้านใหญ่ อำเภอเมืองปาน อำเภอภูหลวง อำเภอโคกศรีสุพรรณ และอำเภอสำโรง พ.ศ. ๒๕๓๕" (in Thai). Royal Gazette 109 (45 ก): 27-29.
| Amphoe of Nakhon Phanom |  |
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| Mueang Nakhon Phanom - Pla Pak - Tha Uthen - Ban Phaeng - That Phanom - Renu Nakhon - Na Kae - Si Songkhram - Na Wa - Phon Sawan - Na Thom - Wang Yang | ||
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