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Amphoe Pla Pak
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| Province: | Nakhon Phanom |
| District office: | Pla Pak |
| Area: | 547.1 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 50,955 (2005) |
| Pop. density: | 93.1 inh./km² |
| Geocode: | 4802 |
| Postal code: | 48160 |
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Pla Pak (Thai: ปลาปาก) is a district (Amphoe) in the province Nakhon Phanom in the northeast of Thailand.
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Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Mueang Nakhon Phanom, Renu Nakhon, Na Kae and Wang Yang of Nakhon Phanom Province, and Phon Na Kaeo and Kusuman of Sakon Nakhon Province.
The area of the district was at first a tambon of Mueang Nakhon Phanom district. On June 16 1965 it became a minor district (King Amphoe) consisting of the three tambon Pla Pak, Nong Hi and Ku Ta Kai.[1] The first district officer was Winai Bunratnaplin. On November 17 1971 it was upgraded to a full district.[2]
The district is subdivided into 8 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 85 villages (muban). Pla Pak itself has township (thesaban tambon) status and covers part of the tambon Pla Pak. There are further 8 tambon Tambon administrative organization (TAO).
| No. | Name | Thai name | Villages | Inh. | |
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| 1. | Pla Pak | ปลาปาก | 16 | 10,159 | |
| 2. | Nong Hi | หนองฮี | 12 | 7,414 | |
| 3. | Kutakai | กุตาไก้ | 12 | 8,723 | |
| 4. | Khok Sawang | โคกสว่าง | 8 | 4,743 | |
| 5. | Khok Sung | โคกสูง | 10 | 5,316 | |
| 6. | Maha Chai | มหาชัย | 8 | 5,654 | |
| 7. | Na Makhuea | นามะเขือ | 11 | 5,895 | |
| 8. | Nong Thao Yai | หนองเทาใหญ่ | 8 | 3,051 |
- ^ (June 15 1965) "ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งท้องที่ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอ" (in Thai). Royal Gazette 81 (47 ง): 1616-.
- ^ (November 16 1971) "พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอปลาปาก อำเภอเชียงกลาง อำเภอปากชม อำเภอบ้านม่วง อำเภอพังโคน อำเภอดอนสัก อำเภอพนม อำเภอเวียงสระ อำเภอสังคม และอำเภอหัวตะพาน พ.ศ. ๒๕๑๔" (in Thai). Royal Gazette 88 (123 ก): 745-748.
| 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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