Amphoe Wan Yai

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Wan Yai
หว้านใหญ่
Statistics
Province: Mukdahan
District office: Wan Yai
16°43′40″N, 104°44′19″E
Area: 84.48 km²
Inhabitants: 18,683 (2005)
Pop. density: 221.2 inh./km²
Geocode: 4906
Postal code: 49150
Map
Map of Mukdahan, Thailand highlighting Wan Yai

Wan Yai (Thai: หว้านใหญ่) is a district (Amphoe) of Mukdahan Province, northeastern Thailand.

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Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Mueang Mukdahan of Mukdahan Province and That Phanom of Nakhon Phanom Province. To the east across the Mekong river is the Laotian province of Savannakhet.

The important water resource is the Mekong river.

The minor district (King Amphoe) Wan Yai was created on September 16 1977, when the tambon Wan Yai, Pong Kham and Bang Sai Noi were split off from Mukdahan district.[1] In 1982 it was one of 6 districts which formed the new province Mukdahan. The minor district was upgraded to a full district on May 9 1992.[2]

The district is subdivided into 5 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 44 villages (muban). There are no municipal (thesaban) areas, and 4 Tambon administrative organization (TAO).

No. Name Thai name Villages Inh.
1. Wan Yai หว้านใหญ่ 11 4,739
2. Pong Kham ป่งขาม 11 5,337
3. Bang Sai Noi บางทรายน้อย 11 4,715
4. Chanot ชะโนด 5 2,444
5. Dong Mu ดงหมู 6 1,448

  1. ^ (September 27 1977) "ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งท้องที่อำเภอมุกดาหาร จังหวัดนครพนม ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอหว้านใหญ่" (in Thai). Royal Gazette 94 (89 ง): 3922. 
  2. ^ (April 9 1992) "พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอสอยดาว อำเภอโพนสวรรค์ อำเภอบางขัน อำเภอหว้านใหญ่ อำเภอเมืองปาน อำเภอภูหลวง อำเภอโคกศรีสุพรรณ และอำเภอสำโรง พ.ศ. ๒๕๓๕" (in Thai). Royal Gazette 109 (45 ก): 27-29. 

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