Amphoe Rasi Salai
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Rasi Salai
ราษีไศล

Statistics
Province:	Sisaket
District office:	Mueang Khong 15°20′25″N 104°9′14″E / 15.34028, 104.15389
Area:	504.9 km²
Inhabitants:	82,333 (2000)
Pop. density:	163.1 inh./km²
Geocode:	3309
Postal code:	33160
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Rasi Salai (Thai: ราษีไศล) is a district (Amphoe) in the northern part of Sisaket Province, northeastern Thailand.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Phanom Phrai of Roi Et Province, Sila Lat of Sisaket Province, Maha Chana Chai and Kho Wang of Yasothon Province, Yang Chum Noi, Mueang Sisaket, Uthumphon Phisai and Bueng Bun of Sisaket again, and Rattanaburi of Surin Province.

The main river of the district is the Mun.

History

The district was renamed from Khong to Rasi Salai in 1939.¹

Administration

The district is subdivided into 13 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 190 villages (muban). Mueang Khong is a township (thesaban tambon) and covers parts of the tambon Mueang Khong. There are further 13 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

Missing numbers are tambon which now form Sila Lat district.

References

1. ^ "พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนนามอำเภอ กิ่งอำเภอ และตำบลบางแห่ง พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๒" (in Thai). Royal Gazette 56 (0 ก): 354–364. April 17 1939, http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2482/A/354.PDF. 

External links

• amphoe.com (Thai)

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