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Don Tan District

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Country
  
Thailand

Amphoe established
  
1963

Postal code
  
49120

Area
  
510.9 km²

Province
  
Mukdahan Province

Seat
  
Don Tan

Time zone
  
THA (UTC+7)

Geocode
  
4903

Population
  
42,215 (2008)

Don Tan District

Don Tan (Thai: ดอนตาล) is the southeasternmost district (Amphoe) of Mukdahan Province, northeastern Thailand.

Contents

Map of Don Tan District, Mukdahan, Thailand

History

Originally Don Tan was a Tambon of Mukdahan district, Nakhon Phanom Province. Don Tan was upgraded to a minor district (King Amphoe) in 1963, which was further upgraded to a full district in 1974. When the government established Mukdahan Province in 1982, Don Tan district was assigned to be a district of the new province.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the southeast clockwise) Chanuman of Amnat Charoen province, Loeng Nok Tha of Yasothon Province, Nikhom Kham Soi and Mueang Mukdahan of Mukdahan Province. To the east across the Mekong river is the Laotian province of Savannakhet.

The important water resource is the Mekong river.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 7 subdistrict (tambon), which are further subdivided into 62 villages (muban). Don Tan is a subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of the tambon Don Tan. There are further 7 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

References

Don Tan District Wikipedia