Country Thailand Time zone THA (UTC+7) Geocode 3309 Province Sisaket Province | Seat Mueang Khong Postal code 33160 Area 636.7 km² | |
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Rasi Salai (Thai: ราษีไศล) is a district (Amphoe) in the northern part of Sisaket Province, northeastern Thailand.
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Map of Rasi Salai District, Sisaket 33160, 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.
The Rasi Salai Dam was built here in 1994 and unofficially decommissioned in July 2000 following devastation of local farming villages (as documented by Living River Siam).
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.