Lahan Sai District


Lahan Sai is a district in the southern part of Buriram Province, northeastern Thailand.

History

Lahan Sai area was originally part of Nang Rong District. The area was fertile and covered by dense forest, so people from neighboring districts moved to establish new village there. When the community grew bigger, the government created a minor district on 1 January 1961 to make it more comfortable for the citizen to reach public services. The new district covered tambons Lahan Sai and Pakham. It was upgraded to a full district on 17 July 1963.

Etymology

Lahan Sai means "plain fertile width hog deer".

Geography

Neighboring districts are Ta Phraya of Sa Kaeo Province, Non Din Daeng, Pakham, Nang Rong, Chaloem Phra Kiat, Prakhon Chai, and Ban Kruat of Buriram Province. To the southeast it borders the provinces of Banteay Meanchey and Oddar Meancheay of Cambodia.
The Sankamphaeng Range mountainous area is in the southern section of this district.

Motto

The Lahan Sai District's motto is "The Lung Pu Suk so sacred, city of horticulture and farm plants, many of silk, beautiful of Hin-Lum, many of river basin, Lanan Sai is border city."

Administration

The district is divided into six sub-districts, which are further subdivided into 95 villages. Lahan Sai is a sub-district municipality which covers parts of tambons Lahan Sai. Ta Chong, Samrong Mai, and Nong Waeng are sub-district municipalities which each cover the complete same-named sub-district. The non-municipal parts of Lahan Sai and the sub-districts Nong Takhrong and Khok Wan each have one tambon administrative organization.
Missing numbers are tambon which now form Non Din Daeng district and parts of Chaloem Phra Kiat district.