Official Name: | Sanam Chai Khet |
Native Name: | สนามชัยเขต |
Native Name Lang: | th |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Thailand |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Chachoengsao |
Subdivision Type2: | Seat |
Subdivision Name2: | Khu Yai Mi |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Type4: | Muban |
Established Title: | District established |
Population Total: | 74,613 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Postal code |
Blank Info Sec1: | 24160 |
Blank Name Sec2: | Geocode |
Blank Info Sec2: | 2408 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Coordinates: | 13.6583°N 101.4389°W |
Sanam Chai Khet (th|สนามชัยเขต, pronounced as /th/) is a district (amphoe) in the eastern part of Chachoengsao province, central Thailand.
Mueang Sanam Chai Khet was a city of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, a contemporary of neighboring Mueang Phanat Nikhom and Phanom Sarakham.
Being part of Phanom Sarakham district, on 6 January 1966 the three tambons, Khu Yai Mi, Tha Kradan, and Tha Takiap, were split off to form the minor district (king amphoe) Sanam Chai (สนามไชย).[1] It was renamed Sanam Chai Ket on 14 December 1972,[2] and upgraded to a full district on 28 June 1973.[3]
Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise): Plaeng Yao and Phanom Sarakham of Chachoengsao Province; Si Maha Phot and Kabin Buri of Prachinburi province; Khao Chakan of Sa Kaeo province; Tha Takiap of Chachoengsao Province; and Ko Chan of Chonburi province.
Sanam Chai Khet is divided into four sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 70 administrative villages (mubans).
No. | Name | Thai | Villages | Pop.[4] | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Khu Yai Mi | Thai: คู้ยายหมี | 17 | 16,459 | |
2. | Tha Kradan | Thai: ท่ากระดาน | 23 | 30,861 | |
3. | Thung Phraya | Thai: ทุ่งพระยา | 19 | 16,516 | |
5. | Lat Krathing | Thai: ลาดกระทิง | 11 | 10,777 |
There is one sub-district municipality (thesaban tambon) in the district, Sanam Chai Khet (Thai: Thai: เทศบาลตำบลสนามชัยเขต) consisting of parts of sub-district Khu Yai Mi.
There are four sub-district administrative organizations (SAO) in the district: