Wanon Niwat District

Wanon Niwat วานรนิวาส
Amphoe
Amphoe location in Sakon Nakhon Province Amphoe location in Sakon Nakhon Province
Coordinates:
Country	Thailand
Province	Sakon Nakhon
Area
• Total	1,001.0 km2 (386.5 sq mi)
Population (2008)
• Total	121,097
• Density	119.4/km2 (309/sq mi)
Time zone	THA (UTC+7)
Postal code	47120
Geocode	4708

Wanon Niwat (Thai: วานรนิวาส) is a district (Amphoe) in the northern part of Sakon Nakhon Province, northeast Thailand.

Etymology

The name of the district means House of Monkeys, which refers to the old name of the area, Kuk Ling (กุดลิง). Ling is the Thai word for monkey, however in this case it is the name of a tree. Thus the old name meant Water which stops flowing at Ling trees.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Ban Muang, Kham Ta Kla, Akat Amnuai, Phanna Nikhom, Phang Khon, Sawang Daen Din and Charoen Sin.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 14 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 175 villages (muban). Wanon Niwat is a subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambon Wanon Niwat. There are further 14 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai	Villages	Inh.
01.	Wanon Niwat	วานรนิวาส	17	17,501
02.	Duea Si Khan Chai	เดื่อศรีคันไชย	15	11,645
03.	Khua Kai	ขัวก่าย	13	08,336
04.	Nong Sanom	หนองสนม	19	13,254
05.	Khu Sakham	คูสะคาม	09	05,676
06.	That	ธาตุ	21	13,854
07.	Nong Waeng	หนองแวง	06	04,738
08.	Si Wichai	ศรีวิชัย	14	08,976
09.	Na So	นาซอ	10	06,662
10.	In Plaeng	อินทร์แปลง	09	04,132
11.	Na Kham	นาคำ	10	04,471
12.	Khon Sawan	คอนสวรรค์	09	05,204
13.	Kut Ruea Kham	กุดเรือคำ	09	06,951
14.	Nong Waeng Tai	หนองแวงใต้	14	09,697

External links

• amphoe.com (Thai)