Mueang Buriram District

Mueang Buriram
เมืองบุรีรัมย์
Amphoe

Mueang Buriram District Office

Amphoe location in Buriram Province
Coordinates: 14°59′42″N 103°6′12″E / 14.99500°N 103.10333°E / 14.99500; 103.10333Coordinates: 14°59′42″N 103°6′12″E / 14.99500°N 103.10333°E / 14.99500; 103.10333
Country Thailand
Province Buriram
Area
  Total 621.5 km2 (240.0 sq mi)
Population (2005)
  Total 207,249
  Density 333.5/km2 (864/sq mi)
Time zone ICT (UTC+7)
Postal code 31000
Geocode 3101

Mueang Buriram (Thai: เมืองบุรีรัมย์, rtgs: Mueang Buri Ram, pronounced [mɯ̄a̯ŋ bū.rīː rām]) is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Buriram Province, northeastern Thailand.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Prakhon Chai, Nang Rong, Chamni, Lam Plai Mat, Khu Mueang, Ban Dan, Huai Rat, and Krasang of Buriram Province.

Administration

The district is divided into 19 sub-districts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 320 villages (muban). The town (thesaban mueang) Buriram covers the whole tambon Nai Mueang. There are also 18 tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No. Name Thai name Villages Pop.
1.Nai Mueangในเมือง-28,333
2.Isanอิสาณ1814,637
3.Sametเสม็ด1816,979
4.Ban Buaบ้านบัว189,743
5.Sakae Phrongสะแกโพรง2612,675
6.Sawai Chikสวายจีก1911,550
8.Ban Yangบ้านยาง1912,846
12.Phra Khruพระครู136,709
13.Thalung Lekถลุงเหล็ก165,706
14.Nong Tatหนองตาด2210,634
17.Lumpukลุมปุ๊ก198,015
18.Song Hongสองห้อง166,988
19.Bua Thongบัวทอง156,470
20.Chum Hetชุมเห็ด2217,854
22.Lak Khetหลักเขต146,463
25.Sakae Samสะแกซำ1710,052
26.Kalanthaกลันทา137,007
27.Krasangกระสัง197,009
28.Mueang Fangเมืองฝาง167,579

Missing numbers are tambon which now form the districts Ban Dan and Huai Rat.

References


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