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Sam Roi Yot district

Coordinates: 12°16′14″N 99°52′19″E / 12.27056°N 99.87194°E / 12.27056; 99.87194
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Sam Roi Yot district
อำเภอสามร้อยยอด
District
Rai Mai (ไร่ใหม่), Sam Roi Yot District
Rai Mai (ไร่ใหม่), Sam Roi Yot District
District location in Prachuap Khiri Khan province
District location in Prachuap Khiri Khan province
Coordinates: 12°16′14″N 99°52′19″E / 12.27056°N 99.87194°E / 12.27056; 99.87194
CountryThailand
ProvincePrachuap Khiri Khan
Subdistricts5
Mubans41
District established1995
Area
 • Total871.9 km2 (336.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total48,223
 • Density54.87/km2 (142.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code77120
Geocode7708

Sam Roi Yot (Thai: สามร้อยยอด, pronounced [sǎːm rɔ́ːj jɔ̂ːt]; lit. 'three hundred spires') is a district (amphoe) in the northern part of Prachuap Khiri Khan province, central Thailand.

History

The minor district (king amphoe) Sam Roi Yot was created on 1 April 1995 by splitting tambons Rai Kao, Sila Loi, and Sam Roi Yot from Pran Buri district.[1]

On 7 September 1995 tambon Sala Lai was created by splitting off six mubans from Rai Kao.[2] On 1 January 1996 the subdistrict Rai Mai was reassigned from Kui Buri district to the minor district.[3]

On 15 May 2007, all 81 minor districts in Thailand were upgraded to full districts.[4] With publication in the Royal Gazette on 24 August, the upgrade became official.[5]

The British diplomat John Crawfurd visited the area in 1822 during the mission described in his book Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Courts of Siam and Cochin-China: Exhibiting a View of the Actual State of Those Kingdoms. He reported that it was then already called Sam Roi Yot and described the view of the coast as "novel and imposing".[6]

Geography

Neighbouring districts are Pran Buri to the north and Kui Buri to the south. To the west is the Tanintharyi Division of Myanmar, to the east the Gulf of Thailand.

At the shore of the gulf is Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, the first coastal national park of Thailand, established in 1966.[7]

Administration

Central administration

Sam Roi Yot is divided into five sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 41 administrative villages (mubans).

No. Name Thai Villages Pop.[8]
01. Sam Roi Yot สามร้อยยอด 09 07,461
02. Sila Loi ศิลาลอย 09 10,918
03. Rai Kao ไร่เก่า 08 13,311
04. Salalai ศาลาลัย 08 07,357
05. Rai Mai ไร่ใหม่ 07 09,176

Local administration

There are two sub-district municipalities (thesaban tambons) in the district:

  • Rai Mai (Thai: เทศบาลตำบลไร่ใหม่) consisting of parts of sub-districts Sam Krathai (Kui Buri District) and Rai Mai.
  • Rai Kao (Thai: เทศบาลตำบลไร่เก่า) consisting of parts of sub-districts Rai Kao and Salalai.

There are five sub-district administrative organizations (SAO) in the district:

  • Sam Roi Yot (Thai: องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลสามร้อยยอด) consisting of sub-district Sam Roi Yot.
  • Sila Loi (Thai: องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลศิลาลอย) consisting of sub-district Sila Loi.
  • Rai Kao (Thai: องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลไร่เก่า) consisting of parts of sub-district Rai Kao.
  • Salalai (Thai: องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลศาลาลัย) consisting of parts of sub-district Salalai.
  • Rai Mai (Thai: องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลไร่ใหม่) consisting of parts of sub-district Rai Mai.

References

  1. ^ ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งเขตท้องที่อำเภอปราณบุรี จังหวัดประจวบคีรีขันธ์ ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอสามร้อยยอด (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 112 (Special 9 ง): 66. March 22, 1995. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2011.
  2. ^ ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง ตั้งและกำหนดเขตตำบลในท้องที่อำเภอสามร้อยยอด จังหวัดประจวบคีรีขันธ์ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 112 (91 ง): 59–67. November 14, 1995. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 25, 2012.
  3. ^ พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนเขตอำเภอกุยบุรีกับกิ่งอำเภอสามร้อยยอด อำเภอปราณบุรี จังหวัดประจวบคีรีขันธ์ พ.ศ. ๒๕๓๘ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 112 (58 ก): 28–29. December 31, 1995. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2012.
  4. ^ แถลงผลการประชุม ครม. ประจำวันที่ 15 พ.ค. 2550 (in Thai). Manager Online.
  5. ^ พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอฆ้องชัย...และอำเภอเหล่าเสือโก้ก พ.ศ. ๒๕๕๐ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 124 (46 ก): 14–21. August 24, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007.
  6. ^ Crawfurd, John (1830). Journal of an embassy from the Governor-General of India to the courts of Siam and Cochin-China: exhibiting a view of the actual state of those kingdoms. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 194.
  7. ^ "Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park". Department of National Parks (DNP) Thailand. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Population statistics 2014" (in Thai). Department of Provincial Administration. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
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