As the mountainous area was originally covered with dense forests, it was a popular hideaway of robbers, who robbed travelers on the way between Kalasin and Udon Thani. At that time it was known as Song Dao Chon (ซ่องดาวโจร), which means 'den of thieves'. After the government cleaned up the area in the 19th century, it was renamed Song Dao, which means 'shining star'.[1]
The minor district (king amphoe) Song Dao was created on 1 April 1972, when the three tambons Song Dao, Watthana, and Tha Sila were split off from Sawang Daen Din district.[2] It was upgraded to a full district on 8 September 1976.[3]
Administrationedit
The district is divided into four sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 46 villages (mubans). Song Dao is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambons Song Dao and Pathum Wapi. There are a further four tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
song, district, song, thai, องดาว, pronounced, dāːw, district, amphoe, western, part, sakon, nakhon, province, northeast, thailand, song, องดาวdistrictdistrict, location, sakon, nakhon, provincecoordinates, 33500, 46333, 33500, 46333country, thailandprovincesa. Song Dao Thai sxngdaw pronounced sɔ ŋ daːw is a district amphoe in the western part of Sakon Nakhon province northeast Thailand Song Dao sxngdawDistrictDistrict location in Sakon Nakhon provinceCoordinates 17 20 6 N 103 27 48 E 17 33500 N 103 46333 E 17 33500 103 46333Country ThailandProvinceSakon NakhonSeatSong DaoArea Total317 8 km2 122 7 sq mi Population 2005 Total32 439 Density102 1 km2 264 sq mi Time zoneUTC 7 ICT Postal code47190Geocode4713 Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Administration 4 References 5 External linksGeography editNeighboring districts are from the north clockwise Sawang Daen Din district and Phang Khon of Sakon Nakhon Province and Chai Wan of Udon Thani province History editAs the mountainous area was originally covered with dense forests it was a popular hideaway of robbers who robbed travelers on the way between Kalasin and Udon Thani At that time it was known as Song Dao Chon sxngdawocr which means den of thieves After the government cleaned up the area in the 19th century it was renamed Song Dao which means shining star 1 The minor district king amphoe Song Dao was created on 1 April 1972 when the three tambons Song Dao Watthana and Tha Sila were split off from Sawang Daen Din district 2 It was upgraded to a full district on 8 September 1976 3 Administration editThe district is divided into four sub districts tambons which are further subdivided into 46 villages mubans Song Dao is a township thesaban tambon which covers parts of tambons Song Dao and Pathum Wapi There are a further four tambon administrative organizations TAO No Name Thai name Villages Pop 1 Song Dao sxngdaw 12 9 080 2 Tha Sila thasila 13 10 379 3 Watthana wthna 9 6 382 4 Pathum Wapi pthumwapi 12 6 598References edit xaephxsxngdaw cnghwdsklnkhr in Thai Archived from the original on September 16 2010 Retrieved 2015 07 30 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link prakaskrathrwngmhadithy eruxng aebngthxngthixaephxswangaedndin cnghwdsklnkhr tngepnkingxaephxsxngdaw PDF Royal Gazette in Thai 89 52 ng special 4 March 30 1972 Archived from the original PDF on April 27 2012 phrarachkvsdikatngxaephxelakhwy xaephxkhamwng xaephxphipun xaephxsriethph xaephxnaaehw xaephxsxngdaw xaephxkhwnkahlng xaephxkhaybangracn xaephxbantakhun aelaxaephxkudcb ph s 2519 PDF Royal Gazette in Thai 93 109 k special 31 34 September 8 1976 Archived from the original PDF on September 27 2007 External links editamphoe com nbsp This Sakon Nakhon Province location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Song Dao district amp oldid 1151602741, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
