Amphoe Mueang Yasothon
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Mueang Yasothon เมืองยโสธร |
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| Amphoe | |
 Amphoe location in Yasothon Province |
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| Coordinates: 15°47′41″N 104°8′26″E / 15.79472°N 104.14056°ECoordinates: 15°47′41″N 104°8′26″E / 15.79472°N 104.14056°E | |
| Country |
 Thailand
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| Province | Yasothon |
| Seat | Nai Mueang |
| Area | |
| • Total | 578.2 km2 (223.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 129,999 |
| • Density | 224.8/km2 (582/sq mi) |
| Time zone | THA (UTC+7) |
| Postal code | 35000 |
| Geocode | 3501 |
Mueang Yasothon (Thai: เมืองยโสธร, pronounced [mɯ̄a̯ŋ já.sǒː.tʰɔ̄ːn]) is the capital district of the province of Yasothon in northeastern Thailand on the Chi River. Subdistrict Nai Mueang (ในเมือง, in the town) determines the city limits of the town of Yasothon.
According to the chronicles of Mueang Yasothon, in 1795 Phra Chao Worawongsa (Phra Wo), Minister of Vientiane, and several others set off to come live with the king in Champassak. Along the way they arrived at a jungle where spirits dwelt, and seeing that it was a good place, they built a village there next to the grounds of an abandoned wat. They called it Wat Singh Tha (วัดสิงห์ท่า), which remains to this day. The village they called Ban Singh Tha (บ้านสิงห์ท่า). Singh is a mythical lion; Tha (ท่า) means pose.
A Fine Arts Dept. marker for a chedi erected by Wat Singh Tha says that, during the Thonburi Era, grandson Kham Su (ท้าวคำสู) called the settlement Ban Singh Thong (บ้านสิงห์ทอง Ban Gold Lion). The wat, which had been deserted with dense jungle blocking the way to the river landing, was re-built and renamed after the new village. The change from Thong (Gold) to Tha (ท่า) was influenced by two factors: Tha means port or landing and also means pose with many connotations. Thus the change in name to Singh Tha means Port Lion, and also Imposing Lion such as those posed on the Lion Gate, and on pedestals on the temple grounds.
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