Amphoe Sai Mun
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Sai Mun ทรายมูล |
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| Amphoe | |
 Amphoe location in Yasothon Province |
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| Coordinates: 15°56′22″N 104°12′32″E / 15.93944°N 104.20889°ECoordinates: 15°56′22″N 104°12′32″E / 15.93944°N 104.20889°E | |
| Country |
 Thailand
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| Province | Yasothon |
| Seat | Sai Mun |
| Area | |
| • Total | 272.8 km2 (105.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 31,092 |
| • Density | 114.0/km2 (295/sq mi) |
| Time zone | THA (UTC+7) |
| Postal code | 35170 |
| Geocode | 3502 |
Sai Mun (Thai: ทรายมูล, pronounced [sāːj mūːn]) is a district of Yasothon Province in northeastern Thailand.
Sai Mun village was formerly a village of Amphoe Yasothon, when it was still part of Ubon Ratchathani Province. The village changed locations around the time of King Rama V when an epidemic caused villagers to abandon their homes and start a new village two kilometers away. At the site of their new village, which is present-day Sai Mun village, the villagers brought sand and soil from various sacred and revered places, and scattered it around the perimeter of their new home, to drive off the epidemic. It was from this ceremony that the village received its name.
Later, Sai Mun was given tambon status, and in 1968, Sanitary District (khet sukhaphiban) Sai Mun was created.
After the separation of Yasothon from Ubon in 1972, on May 15, 1975, Sai Mun was elevated to a minor district (king amphoe), taking four tambon from Amphoe Mueang Yasothon: Sai Mun, Du Lat, Dong Mafai and Na Wiang.
In 1978, tambon Phai was reassigned from Amphoe Kut Chum to King Amphoe Sai Mun.
On July 26, 1984, the minor district was elevated to a district, and May 25, 1999 Sanitary District Sai Mun was elevated to township (thesaban tambon) status.
Neighboring districts are (from the northeast clockwise) Kut Chum and Mueang Yasothon of Yasothon Province, and Selaphum of Roi Et Province.
The district is subdivided into 5 subdistricts (tambon), which comprise 53 villages (muban).
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