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Amphoe Suwannaphum

Suwannaphum
สุวรรณภูมิ
Amphoe
Amphoe location in Roi Et Province
Amphoe location in Roi Et Province
Coordinates: 15°36′33″N 103°48′1″E / 15.60917°N 103.80028°E / 15.60917; 103.80028Coordinates: 15°36′33″N 103°48′1″E / 15.60917°N 103.80028°E / 15.60917; 103.80028
Country Thailand
Province Roi Et
Seat Sa Khu
Area
 • Total 1,107.042 km2 (427.431 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Total 116,917
 • Density 105.6/km2 (274/sq mi)
Time zone ICT (UTC+7)
Postal code 45130
Geocode 4511

Suwannaphum (Thai: สุวรรณภูมิ) is a district (amphoe) of Roi Et Province, in eastern Thailand. Named after the legendary country of Suwannaphum, which according to Thai tradition was on the Chao Phraya plain. It was the seat of a small Lao mandala kingdom until the Laotian Rebellion of 1826-1829 ended vestiges of Lao independence west of the Mekong.

In 1718, the first Lao muang in the Chi valley—and indeed anywhere in the interior of the Khorat Plateau—was founded as Suwannaphum (in latter-day Roi Et Province) by an official in the service of King Nokasad of the Kingdom of Champasak, leading some 3,000 subjects.

The district is in southern Roi Et Province. Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Kaset Wisai, Mueang Suang, At Samat, Phanom Phrai, Nong Hi, and Moei Wadi of Roi Et Province, and Rattanaburi and Tha Tum of Surin Province.


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