Manorom district
Manorom
มโนรมย์ | |
|---|---|
 Chao Phraya River flows through Manorom community | |
 District location in Chai Nat province | |
| Coordinates: 15°18′34″N 100°5′2″E / 15.30944°N 100.08389°E | |
| Country | Thailand |
| Province | Chai Nat |
| Seat | Khung Samphao |
| Area | |
• Total | 225.644 km2 (87.122 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 32,847 |
| • Density | 147.9/km2 (383/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Postal code | 17110 |
| Geocode | 1802 |
Manorom (Thai: มโนรมย์, pronounced [mā.nōː.rōm]) is a district (amphoe) in the northeastern part of Chai Nat province, central Thailand.
Geography
[edit]Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Mueang Chainat and Wat Sing of Chainat Province; Mueang Uthai Thani of Uthai Thani province; Phayuha Khiri and Takhli of Nakhon Sawan province.
History
[edit]Two moated ancient towns with ramparts stand in the district, Muang Nakhon Noi and U-Ta Pao, the second of them on the edge of the Hang Nam Sakorn waterway. In October 1988 workers in a field in Village No. 5 of Hang Nam Sakhon subdistrict, 1.7 km south-west of Muang Nakhon Noi and 1.8 km north-east of U-Ta Pao, uncovered a broken stone wheel of the law and a fragment of an octagonal pillar, both carrying Pāli inscriptions. Excavation in 1990 by Charuk Wilaikaeo exposed a circular brick platform in two layers, 7 metres across and 37 centimetres high. Eng Jin Ooi and Peter Skilling read it as the base for a pillar carrying a wheel of about 180 centimetres. Spoke fragments, broken pieces of the wheel, parts of the mouth, nose and ear of a deer statue and about ten pot and basin sherds lay one to four metres from it, between 20 and 140 centimetres below the surface.[1]: 108
Two lion sculptures in the Dvāravatī style were found among the fragments.[1]: 136 A stone block recovered with them is thought to be part of the bracket that held the wheel upright.[1]: 138 Ooi and Skilling reconstruct the monument as the brick base carrying the octagonal pillar, the bracket and the wheel, with the lions set below it.[1]: 139 The objects have been in the Chainatmuni National Museum since 2018.[1]: 110 Dvāravatī material has been recovered west, east and south of U-Ta Pao, and iron slag and kilns on the northern side of that town indicate activity from the prehistoric period.[1]: 109
Administration
[edit]Central
[edit]Manorom is divided into seven sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 40 administrative villages (mubans).
| No. | Name | Thai | Villages | Pop.[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Khung Samphao | คุ้งสำเภา | 4 | 5,719 |
| 2. | Wat Khok | วัดโคก | 5 | 3,817 |
| 3. | Sila Dan | ศิลาดาน | 6 | 3,509 |
| 4. | Tha Chanuan | ท่าฉนวน | 10 | 6,796 |
| 5. | Hang Nam Sakhon | หางน้ำสาคร | 5 | 5,743 |
| 6. | Rai Phatthana | ไร่พัฒนา | 5 | 3,830 |
| 7. | U Taphao | อู่ตะเภา | 5 | 3,433 |
Local
[edit]There are four sub-district municipalities (thesaban tambon) in the district:
- Khung Samphao (Thai: เทศบาลตำบลคุ้งสำเภา) consisting of parts of sub-district Khung Samphao.
- Hang Nam Sakhon (Thai: เทศบาลตำบลหางน้ำสาคร) consisting of sub-district Hang Nam Sakhon and parts of sub-district U Taphao.
- Manorom (Thai: เทศบาลตำบลมโนรมย์) consisting of parts of sub-district Khung Samphao.
- Sila Dan (Thai: เทศบาลตำบลศิลาดาน) consisting of sub-district Sila Dan.
There are four sub-district administrative organizations (SAO) in the district:
- Wat Khok (Thai: องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลวัดโคก) consisting of sub-district Wat Khok.
- Tha Chanuan (Thai: องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลท่าฉนวน) consisting of sub-district Tha Chanuan.
- Rai Phatthana (Thai: องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลไร่พัฒนา) consisting of sub-district Rai Phatthana.
- U Taphao (Thai: องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลอู่ตะเภา) consisting of parts of sub-district U Taphao.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ooi, Eng Jin; Skilling, Peter (2026). "The Dhamma wheel from Chainat, Thailand: an epigraphic excerpt from the Pali Dhammacakkappavattana, and related finds". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 89 (1): 105–142. doi:10.1017/S0041977X25100839. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
- ↑ "Population statistics 2014" (in Thai). Department of Provincial Administration. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
External links
[edit]- amphoe.com (Thai)
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