Si Thep District

Amphoe Si Thep ( Thai: อำเภอ ศรีเทพ; sometimes Sri Thep ) is a district ( Amphoe - Administrative District) Phetchabun province. The Phetchabun province located in the southeastern part of the northern region of Thailand.

Geography

The southernmost district of Phetchabun province is situated in the valley of the Maenam Pa Sak ( Pasak River ).

Neighboring districts are ( from north clockwise ): Amphoe Wichian Buri ( Phetchabun Province) and Amphoe Lam Sonthi, Amphoe Chai Badan and Amphoe Khok Charoen Province Lopburi.

History

The area of Si Thep was already inhabited in prehistoric times. Excavations have found a great 1988, from a moated settlement from the late Iron Age with five graves at a depth of four meters. In the completely preserved grave of a woman who was aligned with the head to the east, they found a clasp made ​​of bronze and an approximately 50 cm long pointed tool of iron. In the neck area was a bead of carnelian.

In the 6th or 7th century, a certain Bhavavarman exercised the supremacy of a community of Chenla Culture, who built a temple for Shiva. At the same time there is evidence of the practice of Buddhism in the mountains of Thomarat where images were found. The historic town of Si Thep was built in the Khmer Empire, and was probably already in the 7th and 8th centuries, an important town, which is due to by the north- south running mountain ranges. The historian Prince Damrong Rajanubhab found the ruins of the city when he visited the Monthon Phetchabun in 1905 in the wake of Thesaphiban management reform of King Chulalongkorn ( Rama V ). Today the field of Si Thep Historical Park.

The district Si Thep was established on 13 December 1970 as a sub-district ( King Amphoe ) from parts of Amphoe Wichian Buri. He got the full Amphoe status on 8 August 1976.

Management

Amphoe Si Thep is divided into seven subdistricts (tambon ), which are further subdivided into 93 villages ( Muban ).

There are two small towns ( thesaban tambon) in the district:

  • Sawang Watthana ( เทศบาล ตำบล สว่าง วัฒนา ) covers parts of tambon Sa Kruat,
  • Khok Sa -at ( เทศบาล ตำบล โคก สะอาด ) consists of the whole Tambon Khok Sa -at.

In addition, there are seven " Tambon Administrative Organizations" (TAO, องค์การ บริหาร ส่วน ตำบล - administrative organizations).

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