title: Wan Yai district
text: # Wan Yai district
  
  Wan Yai (Thai: หว้านใหญ่, pronounced) is a district (amphoe) of Mukdahan province, northeastern Thailand.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Mueang Mukdahan of Mukdahan Province and That Phanom of Nakhon Phanom province. To the east across the Mekong River is the Laotian province of Savannakhet.
  
  The important water resource is the Mekong.
  
  ## History
  
  The minor district (king amphoe) Wan Yai was created on 16 September 1977, when the tambon Wan Yai, Pong Kham, and Bang Sai Noi were split off from Mukdahan district. In 1982 it was one of six districts which formed the new province of Mukdahan. The minor district was upgraded to a full district on 9 May 1992.
  
  ## Administration
  
  The district is divided into five sub-districts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 44 villages (muban). There are no municipal (thesaban) areas, and four tambon administrative organization (TAO).
  
  | No. | Name | Thai name | Villages | Pop. |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Wan Yai | หว้านใหญ่ | 11 | 4,739 |
  | 2. | Pong Kham | ป่งขาม | 11 | 5,337 |
  | 3. | Bang Sai Noi | บางทรายน้อย | 11 | 4,715 |
  | 4. | Chanot | ชะโนด | 5 | 2,444 |
  | 5. | Dong Mu | ดงหมู | 6 | 1,448 |
  