title: Rattanaburi district
text: # Rattanaburi district
  
  Rattanaburi (Thai: รัตนบุรี, pronounced) is a district (amphoe) in the northeastern part of Surin province, northeastern Thailand.
  
  ## History
  
  Rattanaburi was a mueang under Mueang Surin, which was converted into a district in the Thesaphiban administrative reforms at the end of the 19th century.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise): Non Narai, Sanom and Tha Tum of Surin Province; Suwannaphum and Phon Sai of Roi Et province; and Rasi Salai, Bueng Bun, Pho Si Suwan and Mueang Chan of Sisaket province.
  
  ## Administration
  
  The district is divided into 12 sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 163 villages (mubans). Rattanaburi is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambons Rattanaburi and Phai. There are a further 12 tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
  
  | No. | Name | Thai name | Villages | Pop. |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Rattanaburi | รัตนบุรี | 17 | 15,518 |
  | 2. | That | ธาตุ | 14 | 7,271 |
  | 3. | Kae | แก | 15 | 6,322 |
  | 4. | Don Raet | ดอนแรด | 16 | 9,760 |
  | 5. | Nong Bua Thong | หนองบัวทอง | 10 | 4,649 |
  | 6. | Nong Bua Ban | หนองบัวบาน | 15 | 10,999 |
  | 9. | Phai | ไผ่ | 14 | 9,573 |
  | 11. | Boet | เบิด | 17 | 7,702 |
  | 13. | Nam Khiao | น้ำเขียว | 13 | 5,704 |
  | 14. | Kut Kha Khim | กุดขาคีม | 11 | 5,912 |
  | 15. | Yang Sawang | ยางสว่าง | 11 | 4,508 |
  | 16. | Thap Yai | ทับใหญ่ | 10 | 6,142 |
  
  Missing numbers are tambon which now form Non Narai District.
  
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