Mae Poen district
district in Nakhon Sawan province, Thailand
Mae Poen (Thai: แม่เปิน, pronounced [mɛ̂ː pɤ̄n]) is a district (amphoe) in the western part of Nakhon Sawan province, central Thailand.
History
Tambon Mae Poen was separated from Lat Yao district to become a minor district (king amphoe) on 15 July 1996.
On 15 May 2007, all of Thailand's 81 minor districts were upgraded to full districts. With publication in the Royal Gazette on 24 August, the upgrade became official
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Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Mae Wong and Chum Ta Bong of Nakhon Sawan Province, Lan Sak and Ban Rai of Uthai Thani province, and Umphang of Tak province.
Administration
The district is divided into a single sub-district (tambon), which is further subdivided into 24 villages (mubans). There are no municipal (thesaban) areas, and a single tambon administrative organization (TAO).
“Mae Poen district” enters the record as district in Nakhon Sawan province, Thailand. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Poen, district and Nakhon can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Mae Poen district” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Poen, district and Nakhon provides the most credible route into that argument.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q475949. Authority coordinates are 15.658, 99.469. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1996 and 2007.
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This entry incorporates text from “Mae Poen district” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.