Prathai district
district in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand
Prathai (Thai: ประทาย, pronounced [prā.tʰāːj]; Northeastern Thai: ผะทาย, pronounced [pʰā.tʰa᷇ːj]) is a district (amphoe) in the northeastern part of Nakhon Ratchasima province, northeastern Thailand.
History
Prathai village was settled in the Khmer era. King Jayavarman II set his camp in the area when he expanded his power to the west. After his reign, Prathai was deserted. It became a community again in the Sukhothai era.
Prathai in Khmer means 'camp'.
Tambon Prathai was separated from Bua Yai district to create a minor district (king amphoe) on 1 January 1961 and upgraded to a full district in 1963.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Phon and Nong Song Hong of Khon Kaen province; Ban Mai Chaiyaphot of Buriram province; and Mueang Yang, Chum Phuang, Phimai, Non Daeng, Sida, and Bua Lai of Nakhon Ratchasima Province.
Administration
Central administration
Prathai is divided into 13 sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 151 administrative villages (mubans).
Missing numbers are tambons which now form Non Daeng District.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Prathai district” is district in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Prathai, district and Nakhon, not as a finished interpretation.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q476531. Authority coordinates are 15.533, 102.723. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1961 and 1963.
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This entry incorporates text from “Prathai 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.