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Rattanaburi รัตนบุรี
District
District location in Surin province
Coordinates: 15°19′13″N 103°51′25″E / 15.32028°N 103.85694°E / 15.32028; 103.85694
Country	Thailand
Province	Surin
Area
• Total	202.8 km (78.3 sq mi)
Population
• Total	94,060
• Density	463.8/km (1,201/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code	32130
Geocode	3207

Rattanaburi (Thai: รัตนบุรี, pronounced [rát.tā.ná(ʔ).bū.rī]) 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).

Missing numbers are tambon which now form Non Narai District.

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