Kut Chum District

Kut Chum
กุดชุม
Amphoe

Amphoe location in Yasothon Province
Coordinates: 16°2′0″N 104°20′17″E / 16.03333°N 104.33806°E / 16.03333; 104.33806Coordinates: 16°2′0″N 104°20′17″E / 16.03333°N 104.33806°E / 16.03333; 104.33806
Country  Thailand
Province Yasothon
Seat Kut Chum
Area
 • Total 544.0 km2 (210.0 sq mi)
Population (2005)
 • Total 65,959
 • Density 121.25/km2 (314.0/sq mi)
Time zone THA (UTC+7)
Postal code 35140
Geocode 3503

Kut Chum (Thai: กุดชุม, pronounced [kùt t͡ɕʰūm]) is a district (amphoe) of Yasothon Province in northeastern Thailand.

History

The village of Kut Chum was established in 1912. A minor district (king amphoe) Kut Chum was established on August 1, 1961. It was made out of the four subdistricts Non Pueai, Phai (in 1978 reassigned to Sai Mun district), Phon Ngan and Kammaet split off from Yasothon district.[1]

On July 17, 1963, it was elevated to the level of district (amphoe), then of Ubon Ratchathani Province.[2] When Yasothon was separated from Ubon, Kut Chum was one of the districts relocated to the new province.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the northeast clockwise) Loeng Nok Tha, Thai Charoen, Pa Tio, Mueang Yasothon, and Sai Mun of Yasothon Province, and Selaphum and Nong Phok of Roi Et Province.

Economy

Kut Chum is well known for its organic movement and organic foods, chiefly the organic farming of rice.[3] Kut Chum also achieved fame for issuing its own local scrip called Bia Kut Chum. Bia, Thai for cowry shell, was once a unit of currency equal to  1⁄6400 of a Thai baht, and Bia is still current in metaphorical expressions, so the usage ran afoul of currency laws. To side-step implications that they intended a substitute local currency, they changed to Boon Kut Chum, which are barter coupons with a fixed value in baht, that may be exchanged for goods and services within the community.[4])

Primary occupations

Secondary occupations

Important products

Administration

The district is subdivided into 9 subdistricts (tambon) which make up 125 villages (muban).

  1. Kut Chum (กุดชุม)
  2. Non Pueai (โนนเปือย)
  3. Kammaet (กำแมด)
  4. Na So (นาโส่)
  5. Huai Kaeng (ห้วยแก้ง)
  1. Nong Mi (หนองหมี)
  2. Phon Ngam (โพนงาม) web site (Thai)
  3. Kham Nam Sang (คำน้ำสร้าง)
  4. Nong Nae (หนองแหน)

District office

The district office of Kut Chum is located at

Mu 8
T. Kut Chum
A. Kut Chum
Yasothon 35140

Local administration

Kut Chum Phatthana is a subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of the subdistricts Kut Chum and Non Pueai. There are further 9 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO), one for each subdistrict covering the non-municipal areas.

Schools

The secondary schools in Amphoe Kut Chum are:

References

  1. ↑ ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง ยกฐานะตำบลขึ้นเป็นกิ่งอำเภอ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 78 (63 ง): 1822. 1961-08-15.
  2. ↑ พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอบ่อพลอย อำเภอไทรโยค อำเภอหนองเรือ อำเภอหนองสองห้อง อำเภอประทาย อำเภอห้วยแถลง อำเภอละหานทราย อำเภอกุยบุรี อำเภอตาพระยา อำเภอหนองไผ่ อำเภอนาเชือก อำเภอวัดเพลง อำเภอพนัสนิคม อำเภอภูกระดึง อำเภอปรางค์กู่ อำเภอท่าช้าง อำเภอบ้านด่านลานหอย อำเภอบ้านดง อำเภอสว่างอารมณ์ และอำเภอกุดชุม พ.ศ. ๒๕๐๖ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 80 (72 ก): 362. 1963-07-16.
  3. ↑ http://ird.sut.ac.th/NRCT%20CDROM/xml/bx5035.xml
  4. ↑ A Boon to Kut Chum (Archived 2013-05-04 at WebCite)
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