Sichon district

Sichon

สิชล
Sichon สิชล
District
	Si Khit waterfall, Namtok Si Khit National Park
	District location in Nakhon Si Thammarat province
	Coordinates: 9°0′24″N 99°54′6″E / 9.00667°N 99.90167°E
Country	Thailand
Province	Nakhon Si Thammarat
Seat	Thung Prang
Area
• Total	703.1 km2 (271.5 sq mi)
Population (2005)
• Total	83,981
• Density	119.4/km2 (309/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code	80120
Geocode	8014

Sichon (Thai: สิชล, pronounced [sìʔ.t͡ɕʰōn]) is a district (amphoe) of Nakhon Si Thammarat province, southern Thailand.

Geography

The district is in the northern part of the province. Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise): Tha Sala and Nopphitam of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province; Kanchanadit and Don Sak of Surat Thani province; Khanom of Nakhon Si Thammarat. To the east is the Gulf of Thailand.

Namtok Si Khit National Park is in the district.^[1]

Administration

The district is divided into nine sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 106 villages (mubans). Sichon itself has township (thesaban tambon) status and covers part of tambon Khanom. There are a further nine tambon administrative organizations.

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Pop.
1.	Sichon	สิชล	10	14,957
2.	Thung Prang	ทุ่งปรัง	16	10,595
3.	Chalong	ฉลอง	10	6,374
4.	Sao Phao	เสาเภา	16	12,049
5.	Plian	เปลี่ยน	14	7,726
6.	Si Khit	สี่ขีด	12	9,109
7.	Theppharat	เทพราช	13	7,524
8.	Khao Noi	เขาน้อย	7	5,195
9.	Thung Sai	ทุ่งใส	8	10,452

Places of interest

Si Khit Waterfall (น้ำตกสี่ขีด): a small waterfall in Namtok Si Khit National Park on top of a mountain 1,303 m (4,274.9 ft) above sea level, covered with various types of rainforests, including a very rich ecosystem.

Wat Chedi (วัดเจดีย์): an ancient Buddhist temple more than 1,000 years old in Chalong Subdistrict, this place is famous for "I Khai" (ไอ้ไข่), a wood carving in the shape of a child, aged about 9–10 years old. He is believed to be a local boy who drowned in the temple area and became a Kuman Thong. Each day, many people pay obeisance to him to ask for fortune. Vows are often made to offer cock fighting figures or firecrackers.^[2]

References

^ "Namtok Si Khit National Park". Department of National Parks (DNP) Thailand. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
^ "Wat Chedi Ai Khai". ThailandTourismDirectory.

External links

amphoe.com Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
See Sichon - Hidden Gen of a beach near Suratthani

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[DNP-1] "Namtok Si Khit National Park". Department of National Parks (DNP) Thailand. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.

[2] "Wat Chedi Ai Khai". ThailandTourismDirectory.

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