Yang Yai () is a

tambon ''Tambon'' (, ) is a local governmental unit in Thailand. Below district (''amphoe'') and province ('' changwat''), they form the third administrative subdivision level. there were 7,255 tambons, not including the 180 ''khwaeng'' of Bangkok, whi ...

(subdistrict) located in the northern region of Nam Yuen district, in Ubon Ratchathani Province,

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

. It previously was the seat of a district named "Uthai Det Udom" (Eastern Det Udom) in Thailand's former province, , until it was merged into the present Det Udom district and downgraded to the village in 1912. As of the 2021 consensus, it had a population of 6,280 people and 1,857 households in 12 administrative villages (

Muban Muban (; , ) is the lowest Administrative divisions of Thailand, administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet (place), hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74 ...

; บ้าน or หมู่บ้าน). Neighbouring subdistricts are (clockwise from the south) Bu Pueai, Kao Kham,

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, Non Sawan, and Phon Sawan.

History

Before 1912, Yang Yai was one of the districts called "Uthai Det Udom" (Eastern Det Udom) in Thailand's former province, , but, together with three other districts; Dom Pradit, Klang Det Udom, and Pachim Det Udom, it was merged to create a new district, Det Udom, with Mueang Det serving as the capital, and was also further downgraded to a village in the tambon

; the tambon's name refers to a group of three Yang villages in the region, including Yang Klang (''Middle Yang''), Yang Noi (''Little Yang''), and Yang Yai (''Greater Yang''). In 1979, five years after tambon

was transferred to a newly established district, Nam Yuen, Yang Yai, along with eight other villages in Yang's southeast territory, was separated to form a new tambon, Bu Pueai. However, it later became an independent tambon in 1988 by absorbing five other villages in the northern region of Bu Pueai. After independence, Tambon Yang Yai was governed by the Subdistrict Council of Yang until the council was later upgraded to the

Subdistrict Administrative Organization ''Tambon'' (, ) is a local governmental unit in Thailand. Below district (''amphoe'') and province ('' changwat''), they form the third administrative subdivision level. there were 7,255 tambons, not including the 180 ''khwaeng'' of Bangkok, whi ...

(SAO) in 1996.

Geography

The tambon covers 46 km² and is located in the northern region of the Nam Yuen district, on Lam Dom Yai River's basin. The area is mostly an undulating plateau and rolling plain used for agriculture.

Administration

The subdistrict of Yang Yai is subdivided into 12 administrative villages (mubans; หมู่บ้าน). As of the 2021 census, it had a population of 6,280 people with 1,857 households. The entire tambon is governed by the Subdistrict Administrative Organization of Yang Yai (องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลยางใหญ่, Yang Yai SAO). The following is a list of the subdistrict's mubans, which roughly correspond to the villages.

References

{{coord, 14.571083, 105.106513, region:TH_type:adm3rd, display=title Tambon of Ubon Ratchathani province