Sai Yok district

Sai Yok
ไทรโยค
District
A train running through the "Hell Rail Pass""
A train running through the "Hell Rail Pass""
District location in Kanchanaburi province
District location in Kanchanaburi province
Coordinates: 14°6′56″N 99°8′40″E / 14.11556°N 99.14444°E / 14.11556; 99.14444
Country Thailand
Province Kanchanaburi
DistrictSai Yok
Area
 • Total
2,729 km2 (1,054 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
66,733
 • Density24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code
71150
Calling code034
ISO 3166 codeTH-7102

Sai Yok (Thai: ไทรโยค, pronounced [sāj jôːk]) is a district (amphoe) in Kanchanaburi province in western Thailand and is located northwest of Bangkok.

History

Prasat Mueang Sing, in tambon Sing, has been identified with Śrī Jayasiṃhapurī, one of the cities named in the Preah Khan inscription of 1191 as receiving an image of the Buddha from Jayavarman VII. David K. Wyatt gives the ground for the reading: taking the list to run in rough geographical order, the place must be the Mueang Sing of Kanchanaburi rather than the Singburi north-west of Ayutthaya.: 14  Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit caution that without corroborating evidence of military or administrative power the sending of the images is better characterised as cultural diplomacy than as rule.: 24 

Geography

The district is in the valley of the Khwae Noi River in the Tenasserim Hills area. It borders Myanmar to the south. Along the river the Death Railway runs to Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi.

Sai Yok National Park was created on 27 October 1980 and covers an area of about 500 km2. The most famous sight in the park is the Sai Yok waterfall.

Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Thong Pha Phum, Si Sawat, Mueang Kanchanaburi of Kanchanaburi Province and Tanintharyi Division of Myanmar.

Administration

Provincial administration

Sai Yok is divided into seven subdistricts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 57 administrative villages (mubans).

No. Subdistrict Thai Villages Pop.
1.Lum Sumลุ่มสุ่ม1110,867
2.Tha Saoท่าเสา1114,432
3.Singสิงห์65,318
4.Sai Yokไทรโยค811,235
5.Wang Krachaeวังกระแจะ99,822
6.Si Mongkhonศรีมงคล88,109
7.Bongtiบ้องตี้46,950
Total5766,733

Local government

Municipalities

As of December 2024 there are: three municipal (thesaban) areas in the district: Sai Yok subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) consists of the whole subdistrict Sai Yok, Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi subdistrict municipality (น้ำตกไทรโยคน้อย) covers parts of Tha Sao subdistrict and Wang Pho subdistrict municipality (วังโพธิ์) consists of parts of Lum Sum subdistrict.

Subdistrict municipalityPop.LAO codewebsite
Sai Yok11,23505710205saiyok.go.th
Namtok Sai Yok Noi
subd.mun.		Pop.05710201namtoksaiyoknoi.go.th
Tha Sao3,914
Wang Pho subd.
municipality		Pop.05710202wangphocity.com
Lum Sum2,120

Subdistrict administrative organizations

The non-municipal areas are administered by six subdistrict administrative organizations - SAO (ongkan borihan suan tambon - o bo toh).

Subdistrict adm.org - SAOPop.LAO codewebsite
Tha Sao SAO10,51806710203thasao-tmk.go.th
Wang Krachae SAO9,82206710207wangkrachae.go.th
Lum Sum SAO8,74706710204loomsoom.go.th
Si Mongkhon SAO8,10906710208srimongkol.go.th
Bongti SAO6,950206710206bongti.go.th
Sing SAO5,31806710209singsaiyok.go.th

Education

Healthcare

Hospital

Sai Yok district is served by two hospitals:

Health promoting hospitals

In the district there are twelve health-promoting hospitals in total, of which;

1 Bongti1 Lum Bum1 Si Mongkhon  1 Sing
2 Tha Sao  2 Wang Krachae  4 Sai Yok

Religion

There are sixty-eight Theravada Buddhist temples in the district.

3 Bongti8 Sing9 Mongkhon  11 Sai Yok
11 Wang Krachae  13 Lum Sum  13 Tha Sao

Christians have their thirteen churches and muslims have one mosque.

Sights

Khwae Noi River, Sai Yok National Park.

Apart from the nature of the Kwae Noi River valley, the other main attraction is Mueang Sing Historical Park, which shows the westernmost Khmer-style temple complex.

References

  1. ↑ "Administrative Subdivisions of Countries". Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Official statistics registration systems". Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA). Retrieved 26 June 2025, year 2024 >subdistrict level >Excel File >no.71020100-71020700, 7193-7194 >Excel line 8895-8902, 9038-9041{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  3. ↑ David K. Wyatt (2001). "Relics, Oaths and Politics in Thirteenth-Century Siam" (PDF). Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 32 (1): 3–65. JSTOR 20072298. Archived from the original on 26 January 2026. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  4. ↑ Chris Baker; Pasuk Phongpaichit (4 July 2017). "Before Ayutthaya". A History of Ayutthaya: Siam in the Early Modern World. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–42. doi:10.1017/9781108120197.002. ISBN 978-1-108-12019-7. Archived from the original on 11 March 2026. Retrieved 29 August 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Local Government Organization Code". DLA. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Education". Kanchanaburi Provincial Statistical Report 2567-2024. Kanchanaburi Provincial Statistical Office (Report). National Statistical Office (NSO). 2024. ISSN 1905-8314, Education Statistics tabel 3.2 Schools by Level of Education and District: Academic Year 2023{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  7. ↑ "Name-of-the-hospital-service-unit". Ministry of Public Health. Retrieved 26 June 2025, >health zone 5 no.08031-08042{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  8. ↑ "list of temples (1)". Retrieved 26 June 2025, Sect Maha Nikai 62 temples no.271020101-271020702{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  9. ↑ "list of temples (2)". Retrieved 26 June 2025, Sect Dhammayut 6 temples no.6701020101-6701020701{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  10. ↑ "Religion". Kanchanaburi Provincial Statistical Report 2567-2024. Kanchanaburi Provincial Statistical Office (Report). National Statistical Office (NSO). 2024. ISSN 1905-8314, Religion Statistics tabel 4.1 Temple, Church, Mosque by District 2023{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)