Chuen Chom district

{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Chuen Chom | native_name = ชื่นชม | native_name_lang= th | settlement_type = District | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = Amphoe 4413.svg | map_caption = District location in Maha Sarakham province | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Thailand | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Maha Sarakham | subdivision_type2 = Seat | subdivision_name2 = Chuen Chom | subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = ''Muban'' | subdivision_name4 = | established_title = District established | established_date = | population_total = 24586 | population_as_of = 2005 | population_density_km2 = {{formatnum:217.6|R}} | area_total_km2 = {{formatnum:113.0|R}} | leader_title = | leader_name = | blank_name_sec1 = Postal code | blank_info_sec1 = 44160 | blank_name_sec2 = Geocode | blank_info_sec2 = 4413 | timezone = ICT | utc_offset = +7 | coordinates = {{coord|16|31|53|N|103|10|18|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}} | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Chuen Chom''' ({{langx|th|ชื่นชม}}, {{IPA|th|tɕʰɯ̂ːn tɕʰōm|pron}}; {{langx|tts|ซื่นซม}}, {{IPA|tts|sɯ̄ːn sôm|pron}}) is a district (''amphoe'') in the north of Maha Sarakham province, northeastern Thailand.

==Geography== Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise): Chiang Yuen of Maha Sarakham Province; Sam Sung and Kranuan of Khon Kaen province; Huai Mek and Yang Talat of Kalasin province.

==History== The minor district (''king amphoe'') was split off from Chiang Yuen district on 1 July 1997.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=114|issue=Special 51 ง|pages=15|script-title=th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งเขตท้องที่อำเภอเชียงยืน จังหวัดมหาสารคาม ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอชื่นชม|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2540/E/051/15.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214100756/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2540/E/051/15.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 14, 2012|date=June 25, 1997|language=Thai}}</ref>

The Thai government on 15 May 2007 upgraded all 81 minor districts to full districts.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.manager.co.th/Politics/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9500000055625|publisher=Manager Online|script-title=th:แถลงผลการประชุม ครม. ประจำวันที่ 15 พ.ค. 2550|language=Thai|access-date=2007-09-20|archive-date=2011-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516212636/http://www.manager.co.th/Politics/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9500000055625|url-status=dead}}</ref> With publication in the ''Royal Gazette'' on 24 August the upgrade became official.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=124|issue=46 ก|pages=14–21|script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอฆ้องชัย...และอำเภอเหล่าเสือโก้ก พ.ศ. ๒๕๕๐|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2550/A/046/14.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930165121/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2550/A/046/14.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 30, 2007|date=August 24, 2007|language=Thai}}</ref>

==Administration== The district is divided into four sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 47 villages (''mubans''). There are no municipal (''thesabans''). There are four tambon administrative organizations (TAO). {| ! No. ! Name ! Thai name ! Villages ! Pop. |- ||1.||Chuen Chom||ชื่นชม||11||5,886|| |- ||2.||Kut Pla Duk||กุดปลาดุก||15||8,264|| |- ||3.||Lao Dok Mai||เหล่าดอกไม้||11||6,329|| |- ||4.||Nong Kung||หนองกุง||10||4,107|| |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.amphoe.com/menu.php?mid=1&am=871&pv=41 amphoe.com]

Chun Chom