{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Kut Chum | native_name = กุดชุม | native_name_lang= th | settlement_type = District | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = Amphoe 3503.svg | map_caption = District location in Yasothon province | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Thailand | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Yasothon | subdivision_type2 = Seat | subdivision_name2 = Kut Chum | subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = ''Muban'' | subdivision_name4 = | established_title = District established | established_date = | population_total = 65959 | population_as_of = 2005 | population_density_km2 = {{formatnum:121.25|R}} | area_total_km2 = {{formatnum:544.0|R}} | leader_title = | leader_name = | blank_name_sec1 = Postal code | blank_info_sec1 = 35140 | blank_name_sec2 = Geocode | blank_info_sec2 = 3503 | timezone = ICT | utc_offset = +7 | coordinates = {{coord|16|2|0|N|104|20|17|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}} | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Kut Chum''' ({{langx|th|กุดชุม}}, {{IPA|th|kùt tɕʰūm|pron}}; {{langx|tts|กุดซุม}}, {{IPA|lo|kǔt su᷇m|pron}}) 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 1 August 1961. It was composed of the four sub-districts: Non Pueai, Phai (in 1978 reassigned to Sai Mun District), Phon Ngan, and Kammaet, all split off from Mueang Yasothon district.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=78|issue=63 ง|pages=1822|script-title=th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง ยกฐานะตำบลขึ้นเป็นกิ่งอำเภอ|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2504/D/063/1822.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524104522/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2504/D/063/1822.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 24, 2012|date=1961-08-15|language=Thai}}</ref>
On 17 July 1963, it was elevated to the level of district (''amphoe''), then of Ubon Ratchathani province.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=80|issue=72 ก|pages=362|script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอบ่อพลอย อำเภอไทรโยค อำเภอหนองเรือ อำเภอหนองสองห้อง อำเภอประทาย อำเภอห้วยแถลง อำเภอละหานทราย อำเภอกุยบุรี อำเภอตาพระยา อำเภอหนองไผ่ อำเภอนาเชือก อำเภอวัดเพลง อำเภอพนัสนิคม อำเภอภูกระดึง อำเภอปรางค์กู่ อำเภอท่าช้าง อำเภอบ้านด่านลานหอย อำเภอบ้านดง อำเภอสว่างอารมณ์ และอำเภอกุดชุม พ.ศ. ๒๕๐๖|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2506/A/072/362.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521011450/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2506/A/072/362.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 21, 2009|date=1963-07-16|language=Thai}}</ref> When Yasothon was separated from Ubon, Kut Chum was one of the districts assigned 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== thumb|left
Kut Chum is known for its organic movement and organic foods, chiefly the organic farming of rice.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ird.sut.ac.th/NRCT%20CDROM/xml/bx5035.xml |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517033427/http://ird.sut.ac.th/NRCT%20CDROM/xml/bx5035.xml |archive-date=2008-05-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Kut Chum is also known for issuing its own local scrip called ''Bia Kut Chum''. Bia, Thai for 'cowry shell', was once a unit of currency equal to {{Fraction|1|6400}} of a Thai baht, and ''bia'' is used 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 in the community.<ref>[http://2bangkok.com/forum/showthread.php?2224-A-Boon-to-Kut-Chum A Boon to Kut Chum]( {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805144341/http://2bangkok.com/forum/showthread.php?2224-A-Boon-to-Kut-Chum |date=2012-08-05 }}</ref>
==Administration== The district is divided into nine sub-districts (''tambons'') and 125 villages (''mubans'').
{| |---valign=top || #Kut Chum (กุดชุม) #Non Pueai (โนนเปือย) #Kammaet (กำแมด) #Na So (นาโส่) #Huai Kaeng (ห้วยแก้ง) || <ol start=6> <li>Nong Mi (หนองหมี) <li>Phon Ngam (โพนงาม) [http://www.banphonngam.th.gs/ web site (Thai)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817224206/http://www.banphonngam.th.gs/ |date=2019-08-17 }} <li>Kham Nam Sang (คำน้ำสร้าง) <li>Nong Nae (หนองแหน) </ol> |}
===Local administration=== Kut Chum Phatthana is a sub-district municipality (''thesaban tambon'') which covers parts of sub-districts Kut Chum and Non Pueai. There are a further nine tambon administrative organizations (TAO), one for each sub-district covering the non-municipal areas.
==See also== * Rosana Tositrakul
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://amphoe.com/menu.php?mid=1&am=480&pv=44 amphoe.com] (Thai)
{{Amphoe Yasothon}}
Category:Districts of Yasothon province