- Amphoe Mueang Surin
Infobox Amphoe
name=Mueang Surin
thai=เมืองสุรินทร์
province=Surin
coordinates=coord|14|52|54|N|104|29|36|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH
area=915.1
population=257,192
population_as_of=2005
density=281.1
postal_code=32000
geocode=3201Mueang Surin ( _th. เมืองสุรินทร์) is the capital district ("
Amphoe Mueang ") ofSurin Province , northeasternThailand .Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Chom Phra, Khwao Sinarin, Sikhoraphum, Lamduan and Prasat of Surin Province, Krasang and Satuek of
Buriram Province .Administration
The district is subdivided into 21 communes ("
tambon "), which are further subdivided into 285 villages ("muban "). The town ("thesaban mueang ") Surin covers the whole "tambon" Nai Mueang. Mueang Thi is a township ("thesaban tambon ") which covers parts of the "tambon" Mueang Thi. There are further 20 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).Missing numbers now form the district Khwao Sinrin.
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