Khlong Hat

Khlong Hat (Thai: คลองหาด) is the southeasternmost district (Amphoe) of Sa Kaeo Province, eastern Thailand.

History

The area originally was a forest with plenty of Mahat (Thai: มะหาด) or Lakooch trees (Artocarpus lakoocha) along the canals (Khlong). When people moved to settle their new village there, they named their own village Ban Khlong Mahat. Later the name was shortened to Ban Khlong Hat. In 1984 Cambodian refugees fleeing from the Civil War migrated to the area of Khlong Hat. The Thai government separated the four subdistricts Khlong Hat, Thai Udom, Sap Makrut and Sai Diao from Watthana Nakhon district and created a minor district (King Amphoe) for better administration effective January 15, 1985. Mr. Luean Lueanrangsi was the first head of the minor district. It was upgrated to a full district on May 21, 1990.

^Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khlong_Hat_District