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Ko Samet is part of the Phe (Thai: เพ) Subdistrict of the Amphoe Mueang Rayong (Thai: เมืองระยอง, the capital district, or Amphoe Mueang), of Rayong Province. Ko Samet is the largest and westernmost of a cluster of islands not far from the coast. Ko Samet measures 6.8 kilometres (4.2 mi) from north to south.
In 1981, the Royal Forest Department declared the archipelago of Ko Samet, along with nine other small islands, the headland of Khao Laem Ya, and the 11 kilometre Mae Rampeung Beach to be a national park, and thus these areas are under the jurisdiction of the national parks department. In August 2013 more than 500 national park officials were ...
The park is approximately 58 kilometers (36 mi) south of Hua Hin. The origin of the name "Khao Sam Roi Yot" is undetermined. Local lore has it that it means 'mountain with 300 peaks', [2] [6] or the range had been an island where 300 survivors from a sinking Chinese junk sought refuge, or the range was named after a local plant called sam roi ...
South Dakota Board of Directors for Ed. Telecommunications: Public radio KZZE-LP: 96.5 FM: Fort Thompson: Crow Creek Sioux Tribe: Variety/Native American KZZI: 95.9 FM: Belle Fourche: Riverfront Broadcasting, LLC: Country WNAX: 570 AM: Yankton: Saga Communications of South Dakota, LLC: News Talk Information WNAX-FM: 104.1 FM: Yankton: Saga ...
South Dakota is named after the Dakota Sioux tribe, which comprises a large portion of the population — with nine reservations currently in the state — and has historically dominated the territory. [10] South Dakota is the 17th-largest by area, but the fifth-least populous, and the fifth-least densely populated of the 50 United States.
The Wolakota Buffalo Range is a nearly 28,000-acre native grassland (11,000 ha) for a bison herd on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, home of the federally recognized Sicangu Oyate (the Upper Brulé Sioux Nation) – also known as Sicangu Lakota, and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, a branch of the Lakota people.
Located in the area of South Dakota known as "East River" (east of the Missouri River, which diagonally divides the state), De Smet was platted by European Americans in 1880. [8] It was named for Belgian Father Pierre De Smet , [ 4 ] [ 9 ] a 19th-century Jesuit missionary who worked with Native Americans in the United States and its territories ...
The Mitchell Site, designated by the Smithsonian trinomial 39DV2, is an important archaeological site in Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964. [2] At that time it was the only reliably dated site of the Lower James River Phase (Initial Variant). [2]