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Kanchanadit District
Kanchanadit ( th, กาญจนดิษฐ์, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in Surat Thani province, south Thailand. History Originally, the town was named ''Tha Thong'' (ท่าทอง) after the river of the same name (''Tha Thong Mai'', (named ''Khlong Tha Phet'' at the time). During the reign of King Nangklao (Rama III), the town was moved because it was malaria-infested and renamed ''Kanchanadit''. It was a provincial town (''mueang'') under the control of the Nakhon Si Thammarat Kingdom. After King Mongkut took power, it was put under the supervision of Bangkok directly. In 1899, the province was merged with Chaiya and reduced to ''amphoe'' (district) status. Geography The district is in the eastern part of the province. It stretches from the coast to Bandon Bay of the Gulf of Thailand in the north, the low river valley of the Tapi River, Thailand, Tapi River to the west, and the Nakhon Si Thammarat mountain range in the south and west. Tai Rom Yen National Park was cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions of municipalities, school district, or political district. By country/region Afghanistan In Afghanistan, a district (Persian ps, ولسوالۍ ) is a subdivision of a province. There are almost 400 districts in the country. Australia Electoral districts are used in state elections. Districts were also used in several states as cadastral units for land titles. Some were used as squatting districts. New South Wales had several different types of districts used in the 21st century. Austria In Austria, the word is used with different meanings in three different contexts: * Some of the tasks of the administrative branch of the national and regional governments are fulfilled by the 95 district administrative offices (). The area a dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf Of Thailand
The Gulf of Thailand, also known as the Gulf of Siam, is a shallow inlet in the southwestern South China Sea, bounded between the southwestern shores of the Indochinese Peninsula and the northern half of the Malay Peninsula. It is around in length and up to in width, and has a surface area of . The gulf is surrounded on the north, west and southwest by the coastlines of Thailand (hence the name), on the northeast by Cambodia and the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam, and opens to the South China Sea in the southeast. Names The modern Thai name of the gulf is ''Ao Thai'' ( th, อ่าวไทย, , 'Thai Gulf') and "Gulf of Thailand" has been adopted as the official name of the body by the International Hydrographic Organization. Its name in Malay is he "Gulf of Siam", ''Teluk Siam'', and in km, ឈូងសមុទ្រសៀម'', Chhoung Samut Siem''. In Thai, the gulf is historically known as ''Ao Sayam'' ( th, อ่าวสยาม). In Vietnamese it is known a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanchanadit Temple
Kanchanadit ( th, กาญจนดิษฐ์, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in Surat Thani province, south Thailand. History Originally, the town was named ''Tha Thong'' (ท่าทอง) after the river of the same name (''Tha Thong Mai'', (named ''Khlong Tha Phet'' at the time). During the reign of King Nangklao (Rama III), the town was moved because it was malaria-infested and renamed ''Kanchanadit''. It was a provincial town (''mueang'') under the control of the Nakhon Si Thammarat Kingdom. After King Mongkut took power, it was put under the supervision of Bangkok directly. In 1899, the province was merged with Chaiya and reduced to ''amphoe'' (district) status. Geography The district is in the eastern part of the province. It stretches from the coast to Bandon Bay of the Gulf of Thailand in the north, the low river valley of the Tapi River to the west, and the Nakhon Si Thammarat mountain range in the south and west. Tai Rom Yen National Park was created on 31 December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thailand Route 44
Highway 44 is part of land bridge project running across the Kra Isthmus. It starts at intersection with Phetkasem highway (Highway 4) in Krabi Province, running northeast, and ends at intersection with Highway 401 in Surat Thani Province. It roughly follows the route that a centuries-discussed Thai Canal might follow, if ever built. Construction of Highway 44 began in the 1990s and was completed in 2003 at a cost of US$109.7 million. Route details Route 44 is part of land bridge project of Thailand's southern seaboard. However, the other parts of project have not yet built. Route 44 was slated to connect seaports on both the western and eastern coasts of Thailand. However, as the locations of seaports have not yet been finalized, only the central portion of Route 44 has been constructed. The roughly 50 km missing portions will be built when the location of the seaports has been finalized. Route 44 is unique in that it was designed to accompany other forms of transporta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thailand Route 401
Highway 401 is a national highway in Southern Thailand. It starts from the west coast of the Thai-Malay Peninsula at an intersection with Phetkasem Road (Highway 4) near Amphoe Takua Pa, Phang Nga Province. The route runs eastward through Surat Thani Province to the east coast, then southward to Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. It ends at Ban Tha Pae, about 10 km north of Nakhon Si Thammarat town. Highway 4012 then connects Ban Tha Pae to Nakhon Si Thammarat town. Route Details Route 401 is the main road that connects Surat Thani and Nakhon Si Thammarat. It starts near Amphoe Takua Pa as a two-lane single carriageway. Running eastward, it passes through Phanom, Ban Ta Khun districts to Phunphin district. Then it widens to a four-lane dual carriageway and continues to Surat Thani, Amphoe Kanchanadit. It enters Nakhon Si Thammarat province at Amphoe Khanom, but does not pass the town of Khanom. It, then, goes southward pass Amphoe Sichon, Amphoe Tha Sala and ends at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ban Na San District
Ban Na San ( th, บ้านนาสาร, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Surat Thani province, Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise): Nopphitam and Phipun of Nakhon Si Thammarat province; Wiang Sa, Khian Sa, Ban Na Doem, Mueang Surat Thani, and Kanchanadit of Surat Thani. The eastern portion of the district is within the Nakhon Si Thammarat mountain range and is part of Tai Rom Yen National Park. History The district dates back to the Lamphun District, once responsible for all of the southeastern part of the present-day province. Originally the district was divided into seven ''tambons'': Ban Na, Tha Ruea, Kobkaeb, Thung Tao, I-Pan, Prasaeng, and Phanom. In 1899 the southern part was split off as Prasaeng District and Phanom minor district. Originally the district was administered from Nakhon Si Thammarat, and was transferred to Chaiya (now Surat Thani) in 1906. On 29 April 1918 the district was renamed Ban Na, the site of the dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nopphitam District
Nopphitam ( th, นบพิตำ, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Nakhon Si Thammarat province, southern Thailand. History The district was created on 1 April 1995 by splitting off the four western ''tambons'' from Tha Sala district. On 15 May 2007, all 81 minor districts were upgraded to full districts. On 24 August, the upgrade became official. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the northeast clockwise): Sichon, Tha Sala, Phrom Khiri and Phipun of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province and Ban Na San and Kanchanadit of Surat Thani province. Nopphitam contains the northernmost part of the Khao Luang National Park, protecting a large part of the Nakhon Si Thammarat mountain range. Administration The district is divided into four sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 38 villages (''mubans''). There are no municipal (''thesaban'') areas, and four tambon administrative organization ''Tambon'' ( th, ตำบล, ) is a local governmental unit in Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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