Bang Chalong ( th, บางโฉลง, ) is a ''

tambon ''Tambon'' ( th, ตำบล, ) is a local governmental unit in Thailand. Below district (''amphoe'') and province (''changwat''), they form the third administrative subdivision level. there were 7,255 tambons, not including the 180 ''khwaeng'' ...

'' (subdistrict) of

Bang Phli District Bang Phli ( th, บางพลี, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Samut Prakan province in Thailand. It is home to Suvarnabhumi Airport (also called (New) Bangkok International Airport), which opened on 28 September 2006 as Thailand's primary ...

, in Samut Prakan Province,

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

. In 2017, it had a total population of 41,834 people.

Etymology

Its name "Bang Chalong", presumed to be from the Khmer word "Chanlong" (จรรโลง), literally 'lifting'. Which means lifting ''yo'' (ยอ; a kind of traditional Thai fishing tool) and boats from the water of local canal

Khlong Samrong Khlong Samrong ( th, คลองสำโรง, ) is a ''khlong'' (canal) in central Thailand, regarded as the main watercourse of Samut Prakan Province. History The khlong was created a long way back, since the King Ramathibodi II's reign of ...

. While "Bang" refers to 'community on the waterfront', thus "Bang Chalong" can be translated as 'lifting place'.

Administration

Central administration

The ''tambon'' is subdivided into 11 administrative villages (''

muban Muban ( th, หมู่บ้าน; , ) is the lowest administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74,944 administrative mu ...

'').

Local administration

The area of the subdistrict is shared by 2 local governments. *the subdistrict municipality (''

Thesaban Tambon Thesaban ( th, เทศบาล, , ) are the municipalities of Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities: city, town, and sub-district. Bangkok and Pattaya are special municipal entities not included in the ''thesaban'' system. The mu ...

'') Bang Phli (เทศบาลตำบลบางพลี) *the subdistrict administrative organization (SAO) Bang Chalong (องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลบางโฉลง)

References

External links

Thaitambon.com on Bang Chalong
Tambon of Samut Prakan province {{SamutPrakan-geo-stub