Bang Khan ( th, บางขัน, ) is a district (''
amphoe
An amphoe (sometimes also ''amphur'', th, อำเภอ, )—usually translated as "district"—is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Groups of ''amphoe'' or districts make up the provinces, and are analogous to countie ...
'') of
Nakhon Si Thammarat province,
southern Thailand
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Geography
Southern Thailand is on the Malay Peninsula, with an area of around , bounded ...
.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise):
Thung Yai and
Thung Song of Nakhon Si Thammarat;
Ratsada
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,
Huai Yot, and
Wang Wiset of
Trang province; and
Lam Thap of
Krabi province.
History
The district was created as a minor district (''
king amphoe
An amphoe (sometimes also ''amphur'', th, อำเภอ, )—usually translated as "district"—is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Groups of ''amphoe'' or districts make up the provinces, and are analogous to countie ...
'') on 1 April 1984, when the three ''tambons'' Bang Khan, Ban Lamnao, and Wang Hin were split off from
Thung Song district. On 9 April 1992 the minor district was upgraded to a full district.
Administration
The district is divided into four sub-districts (''
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'' ...
s''), which are further subdivided into 60 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 ...
s''). There are no municipal (''
thesaban
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The mu ...
'') areas, and three tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
References
External links
amphoe.com
Districts of Nakhon Si Thammarat province
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