Bong Ti ( th, บ้องตี้, ) is a village and ''
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
Sai Yok District, in
Kanchanaburi 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 ...
.
Thaitambon.com
, Accessed 11 May 2011 The ''tambon'' contains four villages.
Geography
Bong Ti Subdistrict is in the mountainous area of the Tenasserim Hills
The Tenasserim Hills or Tenasserim Range ( my, တနင်္သာရီ တောင်တန်း, ; th, ทิวเขาตะนาวศรี, , ; ms, Banjaran Tanah Seri/Banjaran Tenang Sari) is the geographical name of a r ...
, close to the border with Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
.
There is a tarmac road connecting with Sinbyudaing
Sinbyudaing ( my, ဆင်ဖြူတိုင်), also known as ''Sin Byu Daing'', ( th, สิ่นผิ่วโด่ง) is a small village of Dawei District in the Taninthayi Division of Myanmar. It is located on the western side of the ...
in Myanmar at the western end of the subdistrict. In 2005 the ''tambon'' had a population of 3,894 people. Many of the local inhabitants are Karen people
The Karen, kjp, ပ်ုဖၠုံဆိုဒ်, my, ကရင်လူမျိုး, , th, กะเหรี่ยง ( ), also known as the Kayin, Kariang or Kawthoolese, are an ethnolinguistic group of Sino-Tibetan language ...
.
In 2015, sound from the meteor
A meteoroid () is a small rocky or metallic body in outer space.
Meteoroids are defined as objects significantly smaller than asteroids, ranging in size from grains to objects up to a meter wide. Objects smaller than this are classified as micr ...
was reported in three districts of Kanchanaburi Province: Thong Pha Phum, Sai Yok, and Si Sawat.Sai Yok National Park
Sai Yok National Park ( th, อุทยานแห่งชาติไทรโยค) is a List of national parks of Thailand, national park in Sai Yok District, Sai Yok district, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. The park, home to mountains, wa ...
rangers to search Wang Krachae and Bong Ti subdistricts in Sai Yok District for meteor debris.
References
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Pictures of the subdistrict
Tambon of Kanchanaburi Province
Populated places in Kanchanaburi province
Myanmar–Thailand border
Tenasserim Hills
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