Nong Don ( th, หนองโดน, ) is a district (''

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'') in the northwestern part of Saraburi province in central

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History

Ten kilometres from Bang Khamoad (today's Ban Mo district) there is a big pond. The west side of the pond has a big tummy-wood tree ('' Careya sphaerica'' Roxb.) or in Thai ''Kradon'' (ต้นกระโดน). The people from Dong Noi and Kokko and ''Mueang''

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moved to here and established the village Ban Nong Kradon. When the village grew bigger, the government created a separate minor district (''

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'') Nong Don on 15 July 1968, when the three ''tambons'' Nong Don, Ban Klap, and Don Thong were split off from Ban Mo district. The minor district was upgraded to a full district on 21 August 1975.

Geography

Neighbouring districts are (from the north clockwise) Mueang Lopburi of Lopburi province, Phra Phutthabat, Ban Mo and Don Phut of Saraburi Province.

Administration

The district is divided into four sub-districts (''

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s''), which are further subdivided into 34 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''). Nong Don has township (''

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'') status and covers 1.94 km² of ''tambon'' Nong Don. There are three Tambon administrative organizations (TAO); Ban Klab is also responsible for ''tambon'' Ban Prong.

Transportation

The district is crossed by the

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of the

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(SRT) with two stations: Nong Don (main station), Ban Klap (minor station).

References

External links

amphoe.com
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