Wang Krachae ( th, วังกระแจะ, ) 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,

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Accessed 11 May 2011 In 2016 it had a population of 9,134 people. The ''tambon'' contains nine villages. Wang Krachae Subdistrict is in the

mountainous A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...

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

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History

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. The Governor of Kanchanaburi Province, Wan-chai Osukhonthip, ordered police and

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 Bong Ti ( th, บ้องตี้, ) is a village and ''tambon'' (subdistrict) of Sai Yok District, in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand.Thaita ...

subdistricts in Sai Yok District for meteor debris.

References

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Map of the area
Tambon of Kanchanaburi Province Populated places in Kanchanaburi province Myanmar–Thailand border Tenasserim Hills {{Kanchanaburi-geo-stub