Wang Prachan ( th, วังประจัน, ) is a sub-district (''
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'' ...
'') of
Khuan Don District
Khuan Don ( th, ควนโดน, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Satun province, southern Thailand.
History
The old name of Khuan Don was Duson (ดุสน), which is derived from its original Malay name, ''Dusun'' (Jawi: دوسون).
Khua ...
,
Satun Province of
Thailand
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, at the boundary to
Malaysia
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.
Thai Hwy 4181, which passes through the sub-district, connects Satun with
Wang Kelian
Wang Kelian is a village in Perlis, Malaysia located on the Malaysia-Thailand Border. The village was popular with tourists as it was the location of a border market which straddles both sides of the border. However, it has lost it popularity fol ...
in Malaysia.
, the sub-district has a population of 2,380.
Administration
The sub-district is led by a
tambon administrative organization
''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'' ...
(TAO), which was established in 2004.
The sub-district itself was established in 1914, and is divided into four 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 ...
'').
Pictures
File:Wang Prachan Border Checkpoint.jpg, Wang Prachan checkpoint seen from Malaysian territory.
File:Wang Prachan Market.jpg, Morning market at Wang Prachan, just before the border crossing into Malaysia.
References
External links
Tambon.com(Thai)
Geography of Satun province
Tambon of Satun Province
Malaysia–Thailand border crossings
{{Borders of Thailand