Wat Phleng ( th, วัดเพลง, ) is a district (''

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'') of Ratchaburi province, western

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History

In the past, the district was called Wat Pradu District because the office was in front of ''Wat'' Pradu, Wat Pradu canal. When the district office was moved to the present area, the district name was changed to be Maenam Om district. Later in 1914 the government moved the district office of Maenam Om to Tambon Pak Tho, which was more accessible as it was near the railway station. The old central area was made the Wat Phleng 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 ...

''). It was upgraded to a full district again on 17 July 1963.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the southwest clockwise) Pak Tho and Mueang Ratchaburi of Ratchaburi Province and Bang Khonthi and Amphawa of Samut Songkhram province. The important water resource is the Khwae Om River, a branch of the

Mae Klong River The Mae Klong (, , ), sometimes spelled Mae Khlong or Meklong, is a river in western Thailand. The river begins at the confluence of the Khwae Noi (Khwae Sai Yok) and the Khwae Yai River (Khwae Si Sawat) in Kanchanaburi, it passes Ratchaburi ...

Administration

Central administration

Wat Phleng is divided into three subdistricts (''

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 28 administrative 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'').

Local administration

There is one subdistrict municipality (''

thesaban tambon Thesaban ( th, เทศบาล, , ) are the municipalities of Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities: city, town, and sub-district. Bangkok and Pattaya are special municipal entities not included in the ''thesaban'' system. The mu ...

'') in the district: * Wat Phleng (Thai: ) consisting of parts of subdistricts Ko San Phra and Wat Phleng. There are three subdistrict administrative organizations (SAO) in the district: * Ko San Phra (Thai: ) consisting of parts of subdistrict Ko San Phra. * Chom Prathat (Thai: ) consisting of subdistrict Chom Prathat. * Wat Phleng (Thai: ) consisting of parts of subdistrict Wat Phleng.

References

External links

amphoe.com

Wat Phleng district history
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