Amphoe Ban Chang

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Ban Chang
บ้านฉาง
Statistics
Province:	Rayong
District office:	Ban Chang 12°43′42″N, 101°3′59″E
Area:	238.4 km²
Inhabitants:	49,189 (2005)
Pop. density:	206.3 inh./km²
Geocode:	2102
Postal code:	21130
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Ban Chang (Thai: บ้านฉาง) is the westernmost district (Amphoe) of Rayong Province, eastern Thailand.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Administration
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The area originally was Tambon Phala of Mueang Rayong district. From 1963 on the American military used the U-Tapao airforce base, thus the community grew bigger.

The government created Ban Chang minor district (King Amphoe) on May 7th, 1976 by splitting two tambon from Mueang district.^[1] It was upgraded to be full district on March 16th, 1985.^[2]

[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Sattahip, Bang Lamung of Chonburi Province, Nikhom Phatthana and Mueang Rayong of Rayong Province. To the south is the Gulf of Thailand.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 3 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 22 villages (muban). Ban Chang is a town (thesaban mueang) and covers parts of the tambon Ban Chang and Phla. Samnak Thon is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambon Samnak Thon. There are further 3 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO) responsible for the non-municipal areas.