Amphoe Ban Hong

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Ban Hong
บ้านโฮ่ง
Statistics
Province:	Lamphun
District office:	18°19′52″N, 98°49′8″E
Area:	596.9 km²
Inhabitants:	42,697 (2005)
Pop. density:	71,5 inh./km²
Geocode:	5103
Postal code:	51130
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Ban Hong (Thai: บ้านโฮ่ง) is a district (Amphoe) of Lamphun Province, northern Thailand.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Administration
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The minor district (King Amphoe) Ban Hong was established in 1917, when it was split off from Pa Sang district. It was upgraded to a full district on June 24 1956.^[1]

[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Wiang Nong Long, Pa Sang, Mae Tha, Thung Hua Chang and Li of Lamphun Province, Hot and Chom Thong of Chiang Mai Province .

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 5 subdistrict (tambon), which are further subdivided into 59 villages (muban). Ban Hong is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambon Ban Hong. There are further 5 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh.
1.	Ban Hong	บ้านโฮ่ง	18	15,186
2.	Pa Phlu	ป่าพลู	12	7,758
3.	Lao Yao	เหล่ายาว	12	9,641
4.	Si Tia	ศรีเตี้ย	9	6,031
5.	Nong Pla Sawai	หนองปลาสะวาย	8	4,081