Amphoe Bang Saphan Noi

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Bang Saphan Noi
บางสะพานน้อย
Statistics
Province:	Prachuap Khiri Khan
District office:	Bang Saphan 11°4′30″N, 99°26′30″E
Area:	720.0 km²
Inhabitants:	35,553 (2005)
Pop. density:	49.37 inh./km²
Geocode:	7705
Postal code:	77170
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Bang Saphan Noi (Thai: บางสะพานน้อย) is the southernmost district (Amphoe) of Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, central Thailand.

1 History
2 Etymology
3 Geography
4 Administration
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

The minor district (King Amphoe) Bang Saphan Noi was split off from Bang Saphan district on June 10th, 1974.^[1]. It was officially upgraded to a full district on July 13th, 1981.^[2]

[edit] Etymology

The name Bang Saphan Noi originates from the time of the building of the southern railway. The workers had to build two bridges north and south of the railway station which later became the center of the district. As this was the same structure as for the Bang Saphan railway station further north, they thus named the railway station Bang Saphan Noi (small bridge village), and subsequently the railway station of Bang Saphan was named Bang Saphan Yai (big bridge village).

[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are Bang Saphan to the north, to the south the districts Tha Sae and Pathio of Chumphon Province.To the west is the Tanintharyi Division of Myanmar, to the east the Gulf of Thailand.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 5 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 41 villages (muban). Bang Saphan Noi is also the only township (thesaban tambon) of the district, which covers parts of the tambon Bang Saphan. There are further 5 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai	Villages	Inh.
1.	Pak Phraek	ปากแพรก	6	3,277
2.	Bang Saphan	บางสะพาน	10	7,354
3.	Sai Thong	ทรายทอง	11	7,200
4.	Chang Raek	ช้างแรก	8	9,673
5.	Chaiyarat	ไชยราช	6	7,470