Amphoe Don Tum

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Don Tum
ดอนตูม
Statistics
Province:	Nakhon Pathom
District office:	Sam Ngam 13°57′38″N, 100°4′53″E
Area:	171.354 km²
Inhabitants:	45,386 (2005)
Pop. density:	265 inh./km²
Geocode:	7304
Postal code:	73150
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Don Tum (Thai: ดอนตูม) is a district (Amphoe) in the northern part of Nakhon Pathom Province, central Thailand.

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

[edit] Etymology

The words Don and Tum in Thai mean land at a slightly high elevation. Due to this the district never had problems with flooding.

[edit] History

Mueang Tum was an ancient city of the Srivijaya kingdom. The first official district name of this area was Sam Kaeo. Later it was renamed to Kamphaeng Saen district.

The minor district (King Amphoe) Don Tum created in January 1 1966, when seven tambon were split from Kamphaeng Saen district.^[1] It was officially upgraded to be full district on March 12th, 1969.^[2]

[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Bang Len, Nakhon Chai Si, Mueang Nakhon Pathom and Kamphaeng Saen.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 8 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 68 villages (muban). The township (thesaban tambon) Sam Ngam covers the complete tambon Sam Ngam. Each of the other 7 tambon has a Tambon administrative organization (TAO).

Nr.	Name	Thai name	Villages
1.	Sam Ngam	สามง่าม	12
2.	Huai Phra	ห้วยพระ	8
3.	Lam Hoei	ลำเหย	15
4.	Don Phutsa	ดอนพุทรา	10
5.	Ban Luang	บ้านหลวง	5
6.	Don Ruak	ดอนรวก	5
7.	Huai Duan	ห้วยด้วน	7
8.	Lam Luk Bua	ลำลูกบัว	6