Amphoe Lam Luk Ka
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Province: | Pathum Thani |
District office: | |
Area: | 297.71 km² |
Inhabitants: | 184,316 (2005) |
Pop. density: | 619 inh./km² |
Geocode: | 1306 |
Postal code: | 12150 |
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Lam Luk Ka (Thai: ลำลูกกา) is a district (Amphoe) of Pathum Thani Province, central Thailand.
[edit] History
The name Lam Luk Ka originates from a fertile pond in the district named Bueng Lam Luk Ka. When the government created the district Lam Luk Ka in 1904, they cut the word Bueng off.
[edit] Geography
The district is located in a part of Thung Luang same as the districts Thanyaburi and Khlong Luang. Khlong Rangsit is the main water resource of the district.
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Thanyaburi of Pathum Thani, Ongkharak of Nakhon Nayok Province, Bang Nam Priao of Chachoengsao Province, Nong Chok, Khlong Sam Wa, Sai Mai and Don Mueang of Bangkok, and Mueang Pathum Thani.
[edit] Administration
The district is subdivided into 8 subdistricts (tambon). There is one town (thesaban mueang) Khu Khot and two townships (thesaban tambon) - Lam Luk Ka and Lam Sai. There are 8 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
1. | Khu Khot | คูคต | |
2. | Lat Sawai | ลาดสวาย | |
3. | Bueng Kham Phroi | บึงคำพร้อย | |
4. | Lam Luk Ka | ลำลูกกา | |
5. | Bueng Thong Lang | บึงทองหลาง | |
6. | Lam Sai | ลำไทร | |
7. | Bueng Kho Hai | บึงคอไห | |
8. | Phuet Udom | พืชอุดม |
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