Amphoe Lang Suan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lang Suan
หลังสวน
Statistics
Province:	Chumphon
District office:	Khan Ngoen 9°56′42″N, 99°4′42″E
Area:	935.0 km²
Inhabitants:	70,340 (2005)
Pop. density:	75.2 inh./km²
Geocode:	8604
Postal code:	86110
Map

Lang Suan (Thai: หลังสวน) is a district (Amphoe) of Chumphon Province, southern Thailand.

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

[edit] History

Lang Suan was originally a Mueang reporting directly to Bangkok. During the thesaphiban reforms at the end of the 19th century it was put under Monthon Chumphon. On April 1 1932 the province was abolished and its districts were incorporated into Chumphon province.^[1]

[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Lamae and Phato of Chumphon province, La-un of Ranong Province, and Sawi and Thung Tako of Chumphon again. To the east is the Gulf of Thailand.

The main river of the district is the Lang Suan.

[edit] Symbols

The slogan of the district is Lang Suan, city of fruits, paddle boat race, source of durian stir, royal garden.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 13 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 147 villages (muban). The town (thesaban mueang) Lang Suan covers the whole tambon Lang Suan and parts of Khan Ngoen, Pho Daeng, Laem Sai and Wang Tako. The township (thesaban tambon) Paknam Lang Suan covers whole tambon Pak Nam. There are further 12 Tambon administrative organization.

No.	Name	Thai	Villages	Inh.
1.	Lang Suan	หลังสวน	-	4,008
2.	Khan Ngoen	ขันเงิน	7	6,843
3.	Tha Maphla	ท่ามะพลา	9	3,120
4.	Na Kha	นาขา	13	7,709
5.	Na Phaya	นาพญา	19	5,024
6.	Ban Khuan	บ้านควน	17	7,902
7.	Bang Maphrao	บางมะพร้าว	14	4,753
8.	Bang Nam Chuet	บางน้ำจืด	14	4,950
9.	Pak Nam	ปากน้ำ	6	6,803
10.	Pho Daeng	พ้อแดง	10	2,268
11.	Laem Sai	แหลมทราย	12	3,789
12.	Wang Tako	วังตะกอ	13	7,089
13.	Hat Yai	หาดยาย	13	6,082