Amphoe Noen Kham

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Noen Kham
เนินขาม
Statistics
Province:	Chainat
District office:	Noen Kham 14°57′44″N, 99°54′42″E
Area:	270.0 km²
Inhabitants:	17,442 (2005)
Pop. density:	64.6 inh./km²
Geocode:	1808
Postal code:	17130
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Noen Kham (Thai: เนินขาม) is the southwesternmost district (Amphoe) of Chainat Province, central Thailand.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Administration
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The two tambon Noen Kham and Kabok Tia of Hankha district were separated and created the new minor district (King Amphoe) on July 1st, 1997.^[1]

Following a decision of the Thai government on May 15 2007, all of the 81 minor districts were to be upgraded to full districts.^[2]. With the publishing in the Royal Gazette on August 24 the upgrade became official ^[3]

[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Hankha of Chainat Province, Doem Bang Nang Buat, Dan Chang of Suphanburi Province and Ban Rai of Uthai Thani Province.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 3 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 48 villages (muban). There are no municipal (thesaban) areas, and 3 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).