Amphoe Noen Maprang

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Noen Maprang
เนินมะปราง
Statistics
Province: Phitsanulok
District office: 16°34′6″N, 100°38′8″E
Area: 1,029.55 km²
Inhabitants: 58,689 (2005)
Pop. density: 57.0 inh./km²
Geocode: 6509
Postal code: 65190
Map
Map of Phitsanulok, Thailand highlighting Noen Maprang

Noen Maprang (Thai: เนินมะปราง) is the southernmost district (Amphoe) of Phitsanulok Province, northern Thailand.

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[edit] History

To better cope with the problems caused by communist insurgents in northern Thailand in the 1970s, the government separated Tambon Noen Maprang from Wang Thong district to create a minor district (King Amphoe) on September 6, 1976[1]. It was upgraded to a full district on April 1st, 1983[2].

[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Wang Thong of Phitsanulok Province, Khao Kho, Mueang Phetchabun, Wang Pong of Phetchabun Province, Thap Khlo, Wang Sai Phun and Sak Lek of Phichit Province.

Noen Maprang lies within the Nan Basin, which is part of the Chao Phraya Watershed. Within the district is the source of the Chomphu River.[3] The Ban Mung (Thai: คลองบ้านมุง) and Sai Yoi (คลองไทรย้อย) Rivers also flow through the district.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 7 subdistricts, which are further subdivided into 75 villages (muban). Noen Maprang is a township (thesaban tambon) covering parts of tambon Noen Maprang. There are further 7 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No. Name Thai name Villages Inh.
1. Chomphu ชมพู 15 13,266
2. Ban Mung บ้านมุง 8 6,944
3. Sai Yoi ไทรย้อย 16 8,784
4. Wang Phrong วังโพรง 9 7,389
5. Ban Noi Sum Khilek บ้านน้อยซุ้มขี้เหล็ก 11 8,210
6. Noen Maprang เนินมะปราง 9 8,209
7. Wang Yang วังยาง 7 5,887

[edit] Recent Flooding

On october 4, 2007, 100 rescue workers and 100 soldiers were dispatched to assist stranded residents in tambon Chompu and tambon Ban Mung, where water levels rose more than a meter.[4] On that same day, Phitsanulok Governor Somboon Sripattanawat declared the Noen Maprang District a disaster zone.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งท้องที่อำเภอวังทอง จังหวัดพิษณุโลก ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอเนินมะปราง" (in Thai) (August 27 1976). Royal Gazette 93 (106 ง special): 17. 
  2. ^ "พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอเทพสถิต อำเภอวังน้ำเย็น อำเภอเนินมะปราง อำเภอสวนผึ้ง และอำเภอเสนางคนิคม พ.ศ. ๒๕๒๖" (in Thai) (March 31 1983). Royal Gazette 100 (50 ก special): 10–12. 
  3. ^ Google Earth
  4. ^ a b Phitsanulok Residents stranded in flash floods

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