Amphoe Nong Don

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Nong Don
หนองโดน
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Province: Saraburi
District office: Nong Don
14°40′52″N, 100°42′30″E
Area: 88.07 km²
Inhabitants: 13,876 (2000)
Pop. density: 157.5 inh./km²
Geocode: 1908
Postal code: 18190
Map
Map of Saraburi, Thailand highlighting Nong Don

Nong Don (Thai: หนองโดน) is a district (Amphoe) in the northwestern part of Saraburi Province in central Thailand.

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[edit] History

10 km from Bang Khamoad (today's Ban Mo district) there is a big pond. The west side of the pond has a big Tummy-wood tree (Careya sphaerica Roxb.) or in Thai Kradon (ต้นกระโดน). The people from Dong Noi and Kokko and Mueang Lop Buri moved to here and established the village Ban Nong Kradon. When the village grew bigger and bigger, then the government finally created the separate minor district (King Amphoe) Nong Don on July 15 1968, when the three tambon Nong Don, Ban Klap and Don Thong were split off from Ban Mo district.[1].

The minor district was upgraded to a full district on August 21 1975.[2]

[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Mueang Lop Buri of Lopburi Province, Phra Phutthabat, Ban Mo and Don Phut of Saraburi Province.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 4 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 34 villages (muban). Nong Don has township (thesaban tambon) status and covers 1.94 km² of tambon Nong Don. There are three Tambon administrative organizations (TAO) - the one of Ban Klab is also responsible for tambon Ban Prong.

No. Name Thai name Villages Inh.     
1. Nong Don หนองโดน 11 5,562
2. Ban Klap บ้านกลับ 10 4,214
3. Don Thong ดอนทอง 8 2,792
4. Ban Prong บ้านโปร่ง 5 1,617
 

[edit] References

  1. ^ "ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งท้องที่ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอ" (in Thai) (July 12 1968). Royal Gazette 85 (63 ง special issue): 3. 
  2. ^ "พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอแวงน้อย อำเภอป่าแดด อำเภอเรณูนคร อำเภอคูเมือง อำเภอคุระบุรี อำเภอแม่ลาน้อย อำเภอเสริมงาม อำเภอไพรบึง และอำเภอหนองโดน พ.ศ. ๒๕๑๘" (in Thai) (August 21 1975). Royal Gazette 92 (166 ก special issue): 1–4. 

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