Amphoe Pong Nam Ron

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Pong Nam Ron
โป่งน้ำร้อน
Statistics
Province: Chanthaburi
District office: 12°54′21″N, 102°15′46″E
Area: 927.0 km²
Inhabitants: 38,115 (2005)
Pop. density: 41.1 inh./km²
Geocode: 2204
Postal code: 22140
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Map of Chanthaburi, Thailand highlighting Pong Nam Ron

Pong Nam Ron (Thai: โป่งน้ำร้อน) is the easternmost district (Amphoe) of Chanthaburi Province, eastern Thailand.

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[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the southwest clockwise) Khlung, Makham, Khao Khitchakut and Soi Dao of Chanthaburi Province. To the east are Battambang and Pailin of Cambodia.

[edit] History

The minor district (King Amphoe) Pong Nam Ron was upgraded to a full district on July 25 1941.[1]

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 5 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 47 villages (muban). Pong Nam Ron is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambon Pong Nam Ron and Thap Sai. There are further 5 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No. Name Thai name Villages Inh.
1. Thap Sai ทับไทร 9 11,505
2. Pong Nam Ron โป่งน้ำร้อน 13 8,878
4. Nong Ta Khong หนองตาคง 10 8,707
9. Thep Nimit เทพนิมิต 8 4,743
10. Khlong Yai คลองใหญ่ 7 4,282

Missing numbers are tambon which now form Soi Dao district.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง ตั้งอำเภอ" (in Thai) (July 25 1941). Royal Gazette 58 (0 ง): 2291–2293. 

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