Ban Na District

Ban Na
บ้านนา
—  Amphoe  —
Amphoe location in Nakhon Nayok Province
Coordinates:
Country  Thailand
Province Nakhon Nayok
Seat
Tambon
Muban
Amphoe established
Area
 • Total 388.4 km2 (150 sq mi)
Population (2007)
 • Total 67,268
 • Density 173.2/km2 (448.6/sq mi)
Time zone THA (UTC+7)
Postal code 26110
Geocode 2603

Ban Na (Thai: บ้านนา) is a district (Amphoe) in the western part of Nakhon Nayok Province, central Thailand.

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History

In the Ayutthaya era, people in a village of Tambon Pa Kha were elephant catchers (กองโพนช้าง), catching wild elephants to use as war elephants.

Ban Na district was established in 1903, then named Tha Chang district. As the original district office in Tambon Bang O was inconvenient for transportation and prone for flooding, the government moved the office to Suwannason Road in 1965.

While Nakhon Nayok Province was downgraded, the government combined Ban Na district to Saraburi Province. It was a district of Nakhon Nayok again on May 9, 1946 when the province re-established.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) Mueang Nakhon Nayok and Ongkharak of Nakhon Nayok Province, Nong Suea of Pathum Thani Province, and Wihan Daeng and Kaeng Khoi of Saraburi Province.

The important water resource is Khlong Ban Na.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 10 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 117 villages (muban). Ban Na is a subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of the tambon Ban Na and Phikun Ok. There are further 10 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No. Name Thai Villages Inh.
1. Ban Na บ้านนา 12 8,364
2. Ban Phrao บ้านพร้าว 12 5,056
3. Ban Phrik บ้านพริก 12 10,496
4. Asa อาษา 8 2,368
5. Thonglang ทองหลาง 8 5,185
6. Bang O บางอ้อ 14 4,258
7. Phikun Ok พิกุลออก 12 5,618
8. Pa Kha ป่าขะ 13 8,466
9. Khao Phoem เขาเพิ่ม 16 8,126
10. Si Ka-ang ศรีกะอาง 10 9,331

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