Bang Pakong District

Bang Pakong
บางปะกง
—  Amphoe  —
Amphoe location in Chachoengsao Province
Coordinates:
Country  Thailand
Province Chachoengsao
Seat Tha Sa-an
Area
 • Total 257.893 km2 (99.6 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Total 83,040
 • Density 360.9/km2 (934.7/sq mi)
Time zone THA (UTC+7)
Postal code 24130
Geocode 2404

Bang Pakong (Thai: บางปะกง) is a district (Amphoe) in the western part of Chachoengsao Province, central Thailand.

Bang Pakong district name comes from the Bang Pakong River. The area has many industrial estates, including the huge gas- and oil-fired Bang Pakong Power Station.

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History

Bang Pakong district was established in 1907. The first temporary district office was a building within the Wat Bon Khongkharam. In 1908 the government moved the office to the bank of the Bang Pakong River in Tambon Tha Sa-an, which is still the location today.[1]

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Ban Pho of Chachoengsao Province, Phan Thong, Mueang Chon Buri of Chon Buri Province, the Bay of Bangkok and Samut Prakan Province.

The important water resource is the Bang Pakong River, which mouths into the Bay of Bangkok within the district. Bang Na-Trat highway runs through the district.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 12 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 108 villages (muban). There are 5 subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon) - Bang Pakong, Tha Sa-an, Tha Kham and Hom Sim each covers parts of the same-named tambon, while Bang Wua covers parts of tambon Bang Wua, Bang Samak and Bang Kluea. There are further 12 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No. Name Thai Villages Inh.[2]
01. Bang Pakong บางปะกง 19 14,257
02. Tha Sa-an ท่าสะอ้าน 08 07,390
03. Bang Wua บางวัว 14 12,568
04. Bang Samak บางสมัคร 09 10,866
05. Bang Phueng บางผึ้ง 07 02,190
06. Bang Kluea บางเกลือ 07 04,442
07. Song Khlong สองคลอง 10 09,132
08. Nong Chok หนองจอก 09 03,685
09. Phimpha พิมพา 04 03,067
10. Tha Kham ท่าข้าม 08 07,823
11. Hom Sin หอมศีล 06 05,178
12. Khao Din เขาดิน 07 02,442

References

  1. ^ "ประวัติความเป็นมาของหมู่บ้าน ปากคลองอ้อมใหญ่" (in Thai). Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20070929092537/http://library.rru.ac.th/old_lib/view.php?localID=87. 
  2. ^ "Population statistics 2008". Department of Provincial Administration. http://www.dopa.go.th/xstat/p5124_01.html. 

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