Pran Buri District

Pran Buri ปราณบุรี
Amphoe
Amphoe location in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province
Coordinates: 12°23′42″N 99°55′0″E / 12.39500°N 99.91667°E / 12.39500; 99.91667Coordinates: 12°23′42″N 99°55′0″E / 12.39500°N 99.91667°E / 12.39500; 99.91667
Country	Thailand
Province	Prachuap Khiri Khan
Seat	Khao Noi
Area
• Total	765.4 km2 (295.5 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Total	73,634
• Density	96.2/km2 (249/sq mi)
Time zone	THA (UTC+7)
Postal code	77120
Geocode	7706

Pran Buri (Thai: ปราณบุรี) is a district (amphoe) in the northern part of Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, central Thailand.

History

Mueang Pran was a city in the southern cities group of Ayutthaya kingdom. In the reign of King Mongkut (Rama IV), the governor of Mueang Pran had full authorised administrative. In 1906 King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) merged Mueang Pran, Mueang Kamnoed Nopphakhun and Mueang Prachuap to a new Mueang Pran Buri and located the city hall at Tambon Ko Lak, now in Amphoe Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan. In 1915 to prevent confusion between the cities' names, King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) changed the name of the province from Pran Buri to Prachuap Khiri Khan, as its center was at the same place as the former Mueang Prachuap. This also kept the name of the town and the Pran Buri river together.

Geography

Neighboring districts are Hua Hin to the north and Sam Roi Yot to the south. To the west is the Tanintharyi Division of Myanmar, to the east the Gulf of Thailand.

The main water resource of the district is the Pran Buri River. The mangrove forest at the mouth of the river to the gulf of Thailand is protected as the Pran Buri Forest Park. The beaches of the district are a popular touristic place, still less crowded than those of nearby Hua Hin.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 6 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 44 villages (muban). There are two townships (thesaban tambon) - Pran Buri covering parts of the tambon Pran Buri, Khao Noi and Nong Ta Taem, and Pak Nam Pran covering parts of the same-named tambon.

Missing numbers are tambon which now form Sam Roi Yot district.

External links

• amphoe.com (Thai)