Mueang Kanchanaburi District

Mueang Kanchanaburi
เมืองกาญจนบุรี
Amphoe

Amphoe location in Kanchanaburi Province
Coordinates: 14°0′12″N 99°33′0″E / 14.00333°N 99.55000°E / 14.00333; 99.55000Coordinates: 14°0′12″N 99°33′0″E / 14.00333°N 99.55000°E / 14.00333; 99.55000
Country  Thailand
Province Kanchanaburi
Seat Pak Phraek
Area
  Total 1,236.28 km2 (477.33 sq mi)
Population (2005)
  Total 153,597
  Density 124.2/km2 (322/sq mi)
Time zone THA (UTC+7)
Postal code 71000
Geocode 7101

Mueang Kanchanaburi (Thai: เมืองกาญจนบุรี) is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Kanchanaburi Province, central Thailand.

History

Mueang Kanchanaburi was changed status to be the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Kanchanaburi province in 1913.

The old district office was located at Lak Mueang Road, Tambon Ban Nuea. It was moved to Sang Chuto Road, Tambon Pak Phraek on October 1, 1954.

Geography

Neighboring are (from west clockwise) Tanintharyi Division of Myanmar, Sai Yok, Si Sawat, Bo Phloi, Tha Muang, Dan Makham Tia of Kanchanaburi Province and Suan Phueng of Ratchaburi Province.

The Khwae Noi and Khwae Yai rivers are important water resources which join at the town Kanchanaburi to form the Mae Klong River.

Phu Nam Ron[1] is a transnational cross-border point at the western end of the district. It is expected to gain in importance if the planned Dawei deepwater port project goes ahead, along with a highway and a railway line between Bangkok and that harbor.[2]

Administration

The district is subdivided into 13 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 99 villages (muban). The town (thesaban mueang) Kanchanaburi covers the tambon Ban Nuea, Ban Tai, and parts of Pak Phraek, Tha Makham, and also parts of the tambon Tha Lo of neighboring Tha Muang district. Additionally there are 3 townships (thesaban tambon) - Kaeng Sian, Nong Bua and Talat Ya each covering parts of the same-named tambon, and 11 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No. Name Thai name Villages Inh.
1.Ban Nueaบ้านเหนือ-11,851
2.Ban Taiบ้านใต้-6,842
3.Pak Phraekปากแพรก1328,688
4.Tha Makhamท่ามะขาม512,422
5.Kaeng Sianแก่งเสี้ยน99,154
6.Nong Buaหนองบัว89,272
7.Lat Yaลาดหญ้า730,161
8.Wang Dongวังด้ง118,023
9.Chong Sadaoช่องสะเดา73,649
10.Nong Yaหนองหญ้า97,423
11.Ko Samrongเกาะสำโรง87,298
13.Ban Kaoบ้านเก่า1512,657
16.Wang Yenวังเย็น76,157

Missing numbers belong to tambon which now form Dan Makham Tia

References


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