Bang Khan district

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Bang Khan

| native_name = บางขัน

| native_name_lang= th

| settlement_type = District

| image_skyline =

| image_alt =

| image_caption =

| image_map = Amphoe 8017.svg

| map_caption = District location in Nakhon Si Thammarat province

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Thailand

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Nakhon Si Thammarat

| subdivision_type2 = Seat

| subdivision_name2 = Ban Lamnao

| subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict

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| subdivision_type4 = Muban

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| established_title = District established

| established_date =

| population_total = 40498

| population_as_of = 2005

| population_density_km2 = 67.3

| area_total_km2 = 601.7

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| blank_name_sec1 = Postal code

| blank_info_sec1 = 80360

| blank_name_sec2 = Geocode

| blank_info_sec2 = 8017

| timezone = ICT

| utc_offset = +7

| coordinates = {{coord|8|1|36|N|99|28|24|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}}

| website =

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Bang Khan ({{langx|th|บางขัน}}, {{IPA|th|bāːŋ kʰǎn|pron}}) is a district (amphoe) of Nakhon Si Thammarat province, southern Thailand.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Thung Yai and Thung Song of Nakhon Si Thammarat; Ratsada, Huai Yot, and Wang Wiset of Trang province; and Lam Thap of Krabi province.

History

The district was created as a minor district (king amphoe) on 1 April 1984, when the three tambons Bang Khan, Ban Lamnao, and Wang Hin were split off from Thung Song district.{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=101|issue=57 ง|pages=1278|script-title=th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งท้องที่อำเภอทุ่งสง จังหวัดนครศรีธรรมราช ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอบางขัน|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2527/D/057/1278.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612140045/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2527/D/057/1278.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 June 2012|date=May 1, 1984|language=Thai}} On 9 April 1992, the minor district was upgraded to a full district.{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=109|issue=45 ก|pages=27–29|script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอสอยดาว อำเภอโพนสวรรค์ อำเภอบางขัน อำเภอหว้านใหญ่ อำเภอเมืองปาน อำเภอภูหลวง อำเภอโคกศรีสุพรรณ และอำเภอสำโรง พ.ศ. ๒๕๓๕|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2535/A/045/27.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214095908/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2535/A/045/27.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 February 2012|date=April 9, 1992|language=Thai}}

Administration

The district is divided into four sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 60 villages (mubans). There are no municipal (thesaban) areas, and three tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

valign=top	{\| ! No. ! Name ! Thai name ! Villages ! Pop.
\|1.	Bang Khan	บางขัน	18	12,253
\|2.	Ban Lamnao	บ้านลำนาว	16	13,271
\|3.	Wang Hin	วังหิน	13	8,145
\|4.	Ban Nikhom	บ้านนิคม	13	6,829

|| Image:Tambon 8017.png

References

External links

[http://amphoe.com/menu.php?mid=1&am=257&pv=21 amphoe.com]

Category:Districts of Nakhon Si Thammarat province