Lang Suan district

Lang Suan

หลังสวน
Lang Suan หลังสวน
Amphoe
	Amphoe location in Chumphon Province
Country	Thailand
Province	Chumphon
Seat	Khan Ngoen
Area
• Total	935.0 km2 (361.0 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Total	70,837
• Density	75.8/km2 (196/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (THA)
Postal code	86110
Geocode	8604

Lang Suan (Template:Lang-th) is a district (amphoe) of Chumphon Province, southern Thailand.

History

Lang Suan was originally a Mueang reporting directly to Bangkok. During the thesaphiban reforms at the end of the 19th century it was put under Monthon Chumphon. On April 1 1932 the province was abolished and its districts were incorporated into Chumphon province.^[1]

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Lamae and Phato of Chumphon province, La-un of Ranong Province, and Sawi and Thung Tako of Chumphon again. To the east is the Gulf of Thailand.

The main river of the district is the Lang Suan.

Symbols

The slogan of the district is Lang Suan, city of fruits, paddle boat race, source of durian stir, royal garden.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 13 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 147 villages (muban). The town (thesaban mueang) Lang Suan covers the whole tambon Lang Suan and parts of Khan Ngoen, Pho Daeng, Laem Sai and Wang Tako. The subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) Paknam Lang Suan covers whole tambon Pak Nam. There are further 12 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai	Villages	Inh.
01.	Lang Suan	หลังสวน	-	3,914
02.	Khan Ngoen	ขันเงิน	07	7,460
03.	Tha Maphla	ท่ามะพลา	09	3,090
04.	Na Kha	นาขา	13	7,768
05.	Na Phaya	นาพญา	19	5,017
06.	Ban Khuan	บ้านควน	17	7,859
07.	Bang Maphrao	บางมะพร้าว	14	4,628
08.	Bang Nam Chuet	บางน้ำจืด	14	4,851
09.	Paknam	ปากน้ำ	06	6,843
10.	Pho Daeng	พ้อแดง	10	2,237
11.	Laem Sai	แหลมทราย	12	3,694
12.	Wang Tako	วังตะกอ	13	7,285
13.	Hat Yai	หาดยาย	13	6,191

References

^ "พระบรมราชโองการ ประกาศ ยุบรวมท้องที่บางมณฑลและบางจังหวัด" (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 48 (0 ก): 576. February 21 1932. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

amphoe.com (Thai)
referencethailand.com

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[1] "พระบรมราชโองการ ประกาศ ยุบรวมท้องที่บางมณฑลและบางจังหวัด" (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 48 (0 ก): 576. February 21 1932. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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