Amphoe Khlung
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Khlung is the southernmost district (Amphoe
Amphoe
An amphoe is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as district, amphoe make up the provinces, and are analogous to a county seat...

) of Chanthaburi Province
Chanthaburi Province
Chanthaburi is a province of Thailand. It is located in the east of Thailand, at the border to Battambang and Pailin of Cambodia and the shore to the Gulf of Thailand...

, eastern Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

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Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the northwest clockwise) Laem Sing
Amphoe Laem Sing
-History:Laem Sing district was created in 1898, then named Phlio district. In 1909 the government allocated budget for the new district office, and they changed the district name to Laem Sing at the same time. The district office was re-built in 1966 and 1996....

, Mueang Chanthaburi
Amphoe Mueang Chanthaburi
Mueang Chanthaburi is the capital district of Chanthaburi Province, eastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Khao Khitchakut, Makham, Khlung, Laem Sing and Tha Mai of Chanthaburi Province....

, Makham
Amphoe Makham
Makham is a district in the center part of Chanthaburi Province, eastern Thailand.-History:The district was established in 1899, then named Tha Luang district. It dates back to an ancient Khmer city, which was under Thai rule since the Ayutthaya era...

, Pong Nam Ron
Amphoe Pong Nam Ron
Pong Nam Ron is the easternmost district of Chanthaburi Province, eastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Khlung, Makham, Khao Khitchakut and Soi Dao of Chanthaburi Province. To the east are Battambang and Pailin of Cambodia.There are two border crossings into Cambodia in Pong Nam...

 of Chanthaburi Province, Bo Rai
Amphoe Bo Rai
Bo Rai is a township and district located in Trat Province, Eastern Thailand, in close vicinity to the Cambodian Khao Banthat Mountain Range...

, Khao Saming
Amphoe Khao Saming
Khao Saming is a district in Trat Province, eastern Thailand.-History:The district was established in 1898, but its name and the location of the district office had changed several times in its history. At first named Si Bua Thong, then Thung Yai, it was finally renamed to Khao Saming when the...

 and Laem Ngop
Amphoe Laem Ngop
-History:The district was established in 1897 named Ko Chang district. The district office was located in Ban Dan Kao on Ko Chang. The district controlled all islands in Trat province. As the district office was located on an island, it was not convenient for most of people on mainland, thus the...

 of Trat Province
Trat Province
Trat is a province of Thailand. It is located in the east of Thailand, and has borders with Chanthaburi Province to the northwest, Cambodia to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the south.Trat is most famous for gemstone mining and trading....

. To the southeast is the Gulf of Thailand
Gulf of Thailand
The Gulf of Thailand , also known in to Malays as Teluk Siam literally meant Gulf of Siam, is a shallow arm of the South China Sea.-Geography:...

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 12 subdistricts (tambon
Tambon
Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2009 there are 7255 tambon, not including the 169 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains 8-10 tambon...

), which are further subdivided into 90 villages (muban
Muban
Muban is the lowest administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as village, they are the subdivision of tambon. As of 2008, there are 74944 administrative villages in Thailand. As of the 1990 census, the average village consisted of 144 households or 746 persons.A muban does not...

). Khlung is a town (thesaban mueang) which covers the whole tambon Khlung. There are further 11 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
No. Name Thai name Villages Inh.
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

1. Khlung ขลุง
11,259
2. Bo บ่อ 10 6,715
3. Kwian Hak เกวียนหัก 10 4,400
4. Tapon ตะปอน 6 3,274
5. Bang Chan บางชัน 6 3,735
6. Wan Yao วันยาว 8 5,346
7. Sueng ซึ้ง 11 4,830
8. Map Phai มาบไพ 6 2,350
9. Wang Sappharot วังสรรพรส 9 2,859
10. Trok Nong ตรอกนอง 6 2,358
11. Tok Phrom ตกพรม 11 3,844
12. Bo Welu บ่อเวฬุ 7 4,074
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