Wang Nam Yen is a district (
AmphoeAn amphoe is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as district, amphoe make up the provinces. Amphoe are further subdivided into tambon....
) in the southern part of
Sa Kaeo ProvinceSa Kaeo is a province of Thailand.It is located in the east of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chanthaburi, Chachoengsao, Prachin Buri, Nakhon Ratchasima and Buri Ram...
, eastern
ThailandThe Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia.It is bordered to the north by Laos and Burma, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Burma...
.
In 1971 the government built a new road connecting
ChanthaburiChanthaburi 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...
with
Sa KaeoSa Kaeo is a province of Thailand.It is located in the east of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chanthaburi, Chachoengsao, Prachin Buri, Nakhon Ratchasima and Buri Ram...
. Then the people from Ban Tha Ta Si and Ban Nong Prue moved to settle their new village along the new road in the area. They named the new village Ban Wang Nam Yen after their important water resource. It was upgraded to
Tambon Wang Nam Yen of
Sa Kaeo districtAmphoe Mueang Sa Kaeo is the capital district of Sa Kaeo Province, eastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Khon Buri of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Watthana Nakhon and Khao Chakan of Sa Kaeo, and Kabin Buri and Na Di of Prachinburi Province.Within the forested hills at the boundary...
in 1975.
Wang Nam Yen is a district (
AmphoeAn amphoe is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as district, amphoe make up the provinces. Amphoe are further subdivided into tambon....
) in the southern part of
Sa Kaeo ProvinceSa Kaeo is a province of Thailand.It is located in the east of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chanthaburi, Chachoengsao, Prachin Buri, Nakhon Ratchasima and Buri Ram...
, eastern
ThailandThe Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia.It is bordered to the north by Laos and Burma, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Burma...
.
History
In 1971 the government built a new road connecting
ChanthaburiChanthaburi 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...
with
Sa KaeoSa Kaeo is a province of Thailand.It is located in the east of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chanthaburi, Chachoengsao, Prachin Buri, Nakhon Ratchasima and Buri Ram...
. Then the people from Ban Tha Ta Si and Ban Nong Prue moved to settle their new village along the new road in the area. They named the new village Ban Wang Nam Yen after their important water resource. It was upgraded to
Tambon Wang Nam Yen of
Sa Kaeo districtAmphoe Mueang Sa Kaeo is the capital district of Sa Kaeo Province, eastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Khon Buri of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Watthana Nakhon and Khao Chakan of Sa Kaeo, and Kabin Buri and Na Di of Prachinburi Province.Within the forested hills at the boundary...
in 1975. On December 1 1976 the minor district (
King Amphoe) Wang Nam Yen was created, consisting of the three
tambon Wang Nam Yen, Wang Sombun and Ta Lang Nai. Wang Nam Yen was upgraded to a full district on April 1, 1983.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise)
Khao ChakanKhao Chakan is a district in the western part of Sa Kaeo Province, eastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Mueang Sa Kaeo, Watthana Nakhon, Khlong Hat and Wang Nam Yen of Sa Kaeo Province, and Tha Takiap of Chachoengsao Province.The district is named after the hills of Khao Chakan,...
,
Watthana NakhonWatthana Nakhon is a district in the central part of Sa Kaeo Province, eastern Thailand.-History:Watthana Nakhon is an ancient city...
,
Khlong HatKhlong Hat is the southeasternmost district of Sa Kaeo Province, eastern Thailand.-History:The area originally was a forest with plenty of Mahat or Lakooch tree along the canals . When people moved to settle their new village there, they named their own village Ban Khlong Mahat. Later the name...
Wang SombunWang Sombun is a district in the southwestern part of Sa Kaeo Province, eastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Wang Nam Yen and Khlong Hat of Sa Kaeo Province, Soi Dao and Kaeng Hang Maeo of Chanthaburi Province, and Tha Takiap of Chachoengsao Province.-History:The minor district ...
of Sa Kaeo Province and
Tha TakiapTha Takiap is the easternmost district of Chachoengsao Province, central Thailand.-History:The minor district Tha Takiap was established on April 1 1991 by splitting off two tambon from Sanam Chai Khet district...
of
Chachoengsao ProvinceChachoengsao is a province of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Prachin Buri, Sa Kaeo, Chanthaburi, Chon Buri, Samut Prakan, Bangkok, Pathum Thani and Nakhon Nayok...
.
Administration
The district is subdivided into 4 subdistricts (
tambonTambon 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 69 villages (
mubanMuban 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...
). Wang Nam Yen is a township (
thesaban tambon) which covers parts of
tambon Wang Nam Yen. There are further 4 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
| No. |
Name |
Thai name |
Villages |
Inh.In biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings. Individuals within a population share a factor may be reduced by statistical means, but such a generalization may be too vague to imply anything...
|
| 1. |
Wang Nam Yen |
วังน้ำเย็น |
18 |
21,598 |
|
| 3. |
Ta Lang Nai |
ตาหลังใน |
14 |
12,882 |
|
| 5. |
Khlong Hin Pun |
คลองหินปูน |
15 |
9,492 |
|
| 6. |
Thung Maha Charoen |
ทุ่งมหาเจริญ |
22 |
18,087 |
|
Missing numbers are tambon which now form Wang Sombun district.
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