Official Name: | Ban Phaeng |
Native Name: | บ้านแพง |
Native Name Lang: | th |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Thailand |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Nakhon Phanom |
Subdivision Type2: | Seat |
Subdivision Name2: | Ban Phaeng |
Established Title: | District established |
Established Date: | 1948 |
Population Total: | 34232 |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Population Density Km2: | 118.7 |
Area Total Km2: | 284.7 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Postal code |
Blank Info Sec1: | 48140 |
Blank Name Sec2: | Geocode |
Blank Info Sec2: | 4804 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Coordinates: | 17.9681°N 104.2158°W |
Ban Phaeng (in Thai pronounced as /bâːn pʰɛ̄ːŋ/) is a district (amphoe) in Nakhon Phanom province, northeast Thailand.
Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise): Tha Uthen, Si Songkhram, and Na Thom of Nakhon Phanom Province, and Bueng Khong Long of Bueng Kan province. To the east across the Mekong river is the Laotian province Khammouan.
Originally the area belonged to the Mueang Chaiburi, now part of the Tha Uthen district.
The minor district (king amphoe) was established in 1948 by splitting it from Tha Uthen District.[1] In 1956 it was elevated to full district status.[2]
In 1956 the sanitary district (sukhaphiban) Ban Phaeng was established,[3] which was upgraded to a sub-district municipality (thesaban tambon) in 1999.
The district is divided into six sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 75 villages (mubans). Ban Phaeng itself has a sub-district municipality (thesaban tambon) status and covers part of the tambon Ban Phaeng. There are a further five tambon tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
No. | Name | Thai | Villages | Pop.[4] | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Ban Phaeng | บ้านแพง | 14 | 9,239 | |
2. | Phai Lom | ไผ่ล้อม | 13 | 3,183 | |
3. | Phon Thong | โพนทอง | 14 | 5,197 | |
4. | Nong Waeng | หนองแวง | 17 | 9,300 | |
8. | Na Ngua | นางัว | 11 | 5,096 | |
9. | Na Khe | นาเข | 6 | 2,217 |