| Official Name: | Bang Saphan Noi |
| Native Name: | บางสะพานน้อย |
| Native Name Lang: | th |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Thailand |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Prachuap Khiri Khan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Seat |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bang Saphan |
| Subdivision Type3: | Subdistricts |
| Subdivision Type4: | Mubans |
| Established Title: | District established |
| Population Total: | 35553 |
| Population As Of: | 2005 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Postal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 77170 |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Geocode |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 7705 |
| Timezone: | ICT |
| Utc Offset: | +7 |
| Coordinates: | 11.075°N 99.4417°W |
Bang Saphan Noi (Thai: บางสะพานน้อย, in Thai pronounced as /bāːŋ sā.pʰāːn nɔ́ːj/) is the southernmost district (amphoe) of Prachuap Khiri Khan province, central Thailand.
The minor district (king amphoe) Bang Saphan Noi was split off from Bang Saphan district on 10 June 1974.[1] It was upgraded to a full district on 13 July 1981.[2]
The name Bang Saphan Noi originates from the time of the building of the southern railway. The workers had to build two bridges north and south of the railway station which later became the center of the district. As this was the same structure as for the Bang Saphan railway station further north, they thus named the railway station Bang Saphan Noi ('small bridge village'), and subsequently the railway station of Bang Saphan was named Bang Saphan Yai ('big bridge village').
Neighboring districts are Bang Saphan to the north, to the south the districts Tha Sae and Pathio of Chumphon province. To the west is the Tanintharyi Division of Myanmar, to the east, the Gulf of Thailand.
From 2002 to 2020, the district has lost 3,000 hectares of humid primary forest, a decrease of 16 percent.[3]
The district is divided into five subdistricts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 41 villages (mubans). Bang Saphan Noi is also the only township (thesaban tambon) of the district, which covers parts of the tambon Bang Saphan. There are a further five tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
| No. | Name | Thai | Villages | Pop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Pak Phraek | ปากแพรก | 6 | 3,277 | ||
| 2. | Bang Saphan | บางสะพาน | 10 | 7,354 | ||
| 3. | Sai Thong | ทรายทอง | 11 | 7,200 | ||
| 4. | Chang Raek | ช้างแรก | 8 | 9,673 | ||
| 5. | Chaiyarat | ไชยราช | 6 | 7,470 |