Official Name: | Tha Tan |
Other Name: | (English: Sugar-Palm Dock) |
Native Name: | ท่าตาล |
Settlement Type: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Bang Krathum District |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Phitsanulok |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Thailand |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 7,021 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Coordinates: | 16.6333°N 100.3333°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 65110 |
Blank Name: | Geocode |
Blank Info: | 650505 |
Tha Tan (Thai: ท่าตาล) is a sub-district (tambon) in the Bang Krathum District of Phitsanulok Province, Thailand.
Tha Tan is the northernmost sub-district in Bang Krathum, bordering Wang Nam Khu of Mueang Phitsanulok District to the north-west, Wang Thong District to the north-east, Nakhon Pa Mak to the south and Bang Krathum to the south-west.
Tha Tan lies in the Nan Basin, which is part of the Chao Phraya Watershed. The Wang Thong River flows through the sub-district.
Originally named Bang Phi (บางผี), it was renamed Tha Tan in 1939.[1]
The sub-district is divided into nine smaller divisions (mubans), (villages). Tha Tan is administered by a tambon administrative organization (TAO). The muban in Tha Tan are enumerated as follows:[2]
No. | English | Thai | |
1 | Ban Bang Phi | บ้านบางผี | |
2-3 | Ban Tha Tan | บ้านท่าตาล | |
4 | Ban Boo Yai | บ้านบุใหญ่ | |
5 | Ban Wangsan | บ้านวังสาร | |
6 | Ban Tha Dindaeng | บ้านท่าดินแดง | |
7 | Ban Nern Sa'at | บ้านเนินสะอาด | |
8 | Ban Thung Noi | บ้านทุ่งน้อย | |
9 | Ban Gai Rawa | บ้านไก่ระว้า |
Tha Tan is home to the following eight temples:[3]