Official Name: | Wang Krachae |
Native Name: | วังกระแจะ |
Settlement Type: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Thailand |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Kanchanaburi |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Sai Yok |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 9,134 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Coordinates: | 14.2333°N 150°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [2] |
Pushpin Map: | Thailand |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Elevation M: | 300 |
Wang Krachae (th|วังกระแจะ, pronounced as /th/) is a village and tambon (subdistrict) of Sai Yok District, in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand.[3] In 2016 it had a population of 9,134 people.[1] The tambon contains nine villages.
Wang Krachae Subdistrict is in the mountainous area of the Tenasserim Hills, close to the border with Myanmar.
In 2015 sound from the meteor was reported in three districts of Kanchanaburi Province: Thong Pha Phum, Sai Yok and Si Sawat.[4] The Governor of Kanchanaburi Province, Wan-chai Osukhonthip, ordered police and Sai Yok National Park rangers to search Wang Krachae and Bong Ti subdistricts in Sai Yok District for meteor debris.[4]