Official Name: | Pa Mok |
Native Name: | ป่าโมก |
Native Name Lang: | th |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Thailand |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ang Thong |
Subdivision Type2: | Tambon |
Subdivision Type3: | Muban |
Seat Type: | Seat |
Established Title: | District established |
Population Total: | 28140 |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Area Total Km2: | 80.9 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 14130 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Geocode |
Blank Info Sec1: | 1503 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Coordinates: | 14.49°N 100.4481°W |
Pa Mok (in Thai pronounced as /pàː môːk/) is the southernmost district (amphoe) of Ang Thong province, central Thailand.
This area was called Ban Pa Mok Noi. In 1585 King Naresuan the Great set his military camp in the area.[1] Before moving his troops to fight with Burmese troops of Phra Maha Uparacha at Don Chedi, he saluted the big Reclining Buddha in Pa Mok. And he won the war.
During the reign of King Thai Sa, he was the leader of workers who moved the reclining Buddha to save it from flooding.
Pa Mok district was separated from Mueang Ang Thong district and upgraded to a full district in 1902. The first district office was finished in 1904.
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Wiset Chai Chan and Mueang Ang Thong of Ang Thong Province, and Maha Rat, Bang Pahan, Bang Ban and Phak Hai of Ayutthaya province.
The district is divided into eight sub-districts (tambons).[2] The township (thesaban tambon) Pa Mok covers tambons Pa Mok and Bang Pla Kot.
No. | Name | Thai | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Bang Pla Kot | บางปลากด | |
2. | Pa Mok | ป่าโมก | |
3. | Sai Thong | สายทอง | |
4. | Rong Chang | โรงช้าง | |
5. | Bang Sadet | บางเสด็จ | |
6. | Norasing | นรสิงห์ | |
7. | Ekkarat | เอกราช | |
8. | Phong Pheng | โผงเผง |