Khuan Khanun District

Amphoe Khuan Khanun ( Thai: อำเภอ ควนขนุน ) is a district ( Amphoe - administrative district ) in the province of Phatthalung. The Phatthalung Province is located in the southern region of Thailand, about 840 kilometers south of Bangkok on the Malay Peninsula.

Geography

Neighboring districts and territories ( from the south clockwise): Amphoe Mueang Phatthalung the, Srinagarindra, Si Banphot and Pa Phayom Phatthalung Province, Amphoe Cha- uat of Nakhon Si Thammarat and Amphoe Ranot the province of Songkhla.

The Phru - Khuan Khi - Sian - wetlands at Thale Noi Lake are protected by the Ramsar Convention since 1998, they are part of the protected area " Thale Noi Wildlife Non- Hunting Area ". The Thale Noi is the northern part of Thale Sap, which is separated from the larger Thale Luang through a 50 cm high natural sandbank. The two bodies of water are connected by a 2 km wide channel. The only about 28 km ² Thale Noi is surrounded by a 459 km ² large swamp.

History

The county Khuan Khanun was established in 1896 as the Udon ( อุดร ), management was first in the village of Tambon Khuan 5 Khanun, it has since been postponed four times: in 1899 to Ban Makok Tai, while the district was in Makok Tai ( มะกอก ใต้ ) renamed. In 1907 she was moved to Ban Thale Noi, the district was the same in the new name Thale Noi ( ทะเล น้อย ), later re- installation to Ban Phanang Tungmit a renaming in Phanang Tung ( พ นาง ตุง ). Finally, there is the administration since 1923 in its present location in Ban Khuan Khanun.

Management

Amphoe Khuan Khanun is divided into twelve subdistricts ( tambon), which further into 124 villages ( Muban ) are divided.

There are two small towns ( thesaban tambon) in the district:

  • Khuan Khanun consists of parts of the tambon Khuan Khanun,
  • Makok Nuea consists of parts of the tambon Makok Nuea.

In addition, there are twelve " Tambon Administrative Organizations" (TAO, องค์การ บริหาร ส่วน ตำบล - administrative organizations) in the district.

Note: the missing geocodes refer to the Tambon, from which today consists Pa Phayom.

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