Pa Mok District
Amphoe Pa Mok ( Thai อำเภอ ป่าโมก ) is the southernmost district ( Amphoe - Administrative District) Ang Thong province. The Ang Thong province is located in the central region of Thailand.
Geography
Neighboring districts (from north clockwise): Amphoe Wiset Chai Chan and the Mueang Ang Thong Province Ang Thong and Amphoe Maha Rat, Bang Pahan, Bang Ban and Phak Hai Ayutthaya province.
History
This area was once called Ban Pa Mok Noi. In 1585 King Naresuan pitched his camp on here. Before he led his troops into battle against the Phra Maha Uparacha, the Burmese crown prince at Don Chedi, he paid homage to the Reclining Buddha of Wat Pa Mok. According to the legend, he has won the battle. ( See the " controversy " in:. Don Chedi )
The district Pa Mok was separated in 1902 from Amphoe Mueang Ang Thong, and thus received a full Amphoe status. The first of the new district administration building was completed in 1904.
Attractions
- Wat Pa Mok Worawihan ( วัด ป่าโมก วรวิหาร ), Buddhist temple ( wat ) on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River from the Ayutthaya period lying with an approximately 22.5 -meter Buddha statue. The temple got its name from the many Mok - trees ( Apocynaceae ), who were here in the past.
- Wat Tha Sutthawat ( วัด ท่า สุทธาวาส ), Buddhist temple complex on the banks of the Chao Phraya River from the early Ayutthaya period. Sponsored by Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, a gazebo, and a chedi were built here in recent years. Likewise, the modern murals were given in ubosot in behalf of her.
- Wat Sa Kaeo ( วัด สระแก้ว, Wat Sakaew ), large Buddhist temple with a website maintained by a private organization orphanage, home to over 1000 orphans.
- Ban Ekkarat - near Pa Mok on the Chao Phraya River with a unique production of drums of all types and sizes
Management
The Amphoe Pa Mok is in eight communities ( tambon) divided, the further into 47 villages ( Muban ). be divided.
Pa Mok ( Thai: เทศบาล ตำบล ป่าโมก ) has a small-town status ( thesaban tambon), it consists of parts of the tambon Bang Pla Kot and Pa Mok.
There are also six - Tambon administrative organizations ( " Tambon Administrative Organizations" - TAO, Thai: องค์การ บริหาร ส่วน ตำบล ).