Noen Maprang District

Noen Maprang
เนินมะปราง
Amphoe

Amphoe location in Phitsanulok Province
Coordinates: 16°34′6″N 100°38′8″E / 16.56833°N 100.63556°E / 16.56833; 100.63556Coordinates: 16°34′6″N 100°38′8″E / 16.56833°N 100.63556°E / 16.56833; 100.63556
Country Thailand
Province Phitsanulok
Area
 • Total 1,029.55 km2 (397.51 sq mi)
Population (2005)
 • Total 58,689
 • Density 57.0/km2 (148/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code 65190
Geocode 6509

Noen Maprang (Thai: เนินมะปราง, pronounced [nɤ̄ːn má(ʔ).prāːŋ]) is the southernmost district (amphoe) of Phitsanulok Province, central Thailand.

History

To better cope with the problems caused by communist insurgents in northern Thailand in the 1970s, the government separated Tambon Noen Maprang from Wang Thong District to create a minor district (king amphoe) on 6 September 1976.[1] It was upgraded to a full district on 1 April 1983.[2]

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Wang Thong of Phitsanulok Province, Khao Kho, Mueang Phetchabun, and Wang Pong of Phetchabun Province, Thap Khlo, Wang Sai Phun, and Sak Lek of Phichit Province.

Noen Maprang lies within the Nan Basin, which is part of the Chao Phraya Watershed. Within the district is the source of the Chomphu River.[3] The Ban Mung (Thai: คลองบ้านมุง) and Sai Yoi (คลองไทรย้อย) Rivers also flow through the district.

Administration

The district is divided into seven sub-districts, which are further subdivided into 75 villages (muban). Noen Maprang is a township (thesaban tambon) covering parts of tambon Noen Maprang. There are a further seven tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No. Name Thai name Villages Pop.
1.Chomphuชมพู1513,266
2.Ban Mungบ้านมุง86,944
3.Sai Yoiไทรย้อย168,784
4.Wang Phrongวังโพรง97,389
5.Ban Noi Sum Khilekบ้านน้อยซุ้มขี้เหล็ก118,210
6.Noen Maprangเนินมะปราง98,209
7.Wang Yangวังยาง75,887

Flooding

On 4 October 2007, 100 rescue workers and 100 soldiers were dispatched to assist stranded residents in tambon Chompu and tambon Ban Mung, where water levels rose more than a meter.[4] On that same day, Phitsanulok Governor Somboon Sripattanawat declared the Noen Maprang District a disaster zone.[4]

References

  1. ↑ ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งท้องที่อำเภอวังทอง จังหวัดพิษณุโลก ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอเนินมะปราง (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 93 (106 ง special): 17. August 27, 1976.
  2. ↑ พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอเทพสถิต อำเภอวังน้ำเย็น อำเภอเนินมะปราง อำเภอสวนผึ้ง และอำเภอเสนางคนิคม พ.ศ. ๒๕๒๖ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 100 (50 ก special): 10–12. March 31, 1983.
  3. ↑ Google Earth
  4. 1 2 Phitsanulok Residents stranded in flash floods
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