Khlong Luang is a district (Amphoe

Amphoe

An amphoe is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as district, amphoe make up the provinces, and are analogous to a county seat...

) in Pathum Thani Province, central Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

.

History

Originally, the area was part of the Bang Wai district, controlled by Mueang

Mueang

Mueang were historical semi-independent city-states or principalities in present-day Thailand, Laos, parts of northern Vietnam and the Shan State of Myanmar. Smaller Mueang were subordinate to more powerful neighboring Mueang, which in turn were subordinate to the central king, as described in...

Thanyaburi. In the Ayutthaya era, this area was lowland deep forest. In 1767 when the Ayutthaya kingdom

Ayutthaya kingdom

Ayutthaya was a Siamese kingdom that existed from 1350 to 1767. Ayutthaya was friendly towards foreign traders, including the Chinese, Vietnamese , Indians, Japanese and Persians, and later the Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch and French, permitting them to set up villages outside the walls of the...

 was destroyed by the Burmese troops, some of the surviving people moved to this area.

When the community became bigger, people expanded their agriculture area until it was close to Thung Luang (now Thanyaburi district

Amphoe Thanyaburi

-History:Mueang Thanyaburi was built by order of King Rama V in 1901. The city name translates to Rice City. At the same time, King Rama V ordered Minburi to be built as its twin city. The province was abolished and incorporated into Pathum Thani in 1932....

). King Rama V ordered the canal Khlong Rangsit

Khlong Rangsit

Rangsit Prayurasakdi Canal is a canal in the eastern part of the Chao Phraya valley, central Thailand. The name of the canal was given by King Chulalongkorn in honour of his son Rangsit, Prince of Chainat....

 to be built for agricultural purposes for the people in the Thung Luang and Bang Wai area. When the canal was finished, the government changed the name of the district to be Khlong Luang to commemorate King Rama V's royal kindness.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Bang Pa-in and Wang Noi

Amphoe Wang Noi

Wang Noi is district in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, located 50 km north of Bangkok. The population of Wang Noi were mostly farmer but now this area is an industrial area.-Geography:...

 of Ayutthaya Province

Ayutthaya Province

Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Ang Thong, Lop Buri, Saraburi, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Nakhon Pathom and Suphan Buri....

, Nong Suea

Amphoe Nong Suea

Nong Suea is a district in the eastern part of Pathum Thani Province, central Thailand.In the district area there is a pond, which in the past was visited by wild tigers from the mountains of neighboring Saraburi and Nakhon Nayok to drink water...

, Thanyaburi

Amphoe Thanyaburi

-History:Mueang Thanyaburi was built by order of King Rama V in 1901. The city name translates to Rice City. At the same time, King Rama V ordered Minburi to be built as its twin city. The province was abolished and incorporated into Pathum Thani in 1932....

, Mueang Pathum Thani

Amphoe Mueang Pathum Thani

Mueang Pathum Thani is the capital district of Pathum Thani Province, central Thailand.-History:In the past, the district was called Bang Kadi district after the name of central tambon, as required by the Law of 1897. The district office was located on the east bank of the Chao Phraya river. The...

 and Sam Khok

Amphoe Sam Khok

Sam Khok is a district in the northern part of Pathum Thani Province, central Thailand.-History:Mueang Sam Khok is an ancient city, first found in the records after the reign of King Boromma Trailokanat. In 1660, a group of Mon people lead by Sming Poe migrated to Ayutthaya because they were...

 of Pathumn Thani Province.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 7 subdistricts (tambon

Tambon

Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2009 there are 7255 tambon, not including the 169 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains 8-10 tambon...

), which are further subdivided into 106 villages (muban

Muban

Muban is the lowest administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as village, they are the subdivision of tambon. As of 2008, there are 74944 administrative villages in Thailand. As of the 1990 census, the average village consisted of 144 households or 746 persons.A muban does not...

). The Thai names of the tambon simply mean Canal One to Canal Seven. There are two towns (thesaban mueang) - Khlong Luang and Tha Khlong both covering parts of tambon Klong Nueng and Khlong Song. The remaining 5 tambon are each led by a Tambon administrative organization (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai	Villages
1.	Khlong Nueng	คลองหนึ่ง	20
2.	Khlong Song	คลองสอง	15
3.	Khlong Sam	คลองสาม	16
4.	Khlong Si	คลองสี่	16
5.	Khlong Ha	คลองห้า	16
6.	Khlong Hok	คลองหก	14
7.	Khlong Chet	คลองเจ็ด	9