Mueang Ang Thong is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Ang Thong Province

Ang Thong Province

Ang Thong is one of the central provinces of Thailand. The name means "golden bowl" which refer to Angthong as a central for prosperity as it has a lot of rice fields....

, 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...

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History

In the past, the district was called Mueang district. It was established contemporarily with the construction of the Ang Thong province hall building, opposite to Wat Chai Songkhram, Tambon Ban Hae, on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River.

In 1813 King Rama II ordered Chao Phraya Aphai Phuthon (เจ้าพระยาอภัยภูธร) to build a dam in the Chao Phraya River to leverage water level in Khlong Bang Kaeo for transportation all the year. But the project did not succeed. So the province hall was moved to opposite the mouth of Khlong Bang Kaeo on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River. The Mueang district office was moved at the same time. In 1917 the district was renamed from Mueang to Bang Kaeo after the name of the central tambon. The district office was moved out of Ang Thong province hall in 1926 to a new location about 300 m southward from the province hall. In 1938 the government renamed the district name back to Mueang Ang Thong district.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Pa Mok

Amphoe Pa Mok

Pa Mok is the southernmost district of Ang Thong Province, central Thailand.-History:This area was called Ban Pa Mok Noi. In 1585 King Naresuan the Great, he set his military camp in the area. Before moving his troops to fight with Burmese troops of Phra Maha Uparacha at Don Chedi, he saluted the...

, Wiset Chai Chan

Amphoe Wiset Chai Chan

Wiset Chai Chan is a district in the southwestern part of Ang Thong Province, central Thailand.-History:When King Naresuan the Great defeated the Burmese troops at Don Chedi, he led his troops pass by Tambon Phai Cham Sin. He saw the strategic use of the area with the Noi River as a natural...

, Pho Thong

Amphoe Pho Thong

Pho Thong is a district in the northern part of Ang Thong Province, central Thailand.-History:The district was established in 1890, at that time named Huai Ling Tok...

, Chaiyo

Amphoe Chaiyo

Chaiyo is a district in eastern part of Ang Thong Province.-History:The name of Ban Chaiyo traces back to when King Naresuan the Great and his brother, who later became King Ekathotsarot, won against the King of Lan Na and Burmese soldiers in this area...

 of Ang Thong Province and Maha Rat

Amphoe Maha Rat

Maha Rat is a district in the northern part of Ayutthaya Province in Thailand.-History:Originally the district was named Khwaeng Nakhon Yai...

 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....

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The important water resource are the Chao Phraya River and Khlong Bang Kaeo.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 14 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 81 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...

). Ang Thong

Ang Thong

Ang Thong ) is a town in Thailand, capital of the Ang Thong Province. The town covers the whole tambon Talat Luang and Bang Kaeo as well as parts of the tambon Sala Daeng, Ban Hae, Ban It, Pho Sa and Yansue, all of Mueang Ang Thong district, and as of 2006 has a population of 13,738...

 itself is a town (thesaban mueang) and covers the complete tambon Talat Luang and Bang Kaeo as well as parts of the tambon Sala Daeng, Ban Hae, Ban It, Pho Sa and Yansue. The subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) Phosa covers the whole tambon Phosa, and Sala Daeng those parts of the tambon Sala Daeng not covered by the town Ang Thong. There are further 8 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai	Inh. Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
1.	Talat Luang	ตลาดหลวง	7,741
2.	Bang Kaeo	บางแก้ว	2,584
3.	Sala Daeng	ศาลาแดง	6,701
4.	Pa Ngio	ป่างิ้ว	4,972
5.	Ban Hae	บ้านแห	3,826
6.	Talat Kruat	ตลาดกรวด	2,172
7.	Mahat Thai	มหาดไทย	1,668
8.	Ban It	บ้านอิฐ	6,540
9.	Hua Phai	หัวไผ่	4,307
10.	Champa Lo	จำปาหล่อ	3,634
11.	Phosa	โพสะ	4,391
12.	Ban Ri	บ้านรี	1,952
13.	Khlong Wua	คลองวัว	2,139
14.	Yan Sue	ย่านซื่อ	3,347

External links

• amphoe.com (Thai)