Noen Kum is a subdistrict (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...

) in the Bang Krathum district

Amphoe Bang Krathum

-Etymology:The first element bang means village or settlement. The second element krathum means bur-flower tree .-Geography:...

 of Phitsanulok Province

Phitsanulok Province

Phitsanulok is a provinces of Thailand, located in the north. Neighboring provinces are Loei, Phetchabun, Phichit, Kamphaeng Phet, Sukhothai, Uttaradit. In the north-east it also has a short border with Xaignabouli of Laos....

, 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...

.

Geography

Noen Kum borders Wat Ta Yom

Wat Ta Yom

Wat Ta Yom is a subdistrict in the Bang Krathum district of Phitsanulok Province, Thailand.-Etymology:The first element wat means temple; the second element ta means eye; the third element yom means weep, hence Weeping Eye Temple.-Geography:Wat Ta Yom is bordered to the north by Nong Phra in...

 to the north, Amphoe Wang Thong

Amphoe Wang Thong

Wang Thong is a district of Phitsanulok Province, northern Thailand.-History:The district was established in 1895 in the name Nakhon Pa Mak district after the name of the central tambon, with the district office located at Ban Sam Ruen...

 to the northeast, Phichit Province to the south and southeast, Phai Lom

Phai Lom

Phai Lom is a subdistrict in the Bang Krathum district of Phitsanulok Province, Thailand.-Geography:Phai Lom borders Nakhon Pa Mak to the north, Noen Kum to the east, Phichit Province to the south and Bang Krathum to the west....

 to the west and Nakhon Pa Mak

Nakhon Pa Mak

Nakhon Pa Mak is a rural subdistrict in the Bang Krathum district of Phitsanulok Province, Thailand.-Etymology:The first element nakhon means town or city. The second element pa means forest. The third element mak means betel palm...

 to the northwest.

Noen Kum lies within the Nan Basin, which is part of the Chao Phraya Watershed. The Wat Ta Yom River

Wat Ta Yom River

-Geography:This river of many names originates in the mountains of the Noen Maprang District of Phitsanulok Province where it is referred to as the Chomphu River ,...

 flows through Noen Kum.

Administration

The subdistrict is subdivided into 11 smaller divisions called (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...

), which roughly correspond to the villages in Noen Kum. There are 7 villages, several of which occupy multiple muban. Noen Kum is administrated by a Tambon administrative organization (TAO). The muban in Noen Kum are enumerated as follows:

No.	English	Thai
1	Ban Tha Yang	บ้านท่ายาง
2	Ban Nong Payayo	บ้านหนองพญายอ
3-6	Ban Noen Kum	บ้านเนินกุ่ม
7-8	Ban Dongmee	บ้านดงหมี
9	Ban Nong Grot	บ้านหนองกรด
10	Ban Tha Hae	บ้านท่าแห
11	Ban Wat Mai Prai Manee	บ้านวัดใหม่ไพรมณี

Temples

Noen Kum is home to the following seven temples:

• Wat Dongmee (Dongmee Village Temple) in Ban Dongmee
• Wat Noen Kum (Noen Kum Village Temple) in Ban Noen Kum
• วัดราษฎร์ศรัทธาราม in Ban Noen Kum
• Wat Sa Settee (Thai: วัดสระเศรษฐี, Wealthy Man's Pond Temple) in Ban Tha Yang
• วัดราษฎร์สถิต in Ban Nong Grot
• Wat Mai Prai Manee in Ban Wat Mai Prai Manee
• Wat Nong Grot (Nong Grot Villate Temple) in Ban Nong Grot