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15-463: Neighbouring districts are (from the north clockwise) Tha Muang and Tha Maka of Kanchanaburi province , Kamphaeng Saen and Mueang Nakhon Pathom of Nakhon Pathom province , and Photharam of Ratchaburi province. Ban Pong district is hilly in the western part of the district, while the eastern part is a floodplain with the Mae Klong River running through the city centre, connecting

30-709: Is a Thai governmental body responsible for the oversight of public health in Thailand . It is commonly referred to in Thailand by its abbreviation so tho ( สธ. ). The headquarters of the ministry is located in Mueang Nonthaburi , Nonthaburi, and served by Ministry of Public Health MRT station on the MRT Purple Line . In Thailand before 1888 there were no permanent, public hospitals to provide care to sick people. Temporary hospitals were set up to care for patients during epidemics, then disbanded when

45-481: Is the Mae Klong River. The Mae Klong Dam on the Mae Klong River is in the district. The district is divided into 13 sub-districts ( tambons ), which are further subdivided into 113 villages ( mubans ). There are five townships ( thesaban tambons ) within the district: Tha Muang, Nong Khao, and Nong Takya each cover parts of the same-named tambon , while Samrong covers parts of tambon Phang Tru and

60-502: Is the main railway station in the district, in Ban Pong town. There are 2 other railway stations in the district: Tha Muang district Tha Muang ( Thai : ท่าม่วง , pronounced [tʰâː mûa̯ŋ] ) is a district ( amphoe ) in the southern part of Kanchanaburi province , central Thailand . The district was established in 1898. Later people in the district moved southward to nearby Wat Si Loha Rat Bamrung. They changed

75-425: The tambon Wang Sala. Also parts of tambon Tha Lo belong to the town Kanchanaburi . There are another 12 tambon administrative organizations (TAO). This Kanchanaburi Province location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ministry of Public Health (Thailand) The Ministry of Public Health ( MOPH ; Thai : กระทรวงสาธารณสุข , RTGS :  Krasuang Satharanasuk )

90-516: The city to the Gulf of Thailand . The Mon people settled in the Ban Pong area about four centuries ago. The Mon communities have maintained some of their traditions and have built their own Buddhist temples . Later the town attracted numerous Chinese immigrants . Also many Lao Wiang communities settled in the Nong Kop subdistrict of rural Ban Pong. Two great fires occurred in Ban Pong, razing

105-420: The district name to Wang Khanai (วังขนาย). In 1939 Phra Woraphak Phibun, then head of the district, renamed the district Tha Muang after the name of the central tambon . Neighbouring districts are (from the north clockwise) Dan Makham Tia , Mueang Kanchanaburi , Bo Phloi , Phanom Thuan , Tha Maka of Kanchanaburi Province, Ban Pong , and Chom Bueng of Ratchaburi province . The important water resource

120-451: The entire subdistrict Tha Pha and parts of Pak Raet. There are a further four townships ( thesaban tambons ) including: 1. Krachap ( Thai : เทศบาลตำบลกระจับ ) covers parts of Nong O and Don Krabueang 2. Huai Krabok ( Thai : เทศบาลตำบลห้วยกระบอก ) covers parts of Krap Yai 3. Krap Yai ( Thai : เทศบาลตำบลกรับใหญ่ ) 4. Boek Phrai ( Thai : เทศบาลตำบลเบิกไพร ) and 14 other tambon administrative organizations (TAO) responsible for

135-469: The epidemic subsided. Under King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) a hospital was constructed and completed in 1888 and named " Siriraj Hospital " in commemoration of the king's young son, Prince Siriraj Kakudhabhand , who had died of dysentery. King Vajiravudh, King Chulalongkorn's successor, established Department of Health on 27 November 1918. During the reign of King Rama VIII , the Ministry of Public Health

150-570: The non-municipal areas. Ban Pong is served by Ban Pong Hospital , a teaching hospital operated by the Ministry of Public Health . Nong Pladuk Junction railway station is located in Ban Pong, where the Burma Railway leading to Kanchanaburi (and further to Nam Tok) and Suphanburi Line connects with Suphan Buri province to the north splits from Southern Line leading to Padang Besar (Thai) railway station . Ban Pong railway station

165-511: The town Ban Pong is Wat Muang, a centre of the Mon community. There is also a large Roman Catholic church building and a large Buddhist temple . The district is divided into 15 sub-districts ( tambons ), which are further subdivided into 182 villages ( mubans ). Ban Pong itself is a town ( thesaban mueang ) which encompasses tambon Ban Pong. Another town in the district is Tha Pha ( Thai : เทศบาลเมืองท่าผา ) whose administrative area covers

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180-666: The town centre: one in 1936 and the other in 1954. The town was rebuilt in the square-grid design then fashionable, with a fountain to the south and a clock tower to the north. During the Japanese-directed construction of the Burma Railway in World War II Nong Pladuk was the site of one of the Japanese POW camps where numerous British, Dutch and allied troops arrived. Camp Nong Pladuk

195-544: The town stands as one with the highest GDP per capita in western Thailand, well above national average. It is also experiencing de-industrialisation of labour-intensive industries such as canning and sugar refining. There is a large abandoned canning factory in Ban Pong town. The town is now experiencing a boom in more highly skilled industries such as auto parts, petrochemical, and food industries, with more than 70 percent of Thai buses and coaches manufactured in Ban Pong. The biggest paper making complex in Thailand lies north of

210-502: The town. As of June 2014, the National Statistics Bureau reported Ban Pong's annual GDP per capita (nominal) at US$ 9,623 and its annual GDP per capita (PPP) at US$ 24,000 compared with Thailand's US$ 5,675 and US$ 14,136 respectively. Ban Pong is also the centre of a large pet market especially ornamental fish . There are more than 20,000 fish culture farmers, which is also the largest in southeast Asia . West of

225-412: Was initially used as a transit camp from where the prisoners were transported or had to walk to work camps along the Burma Railway. Later Nong Pladuk was used a revalidation camp. During World War II, 23,289 British, 12,329 Dutch, 4,708 Australian, 482 American, and 7,030 undetermined soldiers passed through Camp Nong Pladuk. As a result of high investment and fast economic development in the past decades,

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