Amphoe Laem Sing

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Laem Sing
แหลมสิงห์
Statistics
Province:	Chanthaburi
District office:	Pak Nam Laem Sing 12°28′54″N, 102°4′25″E
Area:	190.8 km²
Inhabitants:	30,790 (2005)
Pop. density:	161.4 inh./km²
Geocode:	2206
Postal code:	22130
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Laem Sing (Thai: แหลมสิงห์) is a district (Amphoe) of Chanthaburi Province, eastern Thailand.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Administration
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Laem Sing district was created in 1898, then named Phlio district. In 1909 the government allocated budget for the new district office, and they changed the district name to Laem Sing at the same time.^[1] The district office was re-built in 1966 and 1996.

[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the northwest clockwise) Tha Mai, Mueang Chanthaburi and Khlung of Chanthaburi Province. To the southwest is the Gulf of Thailand.

To the southeast of the district is the estuary of the Welu River. It covers about 27 km² of the shallow tidal water area, it contains extensive mudflats and mangrove forests.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 7 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 65 villages (muban). There are two townships (thesaban tambon) - Pak Nam Laem Sing covers the same-named tambon, and Phlio covers tambon Phlio and Khlong Nam Khem. There are further 5 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh.
1.	Pak Nam Laem Sing	ปากน้ำแหลมสิงห์	16	9,220
2.	Ko Perit	เกาะเปริด	7	3,419
3.	Nong Chim	หนองชิ่ม	10	5,314
4.	Phlio	พลิ้ว	12	5,226
5.	Khlong Nam Khem	คลองน้ำเค็ม	6	1,555
6.	Bang Sa Kao	บางสระเก้า	5	2,230
7.	Bang Kachai	บางกะไชย	9	3,826