Pua District

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Pua
ปัว
Amphoe
Amphoe location in Nan Province
Amphoe location in Nan Province
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Country  Thailand
Province Nan
Government
 • Marshal Kamthorn Su-Arun
Area
 • Total 657.363 km2 (253.809 sq mi)
Population (2009)
 • Total 64,263
 • Density 98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone THA (UTC+7)
Postal code 55120
Geocode 5505

Pua (Thai: ปัว) is a district (Amphoe) in the central part of Nan Province, northern Thailand.

Geography

Neighboring are from the north clockwise Chiang Klang, Thung Chang, Chaloem Phra Kiat, Bo Kluea, Santi Suk and Tha Wang Pha.

Doi Phu Kha National Park is Thailand's largest National Park, covering several districts of Nan Province. The national park office as well as the 1,980 m high Doi Phu Kha in the Luang Prabang Range itself are located within Pua district.[1]

Paddy fields in Pua District during the rice harvest, with the forested hills and mountains of Doi Phu Kha National Park in the background
Paddy fields in Pua District during the rice harvest, with the forested hills and mountains of Doi Phu Kha National Park in the background

Administration

The district is subdivided into 12 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 105 villages (muban). The subdistrict municipality or township (thesaban tambon) Pua covers the whole tambon Pua and parts of the tambon Sathan, Chai Watthana and Wora Nakhon. Another township is Sila Laeang, which covers the complete tambon Sila Laeang. There are further 10 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No. Name Thai Villages Inh.[2]
01. Pua ปัว 08 7,307
02. Ngaeng แงง 07 4,971
03. Sathan สถาน 13 6,137
04. Sila Laeng ศิลาแลง 07 3,893
05. Sila Phet ศิลาเพชร 10 4,676
06. Uan อวน 11 5,119
09. Chai Watthana ไชยวัฒนา 08 4,226
10. Chedi Chai เจดีย์ชัย 09 7,022
11. Phu Kha ภูคา 13 4,720
12. Sakat สกาด 04 2,908
13. Pa Klang ป่ากลาง 07 7,361
14. Wora Nakhon วรนคร 08 6,073

Missing numbers belong to tambon which are now part of Bo Kluea district.

Gallery

  • Wat Rong Ngae

  • 2014 1121 Wat Ban Ton Laeng 01.JPG

    Wat Ban Ton Laeng

  • Wat Phra That Bueng Sakat

  • Road number 1256 on a ridge near Doi Phu Kha

  • 2013 Pua countryside.jpg

    Countryside east of Pua

  • Doi Phu Kha mountains.jpg

    Panoramic image of the mountains of Doi Phu Kha National Park

References

  1. ↑ ดร.กระมล ทองธรรมชาติ และคณะ, สังคมศึกษา ศาสนาและวัฒนธรรม ม.1, สำนักพิมพ์ อักษรเจริญทัศน์ อจท. จำกัด, 2548, หน้า 24-25
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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