Bang Klam district

Bang Klam is a district of Songkhla province, southern Thailand.

History

The minor district was established on 7 January 1986 by splitting off four tambons from Hat Yai district. It was upgraded to a full district on 8 September 1995.

Geography

Neighboring districts are : Hat Yai, Rattaphum, and Khuan Niang. To the northeast is the Songkhla lake.

Administration

Central administration

Bang Klam is divided into four sub-districts, which are further subdivided into 36 administrative villages.

No.	Name	Thai	Villages	Pop.
1.	Bang Klam	บางกล่ำ	7	3,718
2.	Tha Chang	ท่าช้าง	18	20,578
3.	Mae Thom	แม่ทอม	6	2,277
4.	Ban Han	บ้านหาร	5	3,677

Local administration

There are two sub-district municipalities in the district:

Tha Chang consisting of sub-district Tha Chang.
Ban Han consisting of sub-district Ban Han.

There are two subdistrict administrative organizations in the district:

Bang Klam consisting of sub-district Bang Klam.
Mae Thom consisting of sub-district Mae Thom.