Nong Prue district

Nong Prue is a district in the northeastern part of Kanchanaburi province, central Thailand.

History

The two subdistricts Nong Prue and Nong Pla Lai were split of from Bo Phloi district to establish the minor district Nong Prue on 22 April 1992. A third subdistrict, Somdet Charoen, was later included in the new minor district as well. The minor district was upgraded to a full district on 11 October 1997.

Geography

Neighboring districts are Lao Khwan, Bo Phloi, Si Sawat of Kanchanaburi province and Dan Chang of Suphanburi province.

Toponymy

The district is named after the Prue plant, ''Cyperus sp.''

Administration

Provincial administration

The district is divided into three subdistricts, which are further subdivided into 43 administrative villages.

No.	Subdistrict	Thai	Villages	Pop.
1.	Nong Prue	หนองปรือ	22	18,210
2.	Nong Pla Lai	หนองปลาไหล	14	6,536
3.	Somdet Charoen	สมเด็จเจริญ	7	6,986
		Total	43	31,732

Local government

Municipalities

As of December 2024 there are three municipal areas in the district: Somdet Charoen and Nong Pla Lai subdistrict municipalities cover the whole subdistricts, Nong Prue subdistrict municipality covers parts of the same-named subdistrict.

Subdistrict administrative organization

The non-municipal areas are administered by one subdistrict administrative organization - SAO.

Subdistrict adm.org - SAO	Pop.	LAO code	website
Nong Prue SAO	13,835	06711203

Education

18 primary schools
2 secondary schools

Healthcare

Hospitals

Nong Prue district is served by two hospitals

Nong Prue Hospital with 30 beds.
Phayaban Sathan Phra Barami Hospital with 30 beds.

Health promoting hospitals

In the district there are seven health-promoting hospitals in total.

Religion

There are thirty-six Theravada Buddhist temples in the district.
The Christians have three churches.