Ban Khlong is a subdistrict in the Mueang Phitsanulok District

Amphoe Mueang Phitsanulok

Mueang Phitsanulok is the capital district of Phitsanulok Province, northern Thailand.- History :Mueang Phitsanulok was the first class city in the northern part of Ayutthaya kingdom till the end of the kingdom in 1767. Also in the reign of King Taksin the Great, Phitsanulok was the first class...

 of Phitsanulok Province

Phitsanulok Province

Phitsanulok is a provinces of Thailand, located in the north. Neighboring provinces are Loei, Phetchabun, Phichit, Kamphaeng Phet, Sukhothai, Uttaradit. In the north-east it also has a short border with Xaignabouli of Laos....

, Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

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Geography

Ban Khlong is bordered to the northwest by Phlai Chumphon

Phlai Chumphon

Phlai Chumphon is a subdistrict in the Mueang Phitsanulok District of Phitsanulok Province, Thailand.-Geography:Phlai Chumphon is bordered to the north by Chom Thong, to the east by Ban Khlong and Hua Ro, to the south by Wat Chan and Tha Thong and to the west by Ban Krang...

, to the east by Hua Ro

Hua Ro

Hua Ro is a subdistrict in the Mueang Phitsanulok District of Phitsanulok Province, Thailand.-Geography:The topography of Hua Ro is fertile lowlands. The subdistrict is bordered to the north by Pak Thok and Makham Sung, to the east by Ban Pa, Don Thong and Samo Khae, to the south by Aranyik and...

 and the City of Phitsanulok

Phitsanulok

Phitsanulok is an important and historic city in lower northern Thailand and is the capital of Phitsanulok Province, which stretches all the way to the Laotian border. Phitsanulok is one of the oldest cities in Thailand, founded over 600 years ago...

 and to the south by Wat Chan

Wat Chan

Wat Chan is a subdistrict in the Mueang Phitsanulok District of Phitsanulok Province, Thailand.-Geography:The topography of Wan Chan is fertile flat lowlands. The subdistrict is bordered to the north by Phlai Chumphon and Ban Khlong, to the east by the City of Phitsanulok, to the south by Bueng...

. Ban Khlong lies within the Nan Basin, which is part of the Chao Phraya Watershed.

History

The subdistrict was once primarily farmland, but has recently adapted to urban expansion by becoming a center of commerce.

Administration

The following is a list of the subdistrict's muban, which roughly correspond to the villages:

No.	English	Thai
1 - 3	Ban Bang Sagae	บ้านเด่นโบสถ์
4 - 5	Ban Khlong (part)	บ้านกร่าง

Economy

• Rice farming
• Vegetable farming
• Government business
• Paid labor
• Commerce
• Handicrafts
• Household businesses

Points of interest

• Khai Somdet Phra Naresuan Maharat (Fort King Naresuan the Great royal Thai Army base)
• Forth King Naresuan Hospital
• Phitsanulok Vocational Technical College
• Provincial Bureau of Transportation
• Wat Yang School
• Provincial Electric Plant
• Ban Khlong Health Center

Temples

• Wat Yang
• Wat Sut Sawat in Ban Bang Sagae
• Wat Gia Kia