Ban Yang is a subdistrict in the Wat Bot District

Amphoe Wat Bot

Wat Bot is a district in the northern part of Phitsanulok Province, northern Thailand.-History:Tambon Wat Bot was separated from Phrom Phiram district and created as a minor district on January 1, 1948. It was upgraded to a full district on June 6, 1956...

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

Administration

The subdistrict is subdivided into 11 smaller divisions called (muban

Muban

Muban is the lowest administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as village, they are the subdivision of tambon. As of 2008, there are 74944 administrative villages in Thailand. As of the 1990 census, the average village consisted of 144 households or 746 persons.A muban does not...

), which roughly correspond to the villages within Ban Yang. There are 11 villages, each of which occupies one muban. Ban Yang is administrated by a Tambon administrative organization (TAO). The muban in Ban Yang are enumerated as follows:

No.	English	Thai
1	Ban Nakam	บ้านนาขาม
2	Ban Pa Khai	บ้านป่าคาย
3	Ban Nam Hak	บ้านน้ำหัก
4	Ban Nam Khob	บ้านน้ำคบ
5	Ban Phrom Mat	บ้านพรมมาศ
6	Ban Tha Sador	บ้านท่าสะเดาะ
7	Ban Tha Kaeng	บ้านท่าแก่ง
8	Ban Nong Yang	บ้านหนองยาง
9	Ban Noen Tha Gert	บ้านเนินตาเกิด
10	Ban Rai Suk Sombun	บ้านไร่สุขสมบูรณ์
11	Ban Kaeng Chet Khwae	บ้านแก่งเจ็ดแคว

Khwae Noi National Reserved Forest

The Khwae Noi National Reserved Forest, recently made part of Kaeng Chet Khwae National Park

Kaeng Chet Khwae National Park

Kaeng Chet Khwae National Park is a national park located in the Phitsanulok Province of Thailand.-Forest:Types of forest within the park include mixed deciduous, deciduous, hill evergreen and dry evergreen...

, covers a significant portion of the land in Ban Yang.

Temples

The following is a list of active Buddhist temples in Ban Yang:

• วัดนาขาม in Ban Nakam
• วัดป่าคาย in Ban Pa Khai
• วัดน้ำหักพัฒนา in Ban Nam Hak
• วัดน้ำคบ in Ban Nam Khob
• วัดท่าสะเดาศรัทธาธรรม in Ban Tha Sador
• วัดท่าแก่ง in Ban Tha Kaeng

Ban Nam Khob

The village of Ban Nam Khob is primarily flat land, with one side of the village having hills which range in altitude from 60 to 120 m. The village's economy is driven by field crops and rice paddy farming. Women of the village engage in the preparation and processing of food, both at home and with local housewives groups. Women have access to training and support from home economists in the Department of Agricultural Extension. Appliances such as rice cookers, gas stoves and electric irons are available in many of the homes in the village.