{{Short description|District of Thailand}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Chang Klang | native_name = ช้างกลาง | native_name_lang= th | settlement_type = District | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = Amphoe 8022.svg | map_caption = District location in Nakhon Si Thammarat province | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Thailand | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Nakhon Si Thammarat | subdivision_type2 = Seat | subdivision_name2 = Chang Klang | subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = ''Muban'' | subdivision_name4 = | established_title = District established | established_date = | population_total = 29594 | population_as_of = 2005 | population_density_km2 = {{formatnum:127.3|R}} | area_total_km2 = {{formatnum:232.5|R}} | leader_title = | leader_name = | blank_name_sec1 = Postal code | blank_info_sec1 = 80250 | blank_name_sec2 = Geocode | blank_info_sec2 = 8022 | timezone = ICT | utc_offset = +7 | coordinates = {{coord|8|22|27|N|99|34|5|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}} | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Chang Klang''' ({{langx|th|ช้างกลาง}}, {{IPA|th|t͡ɕʰáːŋ klāːŋ|pron}}) is a district (''amphoe'') of Nakhon Si Thammarat province, southern Thailand.
==History== The district was created on 15 July 1996 by splitting the three southeastern ''tambons'' from Chawang district.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=113|issue=Special<!--พิเศษ--> 18 ง|pages=32|script-title=th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งเขตท้องที่อำเภอฉวาง จังหวัดนครศรีธรรมราช ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอช้างกลาง|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2539/E/018/32.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612140141/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2539/E/018/32.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 June 2012|date=June 26, 1996|language=Thai}}</ref>
On 15 May 2007, all 81 minor districts were upgraded to full districts.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.manager.co.th/Politics/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9500000055625|publisher=Manager Online|script-title=th:แถลงผลการประชุม ครม. ประจำวันที่ 15 พ.ค. 2550|language=Thai|access-date=13 September 2007|archive-date=16 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516212636/http://www.manager.co.th/Politics/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9500000055625|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 24 August, the upgrade became official.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=124|issue=46 ก|pages=14–21|script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอฆ้องชัย...และอำเภอเหล่าเสือโก้ก พ.ศ. ๒๕๕๐|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2550/A/046/14.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930165121/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2550/A/046/14.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 September 2007|date=August 24, 2007|language=Thai}}</ref>
==Geography== Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Chawang, Lan Saka, Thung Song, and Na Bon.
==Administration== The district is divided into three sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 35 villages (''mubans''). There are no municipal (''thesaban'') areas, and three tambon administrative organizations (TAO). {| |- valign=top || {| ! No. ! Name ! Thai name ! Villages ! Pop. || |- ||1.||Chang Klang||ช้างกลาง||17||16,989|| |- ||2.||Lak Chang||หลักช้าง||10||7,581|| |- ||3.||Suan Khan||สวนขัน||18||5,024|| |} || 150px|Map of Tambon |}
== Important places == *Rubber Authority of Thailand Central Southern Region *Agricultural tourism center, Chang Klang district
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.amphoe.com/menu.php?mid=1&am=263&pv=21 amphoe.com]
{{Amphoe Nakhon Si Thammarat}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chang Klang}} Category:Districts of Nakhon Si Thammarat province {{NakhonSiThammarat-geo-stub}}