Klaeng district

{{refimprove|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Klaeng | native_name = แกลง | native_name_lang= th | settlement_type = District | image_skyline = Chakphong, Klaeng District, Rayong, Thailand - panoramio (1).jpg | image_alt = | image_caption =Sand beach at Chak Phong, Klaeng | image_map = Amphoe 2103.svg | map_caption = District location in Rayong province | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Thailand | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Rayong | subdivision_type2 = Seat | subdivision_name2 = | population_total = 77,286<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on Population and Housing in each district, district and sub-district As of December 2008 |url=http://www.dopa.go.th/xstat/p5121_01.html |website=Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA) |accessdate=29 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530102111/http://www.dopa.go.th/xstat/p5121_01.html |archive-date=30 May 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | population_as_of = 2008 | population_density_km2 = {{Formatnum:159.4|R}} | area_total_km2 = {{Formatnum:788.463|R}} | leader_title = | leader_name = | blank_name_sec1 = Postal code | blank_info_sec1 = 21110 | blank_name_sec2 = Geocode | blank_info_sec2 = 2103 | timezone = ICT | utc_offset = +7 | coordinates = {{coord|12|46|42|N|101|39|12|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}} | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Klaeng''' ({{Langx|th|แกลง}}, {{IPA|th|klɛ̄ːŋ|pron}}) is a district (''amphoe'') on the coast of Rayong province, in eastern Thailand.

==History== Klaeng's history dates back to the Ayutthaya Kingdom. Due to its location mid-way between Mueang Rayong district and Chanthaburi province and its abundance of natural resources such as fertile rice fields and many watercourses, it has been a magnet for immigration.<ref name="s" />

Its name is believed to be a variant of the Chong word ''Ka-laeng'' (กะแล่ง), which means "walking catfish".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.matichon.co.th/prachachuen/daily-column/news_1603927#:~:text=%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%87%20(%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%87,%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%87|work=Matichon|language=Thai|date=2019-07-30|accessdate=2021-08-19|last=Wongthes |first=Sujit|title=สุจิตต์ วงษ์เทศ : เมืองแกลง ระยอง ชาวชอง ก็บรรพชนไทย|trans-title=Sujit Wongthes : Mueang Klaeng Rayong, Chong people are Thai ancestors}}</ref>

Since the Ayutthaya period, Klaeng has been a place to gather people for war service.<ref name="s">{{cite news |last1=Wongthes |first1=Sujit|author-link=Sujit Wongthes |title=พระเจ้าตาก ไม่อ้อมไปทางชลบุรี และสังฆราชชื่น เมืองแกลง (จ.ระยอง) |url=https://www.matichon.co.th/prachachuen/prachachuen-scoop/news_1647565 |accessdate=29 August 2019 |work=Matichon |issue=15145 |trans-title=King Taksin does not detour to Chonburi and Sangharaja Chuen, Klaeng Town (Rayong Province) |date=29 August 2017 |language=Thai}}</ref>

In the reign of King Rama V, ''Mueang'' Klaeng was a fourth class city under Monthon Chanthaburi. The former city offices were in Ban Laem Mueang, Tambon Paknam Prasae. In 1897 the office was moved to Ban Pho Thong, on the north side of ''Wat Pho Thong''. In 1908 Mueang Klaeng was downgraded to a district of Rayong Province.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=25|issue=13|pages=407|script-title=th:แจ้งความกระทรวงมหาดไทย|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2451/013/407_2.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604070148/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2451/013/407_2.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 4, 2012|date=1908-06-28|language=Thai}}</ref>

==Geography== Neighbouring districts are (from the west clockwise): Mueang Rayong, Wang Chan, and Khao Chamao of Rayong Province; Kaeng Hang Maeo and Na Yai Am of Chanthaburi province. To the south is the Gulf of Thailand.

Klaeng's main watercourse is the Prasae River.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mekloy |first1=Pongpet |title=Return to Prasae River |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/travel/1682484/return-to-prasae-river |accessdate=14 October 2019 |work=Bangkok Post |date=23 May 2019}}</ref>

==Administration== The district is divided into 15 sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 146 villages (''mubans''). Klaeng is a town (''thesaban mueang'') which covers parts of ''tambons'' Thang Kwian and Wang Wa. There are a further four sub-district municipalities (''thesaban tambons''): Kong Din covers parts of ''tambon'' Kong Din, Thung Khwai Kin parts of ''tambons'' Thung Khwai Kin and Khlong Pun, Pak Nam Prasae, parts of ''tambons'' Pak Nam Krasae and Sunthorn Phu, and the entire''tambons'' of Kram and Chak Phong. There are also 15 tambon administrative organizations (TAO). {| ! No. ! Name ! Thai ! Villages ! Pop.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dopa.go.th/xstat/p5121_01.html |publisher=Department of Provincial Administration |title=Population statistics 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530102111/http://www.dopa.go.th/xstat/p5121_01.html |archivedate=2009-05-30 }}</ref> |- ||{{0}}1.||Thang Kwian||ทางเกวียน||10||23,040 |- ||{{0}}2.||Wang Wa||วังหว้า||14||10,661 |- ||{{0}}3.||Chak Don||ชากโดน||{{0}}8||{{0}}4,786 |- ||{{0}}4.||Noen Kho||เนินฆ้อ||{{0}}9||{{0}}4,525 |- ||{{0}}5.||Kram||กร่ำ||{{0}}6||{{0}}5,574 |- ||{{0}}6.||Chak Phong||ชากพง||{{0}}7||{{0}}8,949 |- ||{{0}}7.||Krasae Bon||กระแสบน||14||{{0}}7,406 |- ||{{0}}8.||Ban Na||บ้านนา||13||{{0}}8,250 |- ||{{0}}9.||Thung Khwai Kin||ทุ่งควายกิน||13||14,808 |- ||10.||Kong Din||กองดิน||11||10,175 |- ||11.||Khlong Pun||คลองปูน||{{0}}9||{{0}}5,871 |- ||12.||Phang Rat||พังราด||{{0}}8||{{0}}6,095 |- ||13.||Pak Nam Krasae||ปากน้ำกระแส||{{0}}8||{{0}}6,884 |- ||17.||Huai Yang||ห้วยยาง||{{0}}9||{{0}}3,646 |- ||18.||Song Salueng||สองสลึง||{{0}}8||{{0}}5,619 |} <small>Missing numbers are ''tambons'' which now form Khao Chamao district.</small>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110414111134/http://www.amphoe.com/menu.php?am=522&pv=48&mid=1 amphoe.com](Thai)

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