Don Kamyan
ดอนกำยาน
Tambon
Don Kamyan is located in Thailand
Don Kamyan
Don Kamyan
Coordinates: 14°27′38.3″N 100°04′43.9″E / 14.460639°N 100.078861°E / 14.460639; 100.078861
CountryThailand
ProvinceSuphan Buri
AmphoeMueang Suphan Buri
Named forFrankincense ivy
Government
 • MayorApisak Joradoln
Area
 • Total30.213 km2 (11.665 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (Thailand)
Postal code
72000
Websitehttp://www.donkumyan.go.th/th/

Don Kamyan (Thai: ดอนกำยาน, pronounced [dɔ̄ːn kām.jāːn]) is a tambon (subdistrict) of Mueang Suphan Buri district, capital district of Suphan Buri province.

History and toponymy

The name "Don Kamyan" literally translated as "upland of frankincenses." Because the area of Suphan Buri in the past was a flood plain. There are some parts that are upland. Don Kamyan is an upland area of about 300 rais (118 acres) that does not reach the flood. There were many frankincense plants. Hence the name "Kok Kamyan" (โคกกำยาน, pronounced [kʰôːk.kām.jāːn], lit "mound of frankincenses").

Later, when the status was raised to a subdistrict therefore changed its name to "Don Kamyan" as it is today.[1]

Geography

Most of the areas are plains and some parts are upland. Khlong Don Kamyan canal flowing through the area in the north–south direction. There is an irrigation canal as an important local water resource.[1]

It borders Ban Pho in its district to the north, Rua Yai and Thap Ti Lek in its district to the east, Ban Sakae Yang Mu of Makham Lom in Bang Pla Ma district to the south, and Don Pho Thong in its district to the west.

Don Kamyan is about 6 km (3.7 mi) west of downtown Suphan Buri.

Administration

Central administration

The entire area is under the administration of Subdistrict Administrative Organization (SAO) Don Kamyan.

Local administration

Don Kamyan was also divided into nine administrative mubans (villages).

No. Name Thai
1.Ban U Yaบ้านอู่ยา
2.Ban Bang Pla Moบ้านบางปลาหมอ
3.Ban Sala Daengบ้านศาลาแดง
4.Ban Wang Phranonบ้านวังพระนอน
5.Ban Sam Nakบ้านสามนาค
6.Ban Pan Tamluengบ้านพันตำลึง
7.Ban Don Kumบ้านดอนกุ่ม
8.Ban Khlong Paniengบ้านคลองพะเนียง
9.Ban Lang Pratunamบ้านหลังประตูน้ำ

Economy

Don Kamyan has an important local product, namely dried snakeskin gourami. A breed of snakeskin gourami that are raised in present-day Samut Prakan's Bang Bo including Samut Sakhon's Ban Phaeo. It is derived from snakeskin gourami of Don Kamyan.[2]

Places

References

  1. 1 2 "ข้อมูลขององค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลดอนกำยาน" [Information of Don Kamyan Subdistrict Administrative Organization] (PDF). Donkumyan.go.th (in Thai).
  2. ↑ "ปลาสลิดดอนกำยาน" [Dom Kamyan snakeskin gourami]. Suphan.biz (in Thai).
  3. ↑ "ดอนกำยาน" [Don Kamyan]. Google Maps (in Thai).
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