Kapoe district

Kapoe

กะเปอร์
Kapoe กะเปอร์
District
	District location in Ranong province
	Coordinates: 9°35′7″N 98°35′46″E / 9.58528°N 98.59611°E
Country	Thailand
Province	Ranong
Area
• Total	657.688 km2 (253.935 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Total	18,784
• Density	29.2/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code	85120
Geocode	8503

Kapoe (Thai: กะเปอร์, pronounced [kā.pɤ̄ː]) is a district (amphoe) of Ranong province, southern Thailand.^[2]

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Mueang Ranong of Ranong Province, Phato of Chumphon province, Chaiya, Tha Chang and Ban Ta Khun of Surat Thani province, and Suk Samran of Ranong. To the west is the Andaman Sea.

The southeastern part of the district is part of the Khlong Nakha Wildlife Sanctuary. The mangrove forests in the estuary of the Kapoe River are part of the Ranong Biosphere Reserve.

Administration

The district is divided into five sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 34 villages (muban). Kapoe itself is a township (thesaban tambon) and covers parts of the tambon Kapoe. There are four tambon administrative organizations (TAO) responsible for the non-municipal areas.

No.	Name	Thai	Villages	Pop.
1.	Muang Kluang	ม่วงกลวง	4	3,772^[1]
2.	Kapoe	กะเปอร์	10	5,521^[1]
3.	Chiao Liang	เชี่ยวเหลียง	7	1,921^[1]
4.	Ban Na	บ้านนา	8	3,333^[1]
5.	Bang Hin	บางหิน	5	4,237^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "รายงานสถิติจำนวนประชากร และบ้าน" (in Thai). 2012. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
^ United States Census Bureau (2011). "Data_Dictionary" (XLSX).

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[stat-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "รายงานสถิติจำนวนประชากร และบ้าน" (in Thai). 2012. Retrieved 2017-12-12.

[2] United States Census Bureau (2011). "Data_Dictionary" (XLSX).

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