Dan Chang district
district in Suphanburi province, Thailand
Dan Chang (Thai: ด่านช้าง, pronounced [dàːn t͡ɕʰáːŋ]) is the northwesternmost district (amphoe) of Suphan Buri province, central Thailand.
History
Dan Chang was created as a minor district (king amphoe) on 30 August 1974 by splitting off three tambons, Dan Chang, Ong Phra, and Huai Khamin, from Doem Bang Nang Buat district. The next year, subdistrict Nong Makha Mong was transferred from Doem Bang Nang Buat to the minor district. The minor district was upgraded to a full district on 13 July 1981.
Lauda Air Flight 004 crashed at a site three nautical miles north of Phu Toei, Huai Khamin, Dan Chang in 1991.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Ban Rai of Uthai Thani province; Noen Kham of Chainat province; Doem Bang Nang Buat and Nong Ya Sai of Suphan Buri Province; and Lao Khwan, Nong Prue, and Si Sawat of Kanchanaburi province.
Phu Toei National Park is in Dan Chang District. The important water resource of Dan Chang is the Krasiao River which is impounded by the district's Krasiao Dam in Huai Khamin Subdistrict.
Administration
Central administration
Dan Chang is divided into seven subdistricts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 93 administrative villages (mubans).
Local administration
There is one subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) in the district:
Dan Chang (Thai: เทศบาลตำบลด่านช้าง) consisting of parts of subdistricts Nong Makha Mong and Dan Chang.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Dan Chang district” as district in Suphanburi province, Thailand. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q475440. The first chronological checks are 1974, 1981 and 1991.
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