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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Ban Chang
| native_name = บ้านฉาง
| native_name_lang= th
| settlement_type = [[District]]
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| image_map = Amphoe 2102.svg
| map_caption = District location in [[Rayong province]]
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Thailand
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Rayong province|Rayong]]
| subdivision_type2 = Seat
| subdivision_name2 = Ban Chang
| subdivision_type3 = ''[[Tambon]]''
| subdivision_name3 =
| subdivision_type4 = ''[[Muban]]''
| subdivision_name4 =
| established_title = District established
| established_date =
| population_total = 49189
| population_as_of = 2005
| population_density_km2 = 206.3
| area_total_km2 = 238.4
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Postal code]]
| blank_info_sec1 = 21130
| blank_name_sec2 = [[Geocode]]
| blank_info_sec2 = 2102
| timezone = [[Time in Thailand|ICT]]
| utc_offset = +7
| coordinates = {{coord|12|43|42|N|101|3|59|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}}
| website =
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'''Ban Chang''' ({{langx|th|บ้านฉาง}}, {{IPA|th|bâːn t͡ɕʰǎːŋ|pron}}) is the westernmost district (''[[Districts of Thailand|amphoe]]'') of [[Rayong province]], eastern [[Thailand]].

==History==
The area originally was Tambon Phala of [[Mueang Rayong district]]. From 1963 on the US military used the [[U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield]], thus the community grew bigger.

The government created Ban Chang minor district (''[[king amphoe]]'') on 7 May 1976 by splitting two ''tambons'' from Mueang District.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=93|issue=71 ง|pages=1038|script-title=th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งท้องที่อำเภอเมืองระยอง จังหวัดระยอง ตั่งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอบ้านฉาง|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2519/D/071/1038.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930175926/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2519/D/071/1038.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 September 2007|date=May 4, 1976|language=Thai}}</ref> It was upgraded to be full district on 16 March 1985.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=102|issue=33 ก special|pages=7–9|script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอเขาสวนกวาง อำเภอแปลงยาว อำเภอบ่อทอง อำเภอปะคำ และอำเภอบ้านฉาง พ.ศ. ๒๕๒๘|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2528/A/033/7.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927193115/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2528/A/033/7.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 September 2007|date=March 15, 1985|language=Thai}}</ref>

==Geography==
Neighbouring districts are (from the west clockwise) [[Sattahip district|Sattahip]], [[Bang Lamung district|Bang Lamung]] of [[Chonburi province]], [[Nikhom Phatthana district|Nikhom Phatthana]] and [[Mueang Rayong district|Mueang Rayong]] of Rayong Province. To the south is the [[Gulf of Thailand]]. Ban Chang also features three beaches with Phala Beach to the west, Phayun Beach in the center and Nam Rin Beach on the eastern side of the district, with Nam Rin being the longer beach of the three<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tourismthailand.org/Attraction/nam-rin-beach|title=Nam Rin Beach |work=tourismthailand.org|publisher=[[Tourism Authority of Thailand]]|access-date=22 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.surprise-rayong.com/en/travel_rayong/%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024165319/http://www.surprise-rayong.com/en/travel_rayong/%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=24 October 2020|title=Nam Rin Beach |work=surprise-rayong.com|publisher=[[Surprise-Rayong]]|access-date=22 June 2021}}</ref>

==Administration==
The district is divided into three sub-districts (''[[tambon]]s''), which are further subdivided into 22 villages (''[[muban]]s''). [[Ban Chang (town)|Ban Chang]] is a town (''[[thesaban mueang]]'') and covers parts of the ''tambon'' Ban Chang and Phla. Samnak Thon is a township (''[[thesaban tambon]]'') which covers parts of ''tambon'' Samnak Thon. There are a further three tambon administrative organizations (TAO) responsible for non-municipal areas.
{|
! No.
! Name
! Thai name
! Villages
! [[Population|Pop.]]
|-
||1.||Samnak Thon||สำนักท้อน||8||16,442||
|-
||2.||Phla||พลา||7||9,432||
|-
||3.||Ban Chang||บ้านฉาง||7||23,315||
|}

==Education==
*[[Banchangkarnchanakul Wittaya School]]

==See also==
* [[U-Tapao International Airport]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.amphoe.com/menu.php?am=523&pv=48&mid=1 amphoe.com]

{{Amphoe Rayong}}

[[Category:Districts of Rayong province|Ban Chang]]

{{Rayong-geo-stub}}

Ban Chang district - Revision history

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