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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Dan Chang
| native_name = ด่านช้าง
| native_name_lang= th
| settlement_type = [[District]]
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| image_map = Amphoe 7203.svg
| map_caption = District location in [[Suphan Buri province]]
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| subdivision_type = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name = Thailand
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Suphan Buri Province|Suphan Buri]]
| subdivision_type2 = Seat
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| subdivision_type3 = [[Subdistrict]]
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| subdivision_type4 = ''[[Muban]]''
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| established_title = District established
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| population_total = 67011
| population_as_of = 2013
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| area_total_km2 = {{formatnum:1,193.6|R}}
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| blank_name_sec2 = [[Geocode]]
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| timezone = [[Time in Thailand|ICT]]
| utc_offset = +7
| coordinates = {{coord|14|50|30|N|99|41|50|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}}
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'''Dan Chang''' ({{langx|th|ด่านช้าง}}, {{IPA|th|dàːn t͡ɕʰáːŋ|pron}}) 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]].<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=91|issue=144 ง|pages=3286|script-title=th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งท้องที่อำเภอเดิมบางนางบวช จังหวัดสุพรรณบุรี ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอด่านช้าง|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2517/D/144/3286.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516195043/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2517/D/144/3286.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 16, 2012|date=August 27, 1974|language=Thai}}</ref> The next year, subdistrict Nong Makha Mong was transferred from Doem Bang Nang Buat to the minor district.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=92|issue=112 ง|pages=1475–1476|script-title=th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนแปลงเขตกิ่งอำเภอด่านช้าง อำเภอเดิมบางนางบวช จังหวัดสุพรรณบุรี|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2518/D/112/1475.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528062236/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2518/D/112/1475.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 28, 2012|date=1975-06-17|language=Thai}}</ref> The minor district was upgraded to a full district on 13 July 1981.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=98|issue=115 ก Special|pages=7–10|script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอหนองใหญ่ อำเภอบ่อไร่ อำเภอพรหมคีรี อำเภอนาบอน อำเภอบางสะพานน้อย อำเภอนาดี อำเภอกงหรา อำเภอวังทรายพูน อำเภอธารโต อำเภอคำตากล้า อำเภอศรีนคร อำเภอด่านช้าง อำเภอพรเจริญ อำเภอวังสามหมอ และอำเภอลานสัก พ.ศ. ๒๕๒๔|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2524/A/115/7.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184012/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2524/A/115/7.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 30, 2007|date=July 13, 1981|language=Thai}}</ref>

[[Lauda Air Flight 004]] crashed at a site three nautical miles north of Phu Toei, [[Huai Khamin]], Dan Chang in 1991.<ref>[http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/ComAndRep/LaudaAir/LaudaRPT.html Accident Report - Lauda Air Flight 004] ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607000248/http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/ComAndRep/LaudaAir/LaudaRPT.html |date=2011-06-07 }}) - [[Aircraft Accident Investigation Committee]], [[Ministry of Transport and Communications (Thailand)|Ministry of Transport and Communications Thailand]], Prepared for [[World Wide Web]] usage by Hiroshi Sogame (十亀洋 ''Sogame Hiroshi''), a member of the Safety Promotion Committee (総合安全推進) of [[All Nippon Airways]]. Retrieved on July 1, 2011. "This was in mountainous jungle terrain approximately 3 nautical miles north northeast of Phu Toey village of Tambol Huay Kamin in the Ban Dan Chang district of Suphan Buri Province, Kingdom of Thailand. The average elevation of the wreckage area was estimated to be 600 metres."</ref>

== Geography ==
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): [[Ban Rai district|Ban Rai]] of [[Uthai Thani province]]; [[Noen Kham district|Noen Kham]] of [[Chainat province]]; [[Doem Bang Nang Buat district|Doem Bang Nang Buat]] and [[Nong Ya Sai district|Nong Ya Sai]] of Suphan Buri Province; and [[Lao Khwan district|Lao Khwan]], [[Nong Prue district|Nong Prue]], and [[Si Sawat district|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 (''[[tambon]]s''), which are further subdivided into 93 administrative villages (''[[muban]]s'').

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! No.
! Name
! Thai
! Villages
! [[Population|Pop.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/views/showDistrictData.php?statType=1&year=56&rcode=72|publisher=Department of Provincial Administration|title=Population statistics 2013|language=Thai|accessdate=2014-10-04}}</ref>
|-
||{{0}}1.||Nong Makha Mong||{{lang|th|หนองมะค่าโมง}}||21||17,782
|-
||{{0}}2.||Dan Chang||{{lang|th|ด่านช้าง}}||21||16,007
|-
||{{0}}3.||Huai Khamin||{{lang|th|ห้วยขมิ้น}}||16||{{0}}9,259
|-
||{{0}}4.||Ong Phra||{{lang|th|องค์พระ}}||{{0}}9||{{0}}7,133
|-
||{{0}}5.||Wang Khan||{{lang|th|วังคัน}}||11||{{0}}6,531
|-
||{{0}}6.||Nikhom Krasiao||{{lang|th|นิคมกระเสียว}}||{{0}}6||{{0}}5,346
|-
||{{0}}7.||Wang Yao||{{lang|th|วังยาว}}||{{0}}9||{{0}}4,953
|}

=== Local administration ===
There is one subdistrict municipality (''[[Thesaban#Subdistrict municipality|thesaban tambon]]'') in the district:
* Dan Chang (Thai: {{lang|th|เทศบาลตำบลด่านช้าง}}) consisting of parts of subdistricts Nong Makha Mong and Dan Chang.

There are seven [[Subdistrict administrative organization|subdistrict administrative organizations (SAO)]] in the district:
* Nong Makha Mong (Thai: {{lang|th|องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลหนองมะค่าโมง}}) consisting of parts of subdistrict Nong Makha Mong.
* Dan Chang (Thai: {{lang|th|องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลด่านช้าง}}) consisting of parts of subdistrict Dan Chang.
* Huai Khamin (Thai: {{lang|th|องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลห้วยขมิ้น}}) consisting of subdistrict Huai Khamin.
* Ong Phra (Thai: {{lang|th|องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลองค์พระ}}) consisting of subdistrict Ong Phra.
* Wang Khan (Thai: {{lang|th|องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลวังคัน}}) consisting of subdistrict Wang Khan.
* Nikhom Krasiao (Thai: {{lang|th|องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลนิคมกระเสียว}}) consisting of subdistrict Nikhom Krasiao.
* Wang Yao (Thai: {{lang|th|องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลวังยาว}}) consisting of subdistrict Wang Yao.

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Portal|Thailand}}
*[http://www.amphoe.com/menu.php?mid=1&am=690&pv=65 amphoe.com]

{{Amphoe Suphan Buri}}

[[Category:Districts of Suphan Buri province|Dan Chang]]

Dan Chang district - Revision history

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