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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Pong
| native_name = ปง
| native_name_lang= th
| settlement_type = [[Amphoe]]
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| image_map = Amphoe 5606.svg
| map_caption = Amphoe location in [[Phayao province]]
| pushpin_map =
| pushpin_map_caption =
| subdivision_type = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name = Thailand
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Phayao Province|Phayao]]
| subdivision_type2 = Seat
| subdivision_name2 = Pong
| subdivision_type3 = ''[[Tambon]]''
| subdivision_name3 =
| subdivision_type4 = ''[[Muban]]''
| subdivision_name4 =
| established_title = Amphoe established
| established_date =
| population_total = 53212
| population_as_of = 2005
| population_density_km2 = {{formatnum:29.8|R}}
| area_total_km2 = {{formatnum:1783.452|R}}
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Postal code]]
| blank_info_sec1 = 56140
| blank_name_sec2 = [[Geocode]]
| blank_info_sec2 = 5606
| timezone = [[UTC+07:00|ICT]]
| utc_offset = +7
| coordinates = {{coord|19|8|54|N|100|16|30|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}}
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

'''Pong''' ({{lang-th|ปง}}, {{IPA-th|pōŋ|pron}}) is a district (''[[amphoe]]'') of [[Phayao province]] in northern [[Thailand]].

==Geography==
Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) [[Amphoe Song Khwae|Song Khwae]], [[Amphoe Tha Wang Pha|Tha Wang Pha]], [[Amphoe Mueang Nan|Mueang Nan]] of [[Nan province]], [[Amphoe Chiang Muan|Chiang Muan]], [[Amphoe Dok Khamtai|Dok Khamtai]], [[Amphoe Chun|Chun]] and [[Amphoe Chiang Kham|Chiang Kham]] of Phayao Province.

[[Doi Phu Nang National Park]] is in the district.<ref>[http://www.trekthailand.net/north10/index.html Doi Phu Nang National Park]</ref>

==History==
Originally named Mueang Pong, the district was renamed Ban Muang (บ้านม่วง) in 1917.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=34|issue=ก|pages=40–68|script-title=th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนชื่ออำเภอ|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2460/A/40.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107143904/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2460/A/40.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 7, 2011|date=April 29, 1917|language=Thai}}</ref> In 1939 it was renamed simply "Pong".<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=56|issue=ก|pages=354–364|script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนนามอำเภอ กิ่งอำเภอ และตำบลบางแห่ง พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๒|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2482/A/354.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219071714/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2482/A/354.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 19, 2009|date=April 17, 1939|language=Thai}}</ref> In 1952 the district was reassigned to Chiang Rai Province, except sub-district Sa-iap which was split off and added to Song District in Phrae.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|title=พระราชบัญญัติเปลี่ยนแปลงเขตจังหวัดน่าน จังหวัดเชียงราย และจังหวัดแพร่ พ.ศ. ๒๔๙๕|volume=69|issue=77 ก|date=December 30, 1952|pages=1440–1441|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2495/A/077/1440.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612141334/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2495/A/077/1440.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 12, 2012}}</ref> With the creation of the Province of Phayao in 1977 it was added to the new province.

==Administration==
The district is divided into seven sub-districts (''[[tambon]]''), which are further subdivided into 88 villages (''[[muban]]''). There are two townships (''[[thesaban tambon]]'') - Pong covers which covers parts of ''tambon'' Pong and Na Prang, and Ngim covers parts of ''tambon'' Ngim. There are a further seven tambon administrative organization (TAO).
{|
! No.
! Name
! Thai name
! 
! [[Population|Pop.]]
|-
||1.||Pong||ปง|| ||8,203||
|-
||2.||Khuan||ควร|| ||5,634||
|-
||3.||Oi||ออย|| ||7,344||
|-
||4.||Ngim||งิม|| ||12,242||
|-
||5.||Pha Chang Noi||ผาช้างน้อย|| ||4,914||
|-
||6.||Na Prang||นาปรัง|| ||5,913||
|-
||7.||Khun Khuan||ขุนควร|| ||8,962||
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.amphoe.com/menu.php?mid=1&am=385&pv=32 amphoe.com]

{{Amphoe Phayao}}

[[Category:Districts of Phayao province|Pong]]

{{Phayao-geo-stub}}

Pong district - Revision history

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