Bong Ti

Bong Ti

บ้องตี้
Bong Ti บ้องตี้
Subdistrict
	Mountain range and lake in Tambon Bong Ti, Kanchanaburi Province
	Coordinates: 14°4′N 98°59′E / 14.067°N 98.983°E / 14.067; 98.983
Country	Thailand
Province	Kanchanaburi
District	Sai Yok
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population (2016)
• Total	5,820
Time zone	UTC+07:00 (ICT)

Bong Ti (Thai: บ้องตี้, pronounced [bɔ̂ŋ tîː]) is a village and tambon (subdistrict) of Sai Yok District, in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand.^[3] The tambon contains four villages.

Geography

Bong Ti Subdistrict is in the mountainous area of the Tenasserim Hills, close to the border with Myanmar. There is a tarmac road connecting with Sinbyudaing in Myanmar at the western end of the subdistrict. In 2005 the tambon had a population of 3,894 people. Many of the local inhabitants are Karen people.

In 2015, sound from the meteor was reported in three districts of Kanchanaburi Province: Thong Pha Phum, Sai Yok, and Si Sawat.^[4] The Governor of Kanchanaburi Province, Wan-chai Osukhonthip, ordered police and Sai Yok National Park rangers to search Wang Krachae and Bong Ti subdistricts in Sai Yok District for meteor debris.^[4]

References

^ GoogleEarth
^ "รายงานสถิติจำนวนประชากรและบ้านประจำปี พ.ศ.2558". Department of Provincial Administration (in Thai). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
^ Thaitambon.com Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine, Accessed 11 May 2011 (in Thai)
^ a b "Exploding meteor sends social media into a tizzy". The Nation. 8 September 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 8 September 2015.

External links

Media related to Bong Ti at Wikimedia Commons
Pictures of the subdistrict

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[1] GoogleEarth

[pop2016-2] "รายงานสถิติจำนวนประชากรและบ้านประจำปี พ.ศ.2558". Department of Provincial Administration (in Thai). Retrieved 31 January 2022.

[3] Thaitambon.com Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine, Accessed 11 May 2011 (in Thai)

[nm-4] "Exploding meteor sends social media into a tizzy". The Nation. 8 September 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 8 September 2015.