Amphoe Banphot Phisai

Infobox Amphoe
thai=บรรพตพิสัย
name=Banphot Phisai
province=Nakhon Sawan
coordinates=coord|15|56|9|N|99|58|56|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH
area=909.9
population=88,300
population_as_of=2005
density=97.0
capital=
location=
postal_code=60180
geocode=6005

Banphot Phisai ( _th. บรรพตพิสัย) is the northernmost district ("Amphoe") of Nakhon Sawan Province, northern Thailand.

History

At first, the central tambon was Tambon Ta Sang. In 1910, the government moved the district office to the west bank of the Ping River in Tambon Tha Ngiew area and officially upgraded the district at the same time.

The name Banphot Phisai comes from the mountains in the district that look likes row of Prang.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the northeast clockwise) Bueng Na Rang and Pho Thale of Phichit Province, Kao Liao, Mueang Nakhon Sawan and Lat Yao of Nakhon Sawan Province, and Khanu Woralaksaburi and Bueng Samakkhi of Kamphaeng Phet Province.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 13 subdistricts ("tambon"), which are further subdivided into 117 villages ("muban"). The township ("thesaban tambon") Banphot Phisai covers parts of the "tambon" Tha Ngio and Charoen Phon. There are further 13 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).