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Amphoe Sop Prap
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| Province: | Lampang |
| District office: | Sop Prap |
| Area: | 502.46 km² (314,040 rai) |
| Inhabitants: | 28,515 (2005) |
| Pop. density: | 56.8 inh./km² |
| Geocode: | 5211 |
| Postal code: | 52170 |
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Sop Prap (Thai: สบปราบ) is a district (Amphoe) in the southern part of Lampang Province, northern Thailand.
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The district was downgraded to a minor district (King Amphoe) on December 28, 1917 and made a subordinate of Ko Kha district. It then consisted of the three tambon Sop Prap, Samai and Mae Kua.[1] It was upgraded to a full district on January 1, 1953.[2] Mr.Phayon Chanthanakhom was the first head officer of the district.
The name Sop Prap comes from the Prap River, which joins the Wang River in the district area. It is also a name to commemorate the courage of the people in the area, who defeated the Burmese troops till they retreated.
Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise): Thoen, Soem Ngam, Ko Kha, Mae Tha of Lampang Province and Wang Chin of Phrae Province.
The important water resource are the Wang and Prap Rivers.
The district is subdivided into 4 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 35 villages (muban). Sop Prap is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambon Sop Prap. There are further 4 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
| No. | Name | Thai name | Villages | Inh. | |
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| 1. | Sop Prap | สบปราบ | 12 | 10,949 | |
| 2. | Samai | สมัย | 8 | 7,584 | |
| 3. | Mae Kua | แม่กัวะ | 6 | 5,096 | |
| 4. | Na Yang | นายาง | 9 | 4,886 |
- ^ (December 23 1917) "ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง ยุบอำเภอสบปราบลงเป็นกิ่งอำเภอสบปราบ" (in Thai). Royal Gazette 34 (0 ก): 504.
- ^ (March 10 1953) "พระราชกฤษฎีกาจัดตั้งอำเภอจักราช อำเภอสัตตหีบ อำเภอศรีสงคราม อำเภอชะอวด อำเภอหนองแซง อำเภอภาชี อำเภอเขาไชยสน อำเภอชุมพลบุรี อำเภอวาริชภูมิ อำเภอสบปราบ และอำเภอสุไหงโกลก พ.ศ. ๒๔๙๖" (in Thai). Royal Gazette 70 (17 ก): 368-371.
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Mueang Lampang - Mae Mo - Ko Kha - Soem Ngam - Ngao - Chae Hom - Wang Nuea - Thoen - Mae Phrik - Mae Tha - Sop Prap - Hang Chat - Mueang Pan |
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