Bong Ti

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.

Bong Ti บ้องตี้
Subdistrict
Mountain range and lake in Tambon Bong Ti, Kanchanaburi Province
Coordinates: 14°4′N 98°59′E[1]
Country	Thailand
Province	Kanchanaburi
District	Sai Yok
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	5,820
Time zone	UTC+07:00 (ICT)

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]

Village, Tambon Bong Ti, Kanchanaburi Province

Children in Bong Ti village

Near the Myanmar border in Tambon Bong Ti

End of the paved road and beginning of the tarmac road leading to Myanmar

References

1. GoogleEarth
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)
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.

External links

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