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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name                  = Aranyik
|native_name                    = อรัญญิก
|settlement_type                = [[Tambon]]
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|subdivision_type               = Country
|subdivision_name               = {{Flag|Thailand}}
|subdivision_type2              = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]]
|subdivision_name2              = [[Phitsanulok Province|Phitsanulok]]
|subdivision_type3              = [[District]]
|subdivision_name3              = [[Mueang Phitsanulok District|Mueang Phitsanulok]]
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|government_type                = [[Thesaban#Mueang-municipality|Town-municipality]]
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|area_total_km2                 = 30.8
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|population_as_of               = 2022
|population_footnotes           = <ref name=population>{{cite web |url=https://stat.bora.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statMenu/newStat/home.php |publisher=Department of Provincial Administration |title=Official statistics registration systems |access-date=17 April 2023 |postscript=, year 2022 >village level >ExcelFile >no.65011701-65011710 >Excel line 71331-71342}}</ref>
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|population_total               = 29,776
|population_density_km2         = 966
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|timezone                       = [[Time in Thailand|ICT]]
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|postal_code_type               = [[Postal codes in Thailand|Postal code]]
|postal_code                    = 65000
|area_code_type                 = [[Telephone numbers in Thailand|Calling code]]
|area_code                      = 055
|blank_name_sec1                = [[Geocode]]
|blank_info_sec1                = 65011700
|website                        = {{URL|http://www.muangaranyik.go.th}}
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'''Aranyik''' ({{langx|th|อรัญญิก}}) is a subdistrict in the [[Mueang Phitsanulok District]] of [[Phitsanulok Province]], [[Thailand]]. The area is urban and lowland area without forest. In 2022, it had a population of 29,776 and 14,302 households.<ref name=population/>
==Geography==
The topography of Aranyik [[Tambon|subdistrict]] is fertile lowlands and is located in the lower northern part of Thailand. The subdistrict is bordered to the ''north'' by [[Hua Ro]] subdistrict, to the ''east'' by [[Samo Khae]] subdistrict, to the ''south'' by [[Bueng Phra]] subdistrict and to the ''west'' by [[Phitsanulok|the city of Phitsanulok]].<ref name=location>{{cite web |url=https://www.muangaranyik.go.th/content.php?type=information |language=thai |title=ที่ตั้งอาณาเขตการปกครอง |trans-title=location of administrative territory |access-date=17 April 2023 |archive-date=2 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902162825/http://muangaranyik.go.th/content.php?type=information |url-status=dead }}</ref> Aranyik subdistrict lies in the [[Nan River#Nan Basin|Nan Basin]], which is part of the [[Chao Phraya River#Chao Phraya watershed|Chao Phraya Watershed]]. The Nan river flows west of the subdistrict. Khlong Khok Chang and Khlong Khun are canals dividing the subdistrict with other subdistricts.<ref name=topography>{{cite web |url=https://www.muangaranyik.go.th/content.php?type=information |language=thai |title=ประวัติความเป็นมา |trans-title=topography |access-date=17 April 2023 |archive-date=2 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902162825/http://muangaranyik.go.th/content.php?type=information |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==History==
The legend said that village Aranyik is named after village Aranyik, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya. The warriors, following King Naresuan, made weapons for warfare and named this place after the original village Aranyik.<ref name=history>{{cite web |url=https://www.muangaranyik.go.th/content.php?type=history |language=thai |title=ประวัติความเป็นมา |trans-title=history background |access-date=17 April 2023 |archive-date=2 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902163418/http://muangaranyik.go.th/content.php?type=history |url-status=dead }}</ref> <br>
Aranyik Subdistrict Administrative Organization - SAO (''ongkan borihan suan tambon'') was established. Subsequent upgrade to town-municipality (''[[thesaban mueang]]''), published 13 March 2012 in Royal Thai Government Gazette, but effective 1 May 2012.<ref name="location"/>
==Administration==
===Central government===
The administration of Aranyik subdistrict (''tambon'') is responsible for an area that covers {{convert|30.8|sqkm}} and consists of ten administrative villages (''[[muban]]''), as of 2022: 29,776 people and 14,302 households.<ref name=subdivision>{{cite web |url=https://www.muangaranyik.go.th/content.php?type=information |language=thai |title=เขตการปกครอง |trans-title=subdivision |access-date=17 April 2023 |archive-date=2 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902162825/http://muangaranyik.go.th/content.php?type=information |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=population/>
[[File:Aranyik subdistrict, Phitsanulok.svg|left|thumb|500px|Aranyik subdistrict with villages]]
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:70%;"
|-
! Village
! English
! Thai
! People
! Households
|-
| Moo1
| Ban Khlong Khun
| บ้านคลองคูณ
| 566
| 178
|-
| Moo2
| Ban Sanam Bin
| บ้านสนามบิน
| 5,845
| 3,720
|-
| Moo3
| Ban Khok Chang
| บ้านโคกช้าง
| 4,334
| 2,370
|-
| Moo4
| Ban Aranyik
| บ้านอรัญญิก
| 1,964
| 728
|-
| Moo5
| Ban Khlong Mahadthai
| บ้านคลองมหาดไทย
| 4,252
| 1,784
|-
| Moo6
| Ban Nong Pla Khao
| บ้านหนองปลาค้าว
| 2,094
| 875
|-
| Moo7
| Ban Saphan Sam
| บ้านสะพานสาม
| 3,463
| 1,771
|-
| Moo8
| Ban Khok Matum
| บ้านโคกมะตูม
| 2,939
| 1,255
|-
| Moo9
| Ban Khok Matum
| บ้านโคกมะตูม
| 2,711
| 1,205
|-
| Moo10
| Ban Chao Phae
| บ้านชาวแพ
| 1,100
| 414
|}
===Local government===
Aranyik Town Municipality ({{langx|th|เทศบาลเมืองอรัญิก|translit=thetsaban mueang Aranyik}}) covers the whole Aranyik subdistrict and is divided into three districts (''khet'').<ref name=election>{{cite web |url=https://www.muangaranyik.go.th/content.php?type=information |language=thai |title=การเลือกตั้ง |trans-title=election |access-date=17 April 2023 |archive-date=2 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902162825/http://muangaranyik.go.th/content.php?type=information |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="width:30%;display:inline-table;"
|-
! District 1 ||
|-
| Moo3 || Ban Khok Chang (partial)
|-
| Moo4 || Ban Aranyik
|-
| Moo5 || Ban Khlong Mahadthai
|-
| Moo6 || Ban Nong Pla Khao
|-
| Moo10 ||Ban Chao Pae
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="width:30%;display:inline-table;"
|-
! District 2 ||
|-
| Moo1 || Ban Khlong Khun
|-
| Moo2 || Ban Sanam Bin (partial)
|-
| Moo3 || Ban Khok Chang (partial)
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="width:30%;display:inline-table;"
|-
! District 3 ||
|-
| Moo2 || Ban Sanam Bin (partial)
|-
| Moo7 || Ban Saphan Sam
|-
| Moo8 || Ban Khok Matum
|-
| Moo9 || Ban Khok Matum
|}
==Temples==
Aranyik subdistrict is home to the following active temples, where [[Theravada Buddhism]] is practised by local residents:<ref name=templeslist>{{cite web |url=https://www.dhammastudy.org/temple/index?sort=-nikai_id&page=287 |title=list of temples |access-date=17 April 2023 |postscript= , > no.28620 - 28625}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Temple name || Thai || Location
|-
| Wat Kuean Khan || วัดเขื่อนขันธ์ || Moo3
|-
| Wat Thep Kunchon || วัดเทพกุญชร || Moo3
|-
| Wat Sa Mai Daeng || วัดสระไม้แดง || Moo5
|-
| Wat Sa Siliam || วัดสระสี่เหลี่ยม || Moo5
|-
| Wat Saphan Sam || วัดสะพานสาม || Moo7
|}
==Economy==
Because the area is plain lowland with clay soil and sandy loam soil, it is suitable for farming and a variety of crops.<ref name=soil>{{cite web |url=https://www.muangaranyik.go.th/content.php?type=information |language=thai |title=ลักษณะของดิน |trans-title=soil characteristics |access-date=17 April 2023 |archive-date=2 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902162825/http://muangaranyik.go.th/content.php?type=information |url-status=dead }}</ref><br>
Retail and trading are mainly located along Khok Matum and Mittraphap road (12). The following companies play a role in the employment service:
* HomePro Phitsanulok - Moo10
* Lotus's Phitsanulok - Moo10
==Education==
The population of Aranyik is completely dependent on the schools in the [[Phitsanulok|city of Phitsanulok]]. There are only two child development centers:
* Kindergarten school (Khok Chang) - Moo3
* Kindergarten school (Nong Pla Khao) - Moo6
==Healthcare==
There is Aranyik [[Hospitals in Thailand#Sub-district Health Promoting Hospitals|health-promoting hospital]] in Ban Saphan Sam  - Moo7.
==Transport==
===Roads===
* Highway 12 (Phitsanulok - [[Phetchabun]] route)
* Highway 126 (Phitsanulok bypass road), around Aranyik
===Airlines===
[[Phitsanulok Airport|Phitsanulok airport]] in 2019 handles 689,392 passengers, 5,661 flights and {{convert|150,980|kg}} of cargo.<ref>{{cite report |title=Phitsanulok Provincial Statistical Report 2562-2019: Statistics of Domestic Air Transport:2019 |department=Phitsanulok Provincial Statistical Office |publication-date=2020 |issn=1905-8314 |publisher=National Statistical Office (NSO) |page=147}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan style="width:150px;"| Airlines
! colspan style="width:150px;"| Destinations
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Nok Air]]
| [[Don Mueang International Airport|Bangkok–Don Mueang]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Thai Air Asia]]
| [[Don Mueang International Airport|Bangkok–Don Mueang]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Thai Lion Air]]
| [[Don Mueang International Airport|Bangkok–Don Mueang]]
|}
==Attraction==
* Ruean Phae park (''Sawan Ruean Phae'') - Moo10
==See also==
* [[Last 10 jataka]] with ten murals of the "10 jataka before the Buddha" of Wat Saphan Sam's sala (pavilion).
* [[Vessantara Jataka]] with a gallery of 13 murals of Vessantara Jataka of Wat Saphan Sam's sala.
==References==
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[[Category:Tambon of Phitsanulok province]]