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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name   = Bang Rachan
| native_name     = บางระจัน
| native_name_lang= th
| settlement_type = [[District]]
| image_skyline   = Bang Rajun monument.png
| image_alt       = Bang Rachan Heroes monument
| image_caption   = Bang Rachan heroes monument
| image_map       = Amphoe 1702.svg
| map_caption     = District location in [[Sing Buri province]]
| pushpin_map     =
| pushpin_map_caption =
| subdivision_type  = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name  = Thailand
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Sing Buri province|Sing Buri]]
| subdivision_type2 = Seat
| subdivision_name2 = Sing
| subdivision_type3 = ''[[Tambon]]''
| subdivision_name3 =
| subdivision_type4 = ''[[Muban]]''
| subdivision_name4 =
| established_title =  District established
| established_date  =
| population_total       = 37936
| population_as_of       = 2000
| population_density_km2 = 199.1
| area_total_km2         = 190.5
| leader_title           =
| leader_name            =
| blank_name_sec1        = [[Postal code]]
| blank_info_sec1        = 16130
| blank_name_sec2        = [[Geocode]]
| blank_info_sec2        = 1702
| timezone               = [[Time in Thailand|ICT]]
| utc_offset             = +7
| coordinates       = {{coord|14|53|32|N|100|19|2|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}}
| website   =
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'''Bang Rachan''' ({{langx|th|บางระจัน}}, {{IPA|th|bāːŋ rā.t͡ɕān|pron}}) is a district (''[[Districts of Thailand|amphoe]]'') of [[Sing Buri province]], central [[Thailand]].
== Etymology ==
The word ''bang'' is a Thai word meaning 'home', 'village', or more specifically 'river village'. ''Rachan'' is a Sanskrit word which is most commonly translated as 'creation' but can have many meanings. One possible meaning is 'formation' or 'array of troops'.{{CN|date=January 2019}} As Bang Rachan was the place of a historically important battle, perhaps this is the original meaning. Another possible connection is the Sanskrit word for king, "rajan", which may not be too far fetched since the king of [[Siam]] resided in [[Ayutthaya (city)|Ayutthaya]] at the time of the [[Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767)]] and could easily have visited or founded Bang Rachan, or it could even be the seat of a previous king. The history of the area is uncertain and conquerors have rewritten history intentionally several times, so the exact origin of the name is unknown. ''Rachan'' is even used as the name of a person, so "Bang Rachan" could simply refer to 'the village by the river where Rachan lives'.
==History==
The area of Bang Rachan district was mostly part of the historical ''[[Mueang]]'' Sing. When the government re-established ''Mueang'' Sing, the area was divided into two districts, Bang Phutsa (now Mueang Sing Buri) and Sing. The district was renamed Bang Rachan in 1939.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=56|issue=ก|pages=354–364|script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนนามอำเภอ กิ่งอำเภอ และตำบลบางแห่ง พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๒|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2482/A/354.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219071714/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2482/A/354.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 19, 2009|date=April 17, 1939|language=Thai}}</ref>
The first district office was on the right bank of the Noi River in Tambon Choeng Klat. In 1898 was moved to the left bank of the river in Tambon Sing area.
Despite its name, the historic battle of Bang Rachan between the Burmese army and Thai villagers took place in the area of neighboring [[Khai Bang Rachan district]], which was split off from Bang Rachan District in 1972.
==Geography==
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) [[Sankhaburi district|Sankhaburi]] of [[Chai Nat province]], [[In Buri district|In Buri]], [[Mueang Sing Buri district|Mueang Sing Buri]] and [[Khai Bang Rachan district|Khai Bang Rachan]] of Sing Buri Province, and [[Doem Bang Nang Buat district|Doem Bang Nang Buat]] of [[Suphan Buri province]].
==Administration==
The district is divided into eight sub-districts (''[[tambon]]s'').
{|
||1.||Sing||สิงห์||
|-
||2.||Mai Dat||ไม้ดัด||
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||3.||Choeng Klat||เชิงกลัด||
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||4.||Pho Chon Kai||โพชนไก่||
|-
||5.||Mae La||แม่ลา||
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||6.||Ban Cha||บ้านจ่า||
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||7.||Phak Than||พักทัน||
|-
||8.||Sa Chaeng||สระแจง||
|}
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090218182933/http://www.amphoe.com/menu.php?am=674&pv=63&mid=1 amphoe.com]
{{Amphoe Singburi}}
[[Category:Districts of Singburi province|Bang Rachan]]
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