Ban Phaeng District

Ban Phaeng (, ) is a district ("amphoe") in Nakhon Phanom Province, northeast Thailand.
Geography.
Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise): Tha Uthen, Si Songkhram, and Na Thom of Nakhon Phanom Province, and Bueng Khong Long of Bueng Kan Province. To the east across the Mekong river is the Laotian province Khammouan.
History.
Originally the area belonged to the "Mueang" Chaiburi, now part of the Tha Uthen District.
The minor district ("king amphoe") was established in 1948 by splitting it from Tha Uthen District. In 1956 it was elevated to full district status.
In 1956 the sanitary district ("sukhaphiban") Ban Phaeng was established, which was upgraded to a sub-district municipality ("thesaban tambon") in 1999.
Administration.
The district is divided into six sub-districts ("tambons"), which are further subdivided into 75 villages ("mubans"). Ban Phaeng itself has sub-district municipality ("thesaban tambon") status and covers part of the "tambon" Ban Phaeng. There are a further five "tambon" tambon administrative organizations (TAO).