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'''Bang Sao Thong''' ({{lang-th|บางเสาธง}}) is a district (''[[Amphoe]]'') of [[Samut Prakan Province]] in central [[Thailand]].
 
==Geography==
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==History==
Bang Phli New Town (Thai ''Mueang Mai Bang Phli'') was established between 1992 to 1993 as a residential area for high-income families. The area around the new town comprising three ''[[tambon]]'' was then split off from [[Amphoe Bang Phli|Bang Phli district]] and formed the new minor district (''[[King Amphoe]]''), becoming effective on April 1, 1995<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=112|issue=Special<!--พิเศษ--> 9 ง|pages=61|title=ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งเขตท้องที่อำเภอบางพลี จังหวัดสมุทรปราการ ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอบางเสาธง|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2538/E/009/61.PDF|format=PDF|date=March 22, 1995|language=Thai}}</ref>.
 
The new town covers about 20,000 homes and can hold more than 100,000 people. There is also a complex of public facilities directly east of the town. Across the Bang Phli New Town Road east of these facilities are office buildings.
 
Following a decision of the Thai government on May 15, 2007, all of the 81 minor districts were to be upgraded to full districts<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.manager.co.th/Politics/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9500000055625|publisher=Manager Online|title=แถลงผลการประชุม ครม. ประจำวันที่ 15 พ.ค. 2550|language=Thai}}</ref>. With the publishing in the Royal Gazette on August 24 the upgrade became official
<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=124|issue=46 ก|pages=14–21|title=พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอฆ้องชัย...และอำเภอเหล่าเสือโก้ก พ.ศ. ๒๕๕๐|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2550/A/046/14.PDF|format=PDF|date=August 24, 2007|language=Thai}}</ref>.
 
==Administration==