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Omkoi District
Omkoi (, ) is the southwesternmost district (''amphoe'') of Chiang Mai province in northern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Hot district, Hot and Doi Tao district, Doi Tao of Chiang Mai Province, Sam Ngao district, Sam Ngao, Mae Ramat district, Mae Ramat, and Tha Song Yang district, Tha Song Yang of Tak province and Sop Moei district, Sop Moei of Mae Hong Son province. The Thanon Thongchai Range dominates the landscape. History The minor district (''king amphoe'') was established on 19 April 1929 as a subordinate of Hot district, consisting of the three sub-districts Omkoi, Yang Piang, and Mae Tuen. It was upgraded to a full district on 23 July 1958. Administration The district is divided into six sub-districts (''tambon''), which are further subdivided into 95 villages (''muban''). Omkoi is a sub-district municipality (''thesaban tambon'') which covers parts of the ''tambon'' Omkoi. There are further six tambon administrative organizatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipalities, subdivisions of municipalities, school district, or political district. Etymology The word "district" in English is a Loanword, loan word from French language, French. It comes from Medieval Latin districtus–"exercising of justice, restraining of offenders". The earliest known English-language usage dates to 1611, in the work of lexicographer Randle Cotgrave. By country or territory Afghanistan In Afghanistan, a district (Persian language, Persian ) is a subdivision of a province. There are almost 400 districts in the country. Australia Electoral districts are used in state elections. Districts were also used in several states as cadastral units for land titles. Some were used as squatting districts. Cadastral divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tha Song Yang District
Tha Song Yang (, ) is the northwesternmost district (''amphoe'') of Tak province, western Thailand. History Tha Song Yang was a minor district (''king amphoe'') of Mae Sariang district, Mae Hong Son province. It was called Ban Mae Moei or Ban Mae Tawo (บ้านแม่เมย or บ้านแม่ตะวอ). The district office was at Tambon Tha Song Yang. In 1948 the government moved Tha Song Yang to be a subordinate of Mae Sot District, Tak Province. The following year the district office was moved to Tambon Mae Tan. In 1958 it was upgraded to a full district. Etymology ''Tha Song Yang'' means 'a river pier that has two Yang trees' (''Dipterocarpus sp.''). The name originates from the old location of the district office, where it had two Yang trees on both of the Moei River, one tree on the Burmese side and one on the Thai side. Geography Neighboring districts are (Northwest from clockwise): Sop Moei of Mae Hong Son province, Omkoi of Chiang Mai province a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mon Chong
Mon Chong () is a ''tambon'' (subdistrict) of Omkoi District, in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. In 2017 it had a population of 5,809 people. History The subdistrict was created effective 1 April 1982 by splitting off eight administrative villages from Mae Tuen. Administration Central administration The ''tambon'' is divided into nine administrative villages (''muban Muban (; , ) is the lowest Administrative divisions of Thailand, administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet (place), hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74 ...s''). Local administration The area of the subdistrict is covered by the subdistrict administrative organization (SAO) Mon Chong (องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลม่อนจอง). References External linksThaitambon.com on Mon Chong Tambon of Chiang Mai province Populated places in Chiang Mai province {{ChiangMai-geo-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mae Tuen, Chiang Mai
Mae Tuen () is a ''tambon'' (subdistrict) of Omkoi District, in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. In 2017 it had a population of 10,521 people. Administration Central administration The ''tambon'' is divided into 16 administrative villages (''muban Muban (; , ) is the lowest Administrative divisions of Thailand, administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet (place), hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74 ...s''). Local administration The area of the subdistrict is covered by the subdistrict administrative organization (SAO) Mae Tuen (องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลแม่ตื่น). References External linksThaitambon.com on Mae Tuen Tambon of Chiang Mai province Populated places in Chiang Mai province {{ChiangMai-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Piang
Yang Piang () is a ''tambon'' (subdistrict) of Omkoi District, in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. In 2017 it had a population of 9,541 people. Administration Central administration The ''tambon'' is divided into 17 administrative villages (''muban Muban (; , ) is the lowest Administrative divisions of Thailand, administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet (place), hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74 ...s''). Local administration The area of the subdistrict is covered by the subdistrict administrative organization (SAO) Yang Piang (องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลยางเปียง). References External linksThaitambon.com on Yang Piang Tambon of Chiang Mai province Populated places in Chiang Mai province {{coord, 17, 46, N, 98, 30, E, display=title, region:TH_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omkoi, Omkoi
Omkoi subdistrict () is a ''tambon'' (subdistrict) of Omkoi District, in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. In 2017 it had a population of 18,202 people. Administration Central administration The ''tambon'' is divided into 20 administrative villages (''mubans''). Local administration The area of the subdistrict is governed by two local governments. * Subdistrict municipality (''thesaban tambon Thesaban (, , , Pali, Pali: desapāla (protector of region) are the municipalities of Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities: city, town, and sub-district. Bangkok and Pattaya are special municipal entities not included in the ''thesa ...'') Omkoi (เทศบาลตำบลอมก๋อย) * subdistrict administrative organization (SAO) Omkoi (องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลอมก๋อย) References External linksThaitambon.com on Omkoi Tambon of Chiang Mai province Populated places in Chiang Mai province {{coord, 17, 48, N, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and plants, and has specific uses within such fields as ecology and genetics. Etymology The word ''population'' is derived from the Late Latin ''populatio'' (a people, a multitude), which itself is derived from the Latin word ''populus'' (a people). Use of the term Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined feature in common, such as location, Race (human categorization), race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species which inhabit the same geographical area and are capable of Sexual reproduction, interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where interbreeding is possi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thesaban Tambon
Thesaban (, , , Pali, Pali: desapāla (protector of region) are the municipalities of Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities: city, town, and sub-district. Bangkok and Pattaya are special municipal entities not included in the ''thesaban'' system. The municipalities assume some of the responsibilities which are assigned to the districts (''amphoe'') or subdistricts (''tambon'') for non-municipal (rural) areas. Historically, this devolution of central government powers grew out of the Sukhaphiban () sanitary districts first created in Bangkok by a royal decree of King Chulalongkorn in 1897. The ''thesaban'' system was established in the Thesaban Organization Act of 1934 (),The Royal Gazetteพระราชบัญญัติจัดระเบียบเทศบาล พุทธศักราช ๒๔๗๖, Vol. 51, Page 82-107.24 Apr 1934. Retrieved on 28 Nov 2008. and has been updated several times since, starting with the Thesaban Act of 1939 (),The Roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muban
Muban (; , ) is the lowest Administrative divisions of Thailand, administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet (place), hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74,944 administrative mubans in Thailand. As of the 1990 census, the average village consisted of 144 households or 746 persons. The average land area of villages in Thailand is very small, its average area is about , and its average population is also very small, at only 932 people. Nomenclature ''Muban'' may function as one word, in the sense of a hamlet or village, and as such, it may be shortened to ''ban''. ''Mu ban'' may also function as two words, i.e., wikt:หมู่, หมู่ 'group' (of) wikt:บ้าน, บ้าน 'homes'. * ''Mu'', in the sense of group (of homes in a tambon), are assigned numbers in the sequence in which each is entered in a register maintained in the district or branch-district office. * ''Ban'', i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tambon
''Tambon'' (, ) is a local governmental unit in Thailand. Below district (''amphoe'') and province ('' changwat''), they form the third administrative subdivision level. there were 7,255 tambons, not including the 180 ''khwaeng'' of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains eight to ten tambon. ''Tambon'' is usually translated as "township" or "subdistrict" in English the latter is the recommended translation, though also often used for '' king amphoe'', the designation for a subdistrict acting as a branch (Thai: ''king'') of the parent district. Tambon are further subdivided into 74,944 villages (''muban'') as of 2008. ''Tambon'' within cities or towns are not subdivided into villages, but may have less formal communities called ''chumchon'' ( ชุมชน) that may be formed into community associations. The average area of a subdistrict in Thailand is about , while its average population of a subdistrict in Thailand is about 9,637 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Amphoe
An amphoe (sometimes also ''amphur'', , )—usually translated as "district"—is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Groups of ''amphoe'' or districts make up the provinces, and are analogous to counties. The chief district officer is ''Nai Amphoe'' (). ''Amphoe'' are divided into ''tambons'', (), or sub-districts. Altogether Thailand has 928 districts, including the 50 districts of Bangkok, which are called '' khet'' (เขต) since the Bangkok administrative reform of 1972. The number of districts in provinces varies, from only three in the smallest provinces, up to the 50 urban districts of Bangkok. Also the sizes and population of districts differ greatly. The smallest population is in Ko Kut ( Trat province) with just 2,042 citizens, while Mueang Samut Prakan ( Samut Prakan province) has 509,262 citizens. The ''khet'' of Bangkok have the smallest areas—Khet Samphanthawong is the smallest, with only 1.4 km2—while the ''amphoe'' of the sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thanon Thongchai Range
The Thanon Thong Chai Range (, , formerly Thanon Range; Burmese ''Tanen Taunggyi'') is a mountain range in northern Thailand. Its tallest peak is Doi Inthanon, the highest point in Thailand. Most of the range is in Chiang Mai Province, with parts in Mae Hong Son and Lamphun Provinces. Geologically in the Thanon Thong Chai Range, as in the other southern subranges of the Shan Hills, layers of alluvium are superimposed on hard rock. Precambrian rocks are present in this range, but absent in the ranges further east, such as the Khun Tan Range. Geography The Thanon Thong Chai Range is the southernmost prolongation of the Shan Hills and it consists of two parallel ranges running southwards from the southwestern limits of the Daen Lao Range between rivers Yuam and Ping. The eastern range is also known as Inthanon Range (ทิวเขาอินทนนท์). Often the Dawna Range further west and south is included as the western part of the Thanon Thong Chai Range. There a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
