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Bacho District
Bacho (, ) is the northernmost district (''amphoe'') of Narathiwat province, southern Thailand. History In 1908 the district was established as the minor district (''king amphoe'') Champako (จำปากอ), which was upgraded to a full district the following year. In 1917 the district was renamed ''Bacho''. The district was part of Sai Buri Province, which was abolished in 1932. While Sai Buri District came to Pattani Province, Bacho was added to Narathiwat. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) Mueang Narathiwat, Yi-ngo, and Rueso of Narathiwat Province, Raman of Yala province, and Kapho, Sai Buri, and Mai Kaen of Pattani province. Budo–Su-ngai Padi National Park is in the mountains at the border of Yala and Pattani. Administration Central administration Bacho district is divided into six sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 46 administrative villages (''muban Muban (; , ) is the lowest Administrative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bachok District
Bachok District ( Kelantanese: ) is an administrative division (or jajahan) of Kelantan, Malaysia. It is located approximately 25 km east of Kota Bharu. The population is predominantly Malay, with Chinese and Siamese minorities. Bachok Town is the center of administration, business, and transportation of the district. The economy is mostly supported by agriculture, with significant fishing activity as well. Bachok Town or Bandar Bachok was recently declared an Islamic Tourism Town or Bandar Pelancongan Islam by the incumbent Menteri Besar of Kelantan, Tuan Guru Hj. Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat effective 7 December 2010. Name origin The origin of the name "Bachok" has several versions. One version claims Bachok was named after a person named ''Tok Bachok'', who people believed to be the first settler in the area. Traders from China traveled to Pengkalan Cina of Bachok to trade silk and spices. The popular version of the name's origin, according to local inhabitants, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rueso District
Rueso (, ; ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Narathiwat province, southern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the northeast clockwise): Bacho, Yi-ngo, Ra-ngae and Si Sakhon of Narathiwat Province; Bannang Sata and Raman of Yala province. History Originally the area of the district was ''tambon'' Tamma-ngan (ตำมะหงัน) of Mueang Ra-ngae District, the present-day Ra-ngae district. In 1913 it was upgraded to Tamma-ngan Minor District (''king amphoe''), consisting of six sub-districts (''tambons''). In 1917 it was renamed "Rueso". On 1 October 1939 the minor district was upgraded to a full district. Administration The district is subdivided into nine sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 71 villages (''mubans''). The township (''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 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thesaban
Thesaban (, , , 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 Royal ... [...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] |
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] |
Budo–Su-ngai Padi National Park
Budo–Su-ngai Padi National Park () is a national park in Narathiwat Province, Thailand. It is part of Sankala Khiri mountain range, the southernmost subrange of the Tenasserim Hills. History The area was a haven for guerrillas and few people ventured in to see the natural jungle environment here. However, when the situation improved in 1974, the Royal Forest Department established Pacho Waterfall Park that became Budo–Su-ngai Padi National Park. Geography and climate The park has an area of and covers parts of Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani Provinces. The Budo mountain range is part of the Indo-Malayan equatorial tropical rainforest that has high humidity because of the year-round rainfall that it gets. The park has several waterfalls, such as Phu Wae, Pacho and Pako. The best known and accessible is "Pacho", on a high cliff. The word "pacho" is a Thai adaption/variant of the Malay word pancur meaning "waterfall". Flora and fauna The most distinctive plant is the "golden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pattani Province
Pattani (, ; , , , ; ) is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from southeast clockwise) Narathiwat, Yala, and Songkhla. Its capital is the town of Pattani. Geography Pattani is on the Malay Peninsula, with the coast of the Gulf of Thailand to the north. The south is dominated by the Sankalakhiri mountain range, which includes Budo-Su-ngai Padi National Park, on the border with Yala and Narathiwat. The total forest area is or 5.6 percent of provincial area. National parks There are two national parks, along with three other national parks, make up region 6 (Pattani branch) of Thailand's protected areas. * Budo–Su-ngai Padi National Park, * Namtok Sai Khao National Park, Toponymy The name ''Pattani'' is the Thai adaptation of the Malay name Patani ( Jawi: ڤتاني), which can mean "this beach" in Patani Malay language. (In standard Malay, this would be ''pantai ini''.) According to legend, the founder of Patani went huntin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mai Kaen District
Mai Kaen (, ) is the southeasternmost district (''amphoe'') of Pattani province, southern Thailand. History The minor district (''king amphoe'') Mae Kaen was formed on 15 November 1973 by splitting the two ''tambons'' Sai Thong and Mai Kaen from Sai Buri district. On 4 July 1994 it was upgraded to a full district. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise): Mueang Narathiwat and Bacho of Narathiwat province and Sai Buri of Pattani Province. To the east is the Gulf of Thailand. Administration The district is divided into four sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 17 villages (''mubans''). There are no municipal (''thesaban Thesaban (, , , 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'' ...s''). There are three tambon administrative organizations (TAO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sai Buri District
Sai Buri (, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in Pattani province, southern Thailand. The local Malay people call it ''Teluban'' (Jawi: تلوبن), which is also the name of the only municipal area of the district, or ''Selindung Bayu'' (Jawi: سليندوڠ بايو), the Malay and Sanskrit word for 'wind shelter'. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the southeast clockwise): Mai Kaen of Pattani Province; Bacho of Narathiwat province; Kapho, Thung Yang Daeng, and Panare of Pattani. To the east is the Gulf of Thailand. History Sai Buri was one of the seven ''mueangs'' into which the Pattani sultanate was split. In the ''thesaphiban'' administrative reforms at the beginning of the 20th century it became a province within the Monthon Pattani. In 1909 the area of the province was reduced by reassigning Yi-Ngo and modern-day Mueang Narathiwat Districts to ''Mueang'' Bang Nara, now Narathiwat Province. In 1932 the province was abolished, the northern half was added to Patta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapho District
Kapho (, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in Pattani province, southern Thailand. History The minor district (''king amphoe'') Kapho was formed on 15 March 1982 by splitting off three southern ''tambons'' from Sai Buri district. On 4 November 1993 it was upgraded to a full district. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the northwest clockwise): Thung Yang Daeng and Sai Buri of Pattani Province; Bacho of Narathiwat province; and Raman of Yala province. Administration The district is divided into three sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 22 villages (''mubans''). There are no municipal (''thesaban Thesaban (, , , 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'' ...'') areas. There are three tambon administrative organizations (TAO). References External linksamph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
