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Krasae Sin District
Krasae Sin (, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the northern part of Songkhla province, southern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise): Sathing Phra of Songkhla Province; Pak Phayun, Bang Kaeo, Khao Chaison, and Mueang Phatthalung of Phatthalung province; and Ranot of Songkhla Province. The western part of the district is on the shores of ''Thale Luang'' and ''Thale Noi'', the northern parts of the Songkhla Lake. History The minor district (''king amphoe'') was created on 16 February 1978, when the three ''tambons'', Choeng Sae, Ko Yai, and Rong, were split off from the Ranot district. It was upgraded to a full district on 4 July 1994. Administration The district is divided into four 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: ... [...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] |
Pak Phayun District
Pak Phayun (, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Phatthalung province, southern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Pa Bon and Bang Kaeo of Phatthalung Province, Krasae Sin, Sathing Phra, Singhanakhon, and Khuan Niang of Songkhla province. To the east of the district is the Thale Luang lake, which through a narrow strait opens into Songkhla Lake south of the district. History The district was established in 1896 as part of the ''thesaphiban'' administrative reforms, originally subdivided into 17 ''tambons''. In 1903 it was renamed from Taksin (ทักษิณ, meaning 'south') to ''Pak Phayun''. Economy The gathering of edible bird's nests is a significant contributor to the local economy. The state auctions off concessions to private firms for the right to collect bird's nests, largely in Ko Mak Sub-district. The province earned 450 million baht in the latest five-year concession auction for nests harvested from caves, primarily on '' ... [...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] |
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] |
Songkhla Lake
Songkhla Lake (, , ) is the largest natural lake in Thailand. It is on the Malay Peninsula in the southern part of the country. Covering an area of 1,040 km2 it borders the provinces of Songkhla and Phatthalung. Despite being called a lake, it is actually a lagoon complex. The lake is divided into three distinct parts. The southern part opens with a 380 m wide strait to the Gulf of Thailand at the city of Songkhla. Here it contains brackish water about half the salinity of seawater. Further north, after a narrowing to 6 km width, is the ''Thale Luang'' (782.80 km2). At the northern end between mangrove swamps is the 28 km2 ''Thale Noi'' in Phatthalung Province. The most striking feature is the long 75 km long spit which separates the lake from the sea. Unlike most spits, it was probably formed when originally existing islands were connected by silting from the lake precursor. Ramsar wetlands The Phru Khuan Khi Sian wetlands near the Thale Noi Lake h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranot District
Ranot (, ) is the northernmost district (''amphoe'') of Songkhla province, southern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise): Sathing Phra, Krasae Sin of Songkhla Province; Mueang Phatthalung, Khuan Khanun of Phatthalung province; Cha-uat, and Hua Sai of Nakhon Si Thammarat province. To the east is the Gulf of Thailand. The western part of the district is on the shores of ''Thale Noi'', the northern part of the Songkhla Lake. Etymology The name ''Ranot'' is a Thai corruption of ''Renut'' (Jawi: رينوت), its original name in Malay. However, many local residents maintain that it is a shortened form of the Thai words ราวโตนด (''rao tanot'': 'a row of palm trees'). The official English-language spelling Ranot is falling out of favor locally, with the more phonetically accurate spelling 'Ranode' being used in its place. Administration The district is divided into 12 sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phatthalung Province
Phatthalung (, ) is one of the southern Provinces of Thailand, provinces (''changwat'') of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Songkhla province, Songkhla, Satun province, Satun, and Trang province, Trang. Phatthalung is essentially a landlocked province, one of the only two in southern Thailand, the other being Yala province, Yala. Geography The province is on the Malay Peninsula. It borders to the east the large and shallow Songkhla Lake, and to the west the Nakhon Si Thammarat mountain range. Khao Pu–Khao Ya National Park is at the border with Trang. Forests cover , or 16.3 percent of the province's area. History Phatthalung was formerly known as Mardelong (Jawi script, Jawi: مردلوڠ) in Malay language, Malay, especially during the time when the region came under Ethnic Malay, Malay-Malay Islamic identity, Muslim influence. Phatthalung became one of twelve royal cities during the reign of King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khao Chaison District
Khao Chaison (, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Phatthalung province, southern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Bang Kaeo, Tamot, Kong Ra, and Mueang Phatthalung of Phatthalung Province, Krasae Sin of Songkhla province. The east of the district is on the shore of Thale Luang lake. History The district dates back to the minor district (''king amphoe'') Lampam (ลำปำ), created in 1923 as a subordinate of Mueang Phatthalung District. It consisted of the two sub-districts Lampam and Han Po. On 1 November 1939, the sub-districts Lampam, Phaya Khan, and Khuan Maphrao were reassigned to Mueang District, while the sub-districts Khao Chaison and Khuan Khanun from Mueang District as well as Tha Duea and Chong Thanon from Pak Phayun were added to the minor district. The district office was then moved into Khao Chaison sub-district. In 1940, the minor district was then renamed Khao Chaison to match the central ''tambon''. It was upgraded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bang Kaeo District
Bang Kaeo (, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Phatthalung province, southern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Pak Phayun, Pa Bon, Tamot, and Khao Chaison of Phatthalung Province, and Krasae Sin of Songkhla province. The eastern part of the district is at the shore of Thale Luang, the northern part of Songkhla Lake. History The minor district (''king amphoe'') was established on 1 April 1990, when three ''tambon'' were split off from Khao Chaison district. It was upgraded to a full district on 7 September 1995. Administration The district is divided into three sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 33 villages (''mubans''). Tha Maduea is a 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 and Pattaya are special municipal entities not included in the ''thes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
