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Plai Phraya District
Plai Phraya ( th, ปลายพระยา, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in Krabi province, Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Phanom district, Phanom, Phrasaeng district, Phrasaeng, Chai Buri district, Chai Buri (all Surat Thani province); Khao Phanom district, Khao Phanom and Ao Luek district, Ao Luek of Krabi Province; and Thap Put district, Thap Put of Phang Nga province. Khlong Phraya Wildlife Sanctuary is on the Surat Thani Province border. History The minor district (''king amphoe'') Plai Phraya was created on 15 June 1973, when the three ''tambons'', Plai Phraya, Khao Khen, and Khao To, were split off from Ao Luek district. It was upgraded to a full district on 12 April 1977. Administration The district is divided into four sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 33 villages (''mubans''). Plai Phraya has township (''thesaban tambon'') status, covering parts of ''tambon'' Plai Phraya. Each of the ''tambons' ... [...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. By country/region Afghanistan In Afghanistan, a district (Persian language, Persian ps, ولسوالۍ ) 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 divisions of New South Wales, New South Wales had several different types of districts used in the 21st century. Austria In Austria, the word is used with different meanings in three different contexts: * Some of the tasks of the administrative branch of the national and regional governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chai Buri District
Chai Buri ( th, ชัยบุรี, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Surat Thani province, Thailand. Geography The district is in the south of the province. The main river is the Khlong Thorom, which crosses the district from south to north. Neighboring districts are: Phrasaeng district, Phrasaeng to the north and east; to the south, Khao Phanom district, Khao Phanom, and Plai Phraya district, Plai Phraya of Krabi province to the west. At the boundary to Plai Phraya is the Khlong Phraya Wildlife Sanctuary. History On 5 June 1981 the minor district (''king amphoe'') Chai Buri was created by splitting off ''tambons'' Song Phraek and Chai Buri from the Phrasaeng District. The name was chosen in honor of Khun Chai Buri, the first district officer of Phrasaeng. The minor district started operation on 10 September 1981 with a temporary office in a sermon hall of the temple, Wat Samai Suwan, tambon Song Phraek. Wisut Tansutthiwanit became the first leader of the minor district. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a census, a process of collecting, analysing, compiling, and publishing data regarding a population. Perspectives of various disciplines Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined criterion in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Demography is a social science Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of soc ... which entails the statistical study of populations. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thesaban Tambon
Thesaban ( th, เทศบาล, , ) 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 communes (''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 ( th, พระราชบัญญัติจัดระเบียบเทศบาล พุทธศักราช ๒๔๗๖),The Royal Gazetteพระราชบัญญัติจัดระเบียบเทศบาล พุทธศักราช ๒๔๗๖, Vol. 51, Page 82-107.24 Apr 1934. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muban
Muban ( th, หมู่บ้าน; , ) is the lowest administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as ' 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. Nomenclature ''Muban'' may function as one word, in the sense of a hamlet or village, and as such may be shortened to ''ban''. ''Mu ban'' may also function as two words, i.e., หมู่ 'group' (of) 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'', in the sense of home or household for members of each group, are assigned a number ( th, บ้านเลขที่; ) in the sequence in which each is added to the household register also maintained in the distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tambon
''Tambon'' ( th, ตำบล, ) 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 69,307 villages ('' muban''), about ten per ''tambon''. ''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. History The ''tambon'' as a subdivision has a long history. It was the second-lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Amphoe
An amphoe (sometimes also ''amphur'', th, อำเภอ, )—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'', ( th, ตำบล), 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&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khlong Phraya Wildlife Sanctuary
Khlong Phraya ( th, คลองพระยา) is a wildlife sanctuary in southern Thailand, at the boundary of Surat Thani and Krabi Provinces. It covers an area of 153.6 km² (95,988 rai) of the districts Plai Phraya, Phrasaeng, and Chai Buri. The terrain is mostly mountainous and covered with dense forests, but also some grassland. Animals in the area are langurs, muntjac, tapirs and hornbill Hornbills (Bucerotidae) are a family (biology), family of bird found in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Melanesia. They are characterized by a long, down-curved bill which is frequently brightly coloured and sometimes has a Casque (an ...s. The wildlife preserve was established on 31 October 1980, originally covering 95 km² (59,375 rai) of Krabi Province. On 7 May 1993 it was enlarged by 58.6 km² (36,613 rai) to include parts of Surat Thani Province as well. References External linksForestry department(Thai only)ASEAN Center of Biodiversity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thap Put District
Thap Phut ( th, ทับปุด, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in Phang Nga province in the south of Thailand. History In 1785 Burmese troops attacked ''Mueang'' Thalang. The inhabitants escaped from Thalang to the area of modern-day Thap Put. They built shelters that in the southern Thai language are called ''thap''. The shelters were covered by tree leaves which are called ''put''. The district was established in 1897 as one of the original districts of Phang Nga Province. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise): Mueang Phang Nga of Phang Nga; Phanom of Surat Thani province; and Plai Phraya and Ao Luek of Krabi province. To the south is Phang Nga Bay. Administration The district is divided into six sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 38 villages (''mubans''). Thap Phut itself has township (''thesaban tambon Thesaban ( th, เทศบาล, , ) are the municipalities of Thailand. There are three levels of municip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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