Phunphin ( th, พุนพิน, ) is a district (''

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'') in Surat Thani province in the south of

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. Tha Kham is the principal town of the district. In 2014, the population was 73,067.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise): Tha Chang, Bandon, Ban Na Doem, Khian Sa, Khiri Rat Nikhom, and Vibhavadi. It has a short coastline on Bandon Bay to the northeast. The main rivers of the district are the Tapi and its tributary Phum Duang, which flows into the Tapi at the town of Tha Kham.

History

The district's name was changed from Tha Kham to Phunphin in 1939.

Administration

Central administration

Phunphin district is divided into 16 sub-districts (''

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s''), which are further subdivided into 98 administrative villages (''

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 m ...

s'').

Local administration

There is one town (''

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