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Nam Khun District
Nam Khun ( th, น้ำขุ่น, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the southwestern part of Ubon Ratchathani province, northeastern Thailand. The name of the district translates to 'muddy water'. History The area of Nam Khun was originally part of Nam Yuen district. The government created the minor district (''king amphoe'') on 15 July 1996. On 15 May 2007, all of 81 minor districts were upgraded to full districts. On 24 August the upgrade became official. Geography The district is bounded in the south by the Dangrek Range. Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Kantharalak of Sisaket province; Thung Si Udom, Det Udom and Nam Yuen of Ubon Ratchathani; and Preah Vihear of Cambodia. Administration The district is divided into four sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 49 villages (''mubans''). There are no municipal (''thesaban Thesaban ( th, เทศบาล, , ) are the municipalities of Thailand. There are three levels of m ... [...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 counties, several municipalities, subdivisions of municipalities, school district, or political district. By country/region Afghanistan In Afghanistan, a district (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. 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 governments are fulfilled by the 95 district administrative offices (). The area a dis ... [...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 which entails the statistical study of populations. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species who inhabit the same particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thesaban
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. Retrie ... [...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 district ... [...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-level sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh. The sovereign state of Cambodia has a population of over 17 million. Buddhism is enshrined in the constitution as the official state religion, and is practised by more than 97% of the population. Cambodia's minority groups include Vietnamese, Chinese, Chams and 30 hill tribes. Cambodia has a tropical monsoon climate of two seasons, and the country is made up of a central floodplain around the Tonlé Sap lake and Mekong Delta, surrounded by mountainous regions. The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh, the political, economic and cultural centre of Cambodia. The kingdom is an elective co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nam Yuen District
Nam Yuen ( th, น้ำยืน, ) is the southernmost district ('' amphoe'') of Ubon Ratchathani province, northeastern Thailand. History A group of people from Det Udom moved to Ban Chanla Na Dom of Champassak during the reign of King Mongkut. Later in 1881 the king of Champassak proposed to King Chulalongkorn to upgrade Ban Chanla Na Dom to ''Mueang'' Dom Pradit, under the control of the Champassak Kingdom. When Champask became part of French Indochine, Mueang Dom Pradit was downgraded to be a ''tambon'' of Det Udom district. As the area of Det Udom was very large, the governor of Ubon Ratchathani proposed to the government to establish a minor district (''king amphoe''). This was created on 17 March 1969 by splitting off the four ''tambons'': Song, Ta Kao, Yang, and Dom Pradit. It was upgraded to a full district on 29 March 1974. The district, where the borders of Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia intersect, has long been the site of battles over disputed territory. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Det Udom District
Det Udom ( th, เดชอุดม) is a district (''amphoe'') in the southern part of Ubon Ratchathani province, in northeastern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the northwest clockwise) Samrong, Warin Chamrap, Na Yia, Phibun Mangsahan, Buntharik, Na Chaluai, Nam Yuen, Nam Khun, Thung Si Udom of Ubon Ratchathani Province, and Benchalak of Sisaket province Administration The district is divided into 16 sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 229 villages (''mubans''). Mueang Det is a town (''thesaban mueang'') covering parts of the same-named ''tambon''. There are also three townships (''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 mu ...s''): Na Suang and Bua Ngam each cover parts of the same-named ''tambon'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thung Si Udom District
Thung Si Udom ( th, ทุ่งศรีอุดม) is a district (''amphoe'') in the southwestern part of Ubon Ratchathani province, northeastern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Det Udom, Nam Khun of Ubon Ratchathani Province and Kantharalak of Sisaket province. History The minor district ('' king amphoe'') Thung Si Udom was created on 1 April 1992, when six ''tambons'' were split off from Det Udom district. The inclusion of ''tambon'' Thung Thoeng into the new district was undone on 1 June 1993. The minor district was upgraded to a full district on 10 October 1997. Administration The district is divided into five sub-districts (''tambon''), which are further subdivided into 52 villages (''muban''). There are no municipal (''thesaban 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 entitie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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