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Pha Khao District
Pha Khao ( th, ผาขาว; ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Loei Province, northeastern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise): Phu Kradueng, Nong Hin, Wang Saphung, and Erawan of Loei Province; and Si Bun Rueang of Nong Bua Lamphu Province. History The minor district (''king amphoe'') was established on 1 January 1988, when the four ''tambons'', Pha Khao, Tha Chang Khlong, Non Po Daeng, and Non Pa Sang, were split off from Phu Kradueng. It was upgraded to a full district on 3 November 1993. Administration The district is divided into five sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 64 villages (''mubans''). 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 entities not included in the ''thesaban'' system. The mu ...'') areas. There are five ta ... [...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] |
Nong Hin District
Nong Hin ( th, หนองหิน; ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Loei province, northeastern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Wang Saphung, Pha Khao, Phu Kradueng, and Phu Luang. History The minor district (''king amphoe'') was established on 1 July 1997 with territory split off from Phu Kradueng district. On 15 May 2007, all 81 minor districts in Thailand were upgraded to full districts. On 24 August, the upgrade became official. Administration The district is divided into three sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 34 villages (''mubans''). Nong Hin is a township (''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 ...'') which covers parts of ''tambon'' Nong Hin. There are a further three t ... [...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] |
Phu Kradueng
Phu Kradueng ( th, ภูกระดึง), is a high mountain in Loei Province, Thailand. It is in Phu Kradueng District, giving its name to the district. Its west side borders Nam Nao District of Phetchabun Province. This mountain is part of the Phetchabun Mountains, a massif forming a natural boundary between North Thailand and Isan. Phu Kradueng rises nine kilometres west of Highway 201. Description The name of the mountain comes stems from its silhouette looks like a large bell ( th, กระดึง; ''kradueng''). There is also a local legend that a mysterious bell sound, believed to be the bell of Indra, can be heard in the area of the mountain. Phu Kradueng seen from above is heart-shaped. It has a relatively flat plain on its top, sloping slightly to the north. The summit, in the southwestern part of the plateau, is inconspicuous. The western, southern, and eastern edges of the mountain have a fairly regular shape and are formed by abrupt sandstone cliffs, ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nong Bua Lamphu Province
Nong Bua Lamphu ( th, หนองบัวลำภู, , ) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (''changwat'') lies in upper northeastern Thailand also called Isan. Neighbouring provinces are (from north clockwise) Udon Thani, Khon Kaen, and Loei. Geography Nong Bua Lamphu is in the heart of the Khorat Plateau. The total forest area is , or 11.7 percent of the area of the province. National parks There is one national park and one national park (preparation), along with five other national parks, make up region 10 (Udon Thani) of Thailand's protected areas. * Phu Kao–Phu Phan Kham National Park, * Phu Hin Chom That–Phu Phra Bat National Park, Paleontological remains ''Chalawan'', an extinct genus of crocodylin, is known solely from its holotype collected in the early-1980s from a road-cut near the town of Nong Bua Lam Phu, in the upper part of the Phu Kradung Formation. This single specimen is the most well preserved vertebrate fossil that has been found f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Si Bun Rueang District
Si Bun Rueang ( th, ศรีบุญเรือง, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the southwestern part of Nong Bua Lamphu province, northeastern Thailand. It may also be spelled Sri Bun Rueang. History The area was Ban Non Sung Plueai of ''Tambon'' Yang Lo, Nong Bua Lamphu District, Udon Thani province. The government created it to be a minor district (''king amphoe'') on 16 July 1965, which was upgraded to a full district on 1 March 1969. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Na Wang, Na Klang, Mueang Nong Bua Lamphu, and Non Sang of Nong Bua Lamphu Province, Nong Na Kham and Si Chomphu of Khon Kaen province, Phu Kradueng, Pha Khao, and Erawan of Loei province. The important water resource is the Phong River. Administration The district is divided into 12 sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 153 villages (''mubans''). There are two townships (''thesaban tambon Thesaban ( th, เทศบาล, , ) are the mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erawan District
Erawan ( th, เอราวัณ; ) is a district ('' amphoe'') in the eastern part of Loei province, northeastern Thailand. The district is named after the Erawan Cave in neighboring Na Wang district very near the boundary to Erawan District. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise): Pha Khao, Wang Saphung, Mueang Loei, and Na Duang of Loei Province; and Na Wang and Si Bun Rueang of Nong Bua Lamphu province. The main river in the district is the Suai. History The minor district (''king amphoe'') was established on 1 April 1995 with territory split off from Wang Saphung district. The Thai government on 15 May 2007 upgraded all 81 minor districts to full districts. With publication in the ''Royal Gazette'' on 24 August the upgrade became official. Symbols The district slogan is " Erawan, large elephant. Area of sweet Longan. Tradition of 100,000 rockets. Land of silk production". Administration The district is divided into four sub-districts ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Saphung District
Wang Saphung ( th, วังสะพุง; ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the central part of Loei province, northeastern Thailand. The district has been the site of a long-standing dispute between the villagers of Ban Na Nong Bong and its environs and Tungkum Limited, a subsidiary of Tongkah Harbour PCL. Tungkum extracts gold from an open pit mine in district and has been charged with environmental destruction by many of those living nearby. History ''Khwaeng'' Wang Saphung was a satellite city of ''Mueang'' Lom Sak. It was assigned to be under Mueang Loei on 4 January 1907. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Mueang Loei district, Erawan, Pha Khao, Nong Hin, Phu Luang, and Phu Ruea of Loei Province. The important water resource is the Loei River. The Phu Luang Wildlife Sanctuary is in the west of the district. Administration The district is divided into 10 sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 141 villages (''muban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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