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Pa Daet District
Pa Daet ( th, ป่าแดด; ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the southern part of Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. History The area of Pa Daet was originally dense forest of the Phan district. People from other places went there to hunt animals and settle new villages. It was created as the minor district (''king amphoe'') Pa Daet on 1 June 1969, consisting of the single ''tambon'', Pa Daet. The minor district was upgraded to a full district on 21 August 1975. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise): Phan, Mueang Chiang Rai, and Thoeng of Chiang Rai Province; Chun, Dok Khamtai, Phu Kamyao, Mueang Phayao, and Mae Chai of Phayao province. The Phi Pan Nam Mountains dominate the landscape of the district. The important water resource is the Ing River. Administration The district is divided into five sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 58 villages (''mubans''). There are two townships (''thesaban tambon Thesa ... [...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] |
Dok Khamtai District
Dok Khamtai ( th, ดอกคำใต้, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Phayao province in northern Thailand. History Originally created in 1832, the district was abolished on 23 December 1917 and incorporated into Mueang Phayao district. It was recreated as a minor district (''king amphoe'') on 23 January 1963. It was again upgraded to a full district on 27 July 1965. Etymology ''Dok Khamtai'' is the Thai name of the sponge tree (''Acacia farnesiana'' (L.) Willd.). Geography Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Pa Daet of Chiang Rai province; Chun, Pong, and Chiang Muan of Phayao Province; Song of Phrae province; Ngao of Lampang province; and Mueang Phayao and Phu Kamyao of Phayao. The main water course is the Ing River. Doi Phu Nang National Park is in the district. Economy The district is "...famous in Thailand for the numbers of sex workers it exports and there is even a popular song titled 'plaeng saaw dok kham tai' ('song of the young women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Makha
San Makha ( th, สันมะค่า) is a ''tambon'' (subdistrict) of Pa Daet District, in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. In 2018 it had a total population of 5,221 people. History The subdistrict was created effective August 1, 1970 by splitting off 3 administrative villages from Pa Daet. Administration Central administration The ''tambon'' is subdivided into 9 administrative villages (''muban''). Local administration The whole area of the subdistrict is covered by the subdistrict municipality (''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 ...'') San Makha (เทศบาลตำบลสันมะค่า). References External linksThaitambon.com on San Makha Tambon of Chiang Rai province Populated places in Chiang Rai province {{Chian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pa Ngae
Pa Ngae ( th, ป่าแงะ) is a ''tambon'' (subdistrict) of Pa Daet District, in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. In 2018 it had a total population of 7,711 people. History The subdistrict was created effective August 1, 1970 by splitting off 6 administrative villages from Pa Daet. Administration Central administration The ''tambon'' is subdivided into 18 administrative villages (''muban''). Local administration The whole area of the subdistrict is covered by the subdistrict municipality (''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 ...'') Pa Ngae (เทศบาลตำบลป่าแงะ). References External linksThaitambon.com on Pa Ngae Tambon of Chiang Rai province Populated places in Chiang Rai province {{ChiangRai-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pa Daet, Pa Daet
Pa Daet ( th, ป่าแดด) is a ''tambon'' (subdistrict) of Pa Daet District, in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. In 2018 it had a total population of 6,494 people. Administration Central administration The ''tambon'' is subdivided into 12 administrative villages (''muban''). Local administration The whole area of the subdistrict is covered by the subdistrict municipality (''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 ...'') Pa Daet (เทศบาลตำบลป่าแดด). References External linksThaitambon.com on Pa Daet Tambon of Chiang Rai province Populated places in Chiang Rai province {{ChiangRai-geo-stub ... [...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 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. Retri ... [...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] |
Ing River
The Ing River (, , ) is a tributary of the Mekong River in the northern part of Thailand. It has its source in Doi Luang, Phi Pan Nam Range, in Mae Chai District, Phayao Province. The Ing flows through the plain area of Thoeng District. The Ing Watershed is one of the most abundant watersheds in Thailand. It consists of rich natural resources and ecosystem diversity, including forests, mountains, rivers, stream tributaries, and watershed areas. The 260-kilometer basin river flows from Phayao Province to Chiang Rai Province in Northern part of Thailand before linking to Mekong River. Course The Ing is about long and its flow varies seasonally due to the tropical forest climate in the region. Flood waters inundate the river basin during the rainy season, spurring migratory fish to enter the Ing from the larger Mekong for the purpose of spawning there. The intermittently flooded forest near its banks allow for ample spawning grounds for a wide variety of river-running fish. Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phi Pan Nam Mountains
The Phi Pan Nam Range, also Pee Pan Nam, ( th, ทิวเขาผีปันน้ำ) is a long system of mountain ranges in the eastern half of the Thai highlands. It is mostly in Thailand, although a small section in the northeast is within Sainyabuli and Bokeo Provinces, Laos. In Thailand the range extends mainly across Chiang Rai, Phayao, Lampang, Phrae, Nan, Uttaradit and Sukhothai Provinces, reaching Tak Province at its southwestern end. The population density of the area is relatively low. Only two sizable towns, Phayao and Phrae, are within the area of the mountain system and both have fewer than 20,000 inhabitants each. Larger towns, like Chiang Rai and Uttaradit, are near the limits of the Phi Pan Nam Range, in the north and in the south respectively. Phahonyothin Road, part of the AH2 Highway system, crosses the Phi Pan Nam Range area from north to south, between Tak and Chiang Rai. There are two railway tunnels of the Northern Line across the Phi Pan Nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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