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Pak Tho District
Pak Tho ( th, ปากท่อ, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the southern part of Ratchaburi province, western Thailand. ''Pak Tho'' means 'mouth of a water pipe'. It originates from the fact that the area named ''Nong Thale'' ('sea pond') is rather low and thus during raining season was usually flooded. At the only outlet of this area the water current was strong like a water pipe. History Around 1900, the government separated part of Mueang Ratchaburi district and created a new district named Tha Nat Wat Pradu (ท่านัดวัดประดู่). The district office was in front of ''Wat'' Pradu at the ''Khlong'' Wat Pradu in ''tambon'' Chom Prathat, today in Wat Phleng District. ''Tambon'' Pak Tho was included in this district. As it was also near the Om River, the district was also known as Maenam Om (แม่น้ำอ้อม). Later the district office was found to be inconveniently located. During the dry season the water level in the canal was too l ... [...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] |
Wat Phleng District
Wat Phleng ( th, วัดเพลง, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Ratchaburi province, western Thailand. History In the past, the district was called Wat Pradu District because the office was in front of ''Wat'' Pradu, Wat Pradu canal. When the district office was moved to the present area, the district name was changed to be Maenam Om district. Later in 1914 the government moved the district office of Maenam Om to Tambon Pak Tho, which was more accessible as it was near the railway station. The old central area was made the Wat Phleng minor district (''king amphoe''). It was upgraded to a full district again on 17 July 1963. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the southwest clockwise) Pak Tho and Mueang Ratchaburi of Ratchaburi Province and Bang Khonthi and Amphawa of Samut Songkhram province. The important water resource is the Khwae Om River, a branch of the Mae Klong River. Administration Central administration Wat Phleng is divided into three subdist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Manao
Wang Manao ( th, วังมะนาว, ) is a ''tambon'' (sub-district) of Pak Tho District in Ratchaburi Province, western Thailand. History The condition of the area of Wang Manao is always flooded, causing it to certain areas form a deep waterbody. In addition, there are many wild type lime trees. Hence the name "Wang Manao", which means "deep waterbody of limes". Wang Manao is the passageway of the flash flood that flows from the west side. So people set up their houses on the low hills, consisted of people of various races such as Thai Chinese, Tai Dam, Khmer etc. Most of the locals are engaged in rice farming and animal husbandry. On March 30, 1996, it was upgraded from the Wang Manao Sub-District Council to the "Wang Manao Subdistrict Administrative Organization". Geography Wang Manao is in the south of Pak Tho District. The distance is about from downtown Pak Tho. Most of the area is lowland, sloping from west to east, with a total area of 27 km2 or approximately ... [...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] |
Tambon Administrative Organization
''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 subd ... [...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] |
Phetchaburi Province
Phetchaburi ( th, เพชรบุรี, ) or Phet Buri () is one of the western or central provinces (''changwat'') of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Ratchaburi, Samut Songkhram, and Prachuap Khiri Khan. In the west it borders the Tanintharyi Division of Myanmar. Phetchaburi is home to Kaeng Krachan National Park. Geography Phetchaburi is at the north end of the Malay Peninsula, with the Gulf of Thailand to the east and the Tanaosi mountain range forming the boundary to Myanmar. Except for these border mountains most of the province is a flat plain. With an area of Kaeng Krachan National Park is Thailand's largest national park, covering nearly half of the province. It protects mostly rain forests in the mountains along the boundary to Myanmar, but also the Kaeng Krachan Reservoir is part of the park. The total forest area is or 57.7 percent of provincial area. The only significant river of the province is the Phetchaburi River. History Origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nong Ya Plong District
Nong Ya Plong ( th, หนองหญ้าปล้อง, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the northwestern part of Phetchaburi province, western Thailand. History Nong Ya Plong was established as a minor district (''king amphoe'') on 16 July 1972, when three ''tambons'', Nong Ya Plong, Yang Nam Klat Nuea, and Yang Nam Klat Tai were split off from Khao Yoi district. It was upgraded to a full district on 21 May 1990. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Ban Kha and Pak Tho of Ratchaburi province, Khao Yoi, Ban Lat, and Kaeng Krachan of Phetchaburi Province. To the west is the Tanintharyi Division of Myanmar. Administration The district is divided into four sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 31 villages (''mubans''). There are no municipal areas (''thesaban Thesaban ( th, เทศบาล, , ) are the municipalities of Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities: city, town, and sub-district. Bangkok and Pat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khao Yoi District
Khao Yoi ( th, เขาย้อย, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the northern part of Phetchaburi province, western Thailand. History The district was established in 1897 and Luang Phromsan (หลวงพรหมสาร) was assigned as the first district officer. At first named Huai Luang, the district was renamed Khao Yoi in 1903 due to the site of the district office. The name of the district comes from the limestone hill called Khao Yoi which is just off Phetkasem highway. The hill contains three caves, one of which has been converted to a cave temple with a notable reclining Buddha. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Pak Tho of Ratchaburi province, Amphawa of Samut Songkhram province, Ban Laem, Mueang Phetchaburi, Ban Lat, and Nong Ya Plong of Phetchaburi Province. Administration The district is divided into 10 sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 59 villages (''mubans''). The sub-district municipality ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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