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Ubolratana District
Ubolratana ( th, อุบลรัตน์, , ) is a district (''Districts of Thailand, amphoe'') of Khon Kaen province, northeastern Thailand. The district is named after Princess Ubol Ratana, the eldest child of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. History The minor district (''king amphoe'') Ubolratana was established on 20 August 1974 by splitting the three ''tambons'', Khok Sung, Na Kham, and Ban Dong from Nam Phong district. It was upgraded to a full district on 25 March 1979. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Khao Suan Kwang district, Khao Suan Kwang, Nam Phong district, Nam Phong, Mueang Khon Kaen district, Mueang Khon Kaen, Ban Fang district, Ban Fang, Nong Ruea district, Nong Ruea and Phu Wiang district, Phu Wiang of Khon Kaen Province, and Non Sang district, Non Sang of Nong Bua Lamphu province. Economy The Ubol Ratana Dam is in Khok Sung. Administration The district is divided into six sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into ... [...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] |
Nam Phong District
Nam Phong ( th, น้ำพอง, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Khon Kaen province. Geography The Nam Phong district is surrounded by Non Sa-at (in the Udon Thani province), Kranuan, Sam Sung, Mueang Khon Kaen, Ubolratana, and Khao Suan Kwang. The district is located along Mittraphap Road (Thailand Route 2) and the Northeastern Railway. The district office and the train station are about 7 km east of the main settlement, Ban Nam Phong. Despite its name, Nam Phong National Park does not occupy any of Nam Phong District, but is located farther southeast. Both are named after the Nam Phong River, which originates in the national park (and after the Ubol Ratana Dam flows through the district towards the Chi River). Economy The district is mostly agricultural, its main activities being rice and sugar cane growing and animal husbandry. The two major factories are a sugar factory and a distillery for ''lao kao'' (white spirits). An oil survey in 1979 found a natural gas ... [...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] |
Ubol Ratana Dam
The Ubol Ratana Dam (pronounced: ''Ubon Rat''), formerly known as the "Phong Neeb Dam", is a multi-purpose dam in tambon Khok Sung, Ubolratana district, approximately north of Khon Kaen, Khon Kaen province, Thailand. It was the first hydroelectric power project developed in Thailand's northeastern area of Isan. The dam impounds the Nam Phong, which flows into the Chi River and thence to the Mun River, a tributary of the Mekong River. The dam was given its current name by royal permission in 1966, in honour of princess Ubol Ratana, the eldest child of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Description The dam is multi-purpose: electricity generation, irrigation, flood control, transportation, fisheries, and as tourist attraction. It is an earth core rockfill dam, constructed in 1964. Its crest length is , and high. Its catchment area is . Its reservoir has a maximum storage capacity of . The dam is managed by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT). Thirty thousand peopl ... [...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] |
Non Sang District
Non Sang ( th, โนนสัง; ) is a district ('' amphoe'') in the southeastern part of Nong Bua Lamphu province, northeastern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Si Bun Rueang and Mueang Nong Bua Lamphu of Nong Bua Lamphu Province, Nong Wua So of Udon Thani province, Khao Suan Kwang, Ubolratana, Phu Wiang, and Nong Na Kham of Khon Kaen province. History The area of the district was originally a ''tambon'' of Mueang Nong Bua Lam Phu district. On 1 January 1948 it was made a minor district (''king amphoe''), which was upgraded to a full district on 9 June 1956. Administration The district is divided into 10 sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 104 villages ('' mubans''). There are two sub-district municipalities (''thesaban tambons''). Non Sang covers ''tambon'' Non Sang and Kut Du parts of ''tambon'' Kut Du. There are a further nine tambon administrative organization ''Tambon'' ( th, ตำบล, ) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phu Wiang District
Phu Wiang (, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the northwestern part of Khon Kaen province, northeastern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the northeast clockwise): Ubolratana, Nong Ruea, Chum Phae, Wiang Kao, Nong Na Kham of Khon Kaen Province and Non Sang of Nong Bua Lamphu province. A prehistoric Iron Age archaeological site, None Nok Tha () is in the district, as is the Phu Wiang National Park. Administration The district is divided into 11 subdistricts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 114 villages (''mubans''). Phu Wiang is a subdistrict municipality (''thesaban tambon'') and covers parts of ''tambon'' Phu Wiang. There are a further 11 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'' ...s (TAO). Missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nong Ruea District
Nong Ruea ( th, หนองเรือ, ) is a district ('' amphoe'') of Khon Kaen province, northeastern Thailand. History The minor district (''king amphoe'') Nong Ruea was established in 1959 by splitting it from Mueang Khon Kaen district. On 31 January 1963 it was upgraded to a full district. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise): Chum Phae, Phu Wiang, Ubolratana, Ban Fang, and Mancha Khiri of Khon Kaen Province, and Ban Thaen of Chaiyaphum province. Administration The district is divided into 10 subdistricts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 149 villages ('' mubans''). There are 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''): Nong Ruea covers parts of ''tambons'' Nong Ruea and Nong Kae, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ban Fang District
Ban Fang ( th, บ้านฝาง, ) is a district ('' amphoe'') of Khon Kaen province, northeastern Thailand. History The minor district (''king amphoe'') Ban Fang was established on 1 May 1975 by splitting off four ''tambons'': Nong Bua, Pa Wai Nang, Ban Lao, and Non Khong from Mueang Khon Kaen district. On 25 March 1979 it was upgraded to a full district. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Ubolratana, Mueang Khon Kaen, Phra Yuen, Mancha Khiri, and Nong Ruea. Administration The district is divided into seven sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 74 villages ('' mubans''). The 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 ...'') Ban Fang covers parts of ''tambon'' Ban Fang. There are a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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