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Wang Wiset District
Wang Wiset ( th, วังวิเศษ, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Trang province, Thailand. History The minor district (''king amphoe'') Wang Wiset was established on 15 July 1981 by splitting off five ''tambons'' from Sikao district. The first temporary district office was in the temple (''Wat'') Rat Rangsan, (also named ''Wat'' Ton Prang) opened on 2 November 1981. Wang Wiset was upgraded to a full district on 21 May 1990. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise): Huai Yot, Mueang Trang, and Sikao of Trang Province; Khlong Thom and Lam Thap of Krabi province; and Bang Khan of Nakhon Si Thammarat province. Administration The district is divided into five sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 70 villages (''mubans''). Wang Wiset is a township (''thesaban tambon Thesaban ( th, เทศบาล, , ) are the municipalities of Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities: city, town, and sub-district. Bangko ... [...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] |
Huai Yot District
Huai Yot ( th, ห้วยยอด, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the northern part of Trang province, Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Ratsada of Trang Province; Thung Song of Nakhon Si Thammarat province; Pa Phayom and Si Banphot of Phatthalung province; Mueang Trang and Wang Wiset of Trang Province; and Bang Khan of Nakhon Si Thammarat province. History Originally named Khao Khao (เขาขาว), it was renamed Huai Yot in 1939. Administration The district is divided into 16 sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 133 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''): Huai Yot covers parts of ''tambons'' Huai Yot and Khao P ... [...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] |
Bang Khan District
Bang Khan ( th, บางขัน, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Nakhon Si Thammarat province, southern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Thung Yai and Thung Song of Nakhon Si Thammarat; Ratsada, Huai Yot, and Wang Wiset of Trang province; and Lam Thap of Krabi province. History The district was created as a minor district (''king amphoe'') on 1 April 1984, when the three ''tambons'' Bang Khan, Ban Lamnao, and Wang Hin were split off from Thung Song district. On 9 April 1992 the minor district was upgraded to a full district. Administration The district is divided into four sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 60 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'' sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lam Thap District
Lam Thap ( th, ลำทับ, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Krabi province, southern Thailand. History The minor district (''king amphoe'') Lam Thap was established on 30 June 1984, when the two ''tambons'' Lam Thap and Din Udom were split off from Khlong Thom district. It was upgraded to a full district on 4 November 1993. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise): Khlong Thom and Khao Phanom of Krabi Province; Thung Yai and Bang Khan of Nakhon Si Thammarat province; and Wang Wiset of Trang province. Administration The district is divided into four sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 27 villages (''mubans''). Lam Thap 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 ...'') and covers parts o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khlong Thom District
Khlong Thom ( th, คลองท่อม, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in Krabi province, Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise): Ko Lanta district, Ko Lanta, Nuea Khlong district, Nuea Khlong, Khao Phanom district, Khao Phanom, and Lam Thap district, Lam Thap of Krabi Province, and Wang Wiset district, Wang Wiset and Sikao district, Sikao of Trang province. To the southwest is the Andaman Sea. History In 1917, the district's name was changed from ''Khlong Phon'' (คลองพล) to ''Khlong Thom''. Administration The district is divided into seven sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 67 villages (''mubans''). There are two sub-district municipalities (''thesaban tambons''): Khlong Thom Tai and Khlong Phon, each covering parts of the same-named ''tambons''. Each ''tambon'' has a tambon administrative organization (TAO), responsible for the area not belonging to any of the municipalities. Environment The resident ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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