Mueang Nakhon Si Thammarat ( th, อำเภอเมืองนครศรีธรรมราช, ) is the capital district (''
amphoe mueang
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 countie ...
'') of
Nakhon Si Thammarat province in southern Thailand.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the southeast clockwise):
Pak Phanang,
Chaloem Phra Kiat,
Phra Phrom
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,
Lan Saka,
Phrom Khiri
Phrom ( th, พรหม, ), also known as Phrom the Great (พรหมมหาราช, ) or Phromkuman (พรหมกุมาร, ) was a ruler of Singhanavati (Yonok) realm in Lanna region (modern northern Thailand). He is the first Tha ...
and
Tha Sala. To the east is the
Gulf of Thailand
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.
Administration
The district is divided into 16 sub-districts (''
tambons''), which are further subdivided into 114 villages (''
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 mu ...
s'').
The missing numbers 9-11 and 17 belong to communes which were split off in 1994 to form Phra Phrom District.
Nakhon Si Thammarat itself has city status (''
thesaban nakhon
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 ''tambons'' Nai Mueang, Tha Wang, Khlang, and parts of Na Khian and Pho Sadet. There are a further three townships (''
thesaban tambons''): Bang Chak covering parts of the same-named ''tambon'', Tha Phae covering parts of ''tambon'' Pak Phun, and Pak Nakhon covering parts of ''tambons'' Tha Rai and Pak Nakhon. There are also 13 tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
References
External links
amphoe.com
Nakhon Si Thammarat
Districts of Nakhon Si Thammarat province
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