Lamae ( th, ละแม, ) is a district (''
amphoe
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 ...
'') in the southern part of
Chumphon province, southern
Thailand.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise)
Tha Chana of
Surat Thani province,
Phato and
Lang Suan of Chumphon Province. To the east is the
Gulf of Thailand
The Gulf of Thailand, also known as the Gulf of Siam, is a shallow inlet in the southwestern South China Sea, bounded between the southwestern shores of the Indochinese Peninsula and the northern half of the Malay Peninsula. It is around in l ...
.
History
The minor district (''
king amphoe'') was created on 1 July 1971, when the three ''tambons'', Lamae, Thung Luang, and Suan Taeng, were split off from
Lang Suan district. It was upgraded to a full district on 12 April 1977.
Administration
The district is divided into four sub-districts (''
tambons''), which are further subdivided into 47 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''). Lamae is a township (''
thesaban tambon'') which covers parts of the same-named ''tambon''. There are a further four tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
References
External links
amphoe.com
Districts of Chumphon province
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