Mae Tha (, ) is a district (''
amphoe
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'') of
Lampang province
Lampang ( th, ลำปาง, ; Northern Thai: ) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (''changwat''), lies in upper northern Thailand. The old name of Lampang was ''Khelang Nakhon''.
Geography
Lampang is in the broad river valley of the ...
, northern
Thailand
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.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise):
Sop Prap,
Ko Kha,
Mueang Lampang,
Mae Mo of Lampang Province,
Long
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* Long, characteristic of something of great length
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and
Wang Chin of
Phrae province.
The
Phi Pan Nam Mountains
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dominate the landscape of the district.
Administration
Central administration
Mae Tha is subdivided into 10 sub-districts (''
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'' ...
s''), which are further subdivided into 95 administrative 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 number 9 belongs to ''tambon'' Sop Pat, which is now part of the District Mae Mo.
Local administration
There are five sub-district municipalities (''
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'') in the district:
* Pa Tan Na Khrua (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Pa Tan and parts of sub-district Na Khrua.
* Siri Rat (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district San Don Kaeo.
* Mae Tha (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Mae Tha.
* Nam Cho (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Nam Cho.
* Na Khrua (Thai: ) consisting of parts of sub-district Na Khrua.
There are five
sub-district administrative organizations (SAO) in the district:
* Ban Kio (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Ban Kio.
* Ban Bom (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Ban Bom.
* Don Fai (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Don Fai.
* Hua Suea (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Hua Suea.
* Wang Ngoen (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Wang Ngoen.
References
External links
amphoe.com(Thai)
Mae Tha
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