250px, Surat Thani railway station
Tha Sathon ( th, ท่าสะท้อน) is a ''
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'' ...
'' (sub-district) of
Phunphin District
Phunphin ( th, พุนพิน, ) is a district ('' amphoe'') in Surat Thani province in the south of Thailand. Tha Kham is the principal town of the district. In 2014, the population was 73,067.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from nort ...
,
Surat Thani province,
southern Thailand
Southern Thailand, Southern Siam or Tambralinga is a southernmost cultural region of Thailand, separated from Central Thailand region by the Kra Isthmus.
Geography
Southern Thailand is on the Malay Peninsula, with an area of around , bounded ...
.
Description
Tha Sathon is a hub for transportation of Surat Thani. It is the location of
Surat Thani railway station, a provincial main station. Most tourists who travel by train from
Hua Lamphong railway station in
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...
tend to get off at this station to continue traveling to
Ko Samui
Ko Samui (or Koh Samui, also often locally shortened to Samui; th, เกาะสมุย, ) is an island off the east coast of Thailand. Geographically in the Chumphon Archipelago, it is part of Surat Thani Province, though as of 2012, Ko ...
. Tha Sathon also has a few other railway stations.
Tapi river, the main watercourse of the province, flows through the right side of the area and forms a line between Tha Sathon and
Surat Thani
Surat Thani ( th, สุราษฎร์ธานี, ) is a city in Amphoe Mueang Surat Thani, Surat Thani Province, southern Thailand. It lies south of Bangkok. It is the capital of Surat Thani Province. The city has a population of 1 ...
city.
National famous politician
Suthep Thaugsuban
Suthep Thaugsuban ( th, สุเทพ เทือกสุบรรณ; , ) (born 7 July 1949) is a Thai former politician and former Member of Parliament for Surat Thani province. Until 2011, he was secretary-general of the Democrat Party a ...
, began his politician career as a ''
kamnan A kamnan ( th, กำนัน) is a Thai governing official at the tambon (subdistrict) level. It is usually translated as "subdistrict headman".
The position of a kamnan was introduced with the ''Thesaphiban'' administrative reforms near the end ...
'' (sub-district chief) here in 1976 after graduating with a master's degree from the
Middle Tennessee State University
Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or MT) is a public university in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Founded in 1911 as a normal school, the university consists of eight undergraduate colleges as well as a college of graduate studies, together off ...
, USA.
Geography
Neighboring sub-districts are (from north, clockwise):
Khao Hua Khwai in its district, Khun Thale and Wat Pradu in
Amphoe Mueang Surat Thani,
Tha Ruea in
Amphoe Ban Na Doem
Ban Na Doem ( th, บ้านนาเดิม, ) is a district ('' amphoe'') of Surat Thani province, Thailand.
Geography
Ban Na Doem is in the center of Surat Thani Province. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Mueang Sura ...
, Tha Kham in its district.
Administration
Tha Sathon is administered by the
Subdistrict Administrative Organization (SAO) Tha Sathon (องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลท่าสะท้อน).
Tha Sathon also consists of six 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 ...
'')
Population
Total population of 5,130 people in 1,200 households.
Local product
*Krajood (''
Lepironia
''Lepironia'' is a genus of the sedge family, comprising only one species, ''Lepironia articulata'', known as the grey sedge.Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Bo ...
articulata'') basketry
Notable people
*
Suthep Thaugsuban (1949 – present) politician
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References
External links
SAO Tha Sathon
Tambon of Surat Thani province
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