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List of districts of Thailand. As of 31 December 2018 there were 878 districts (amphoe) in Thailand. [1] This table lists those districts, and the provinces (changwat) of Thailand and regions (phak) of Thailand in which they lie. This sortable table does not include districts in Bangkok. See List of districts of Bangkok.
Districts of Thailand. An amphoe (sometimes also amphur, Thai: อำเภอ, pronounced [ʔām.pʰɤ̄ː])—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 counties. The chief district officer is Nai Amphoe (นาย ...
Thailand is separated into 76 provinces, though commonly mistaken as 77 provinces due to Bangkok's former status as a province itself. This is the highest level of administrative division within the kingdom. Each of the provinces are led by governor. The changwat is responsible for implementing state policy and enforcing laws.
Districts of Nakhon Ratchasima province (32 P) Districts of Nakhon Sawan province (15 P) Districts of Nakhon Si Thammarat province (23 P) Districts of Nan province (15 P) Districts of Narathiwat province (13 P) Districts of Nong Khai province (9 P) Districts of Nongbua Lamphu province (6 P) Districts of Nonthaburi ...
Bangkok is subdivided into 50 districts (khet, เขต, pronounced [kʰèːt], also sometimes wrongly called amphoe as in the other provinces, derived from Pali khetta, cognate to Sanskrit kṣetra), which are further subdivided into 180 subdistricts (khwaeng, แขวง, pronounced [kʰwɛ̌ːŋ]), roughly equivalent to tambon in the other ...
Chiang Mai is the only city outside Bangkok to cover multiple districts in its urban area. Together, Bangkok and Chiang Mai are the only cities in Thailand with a population of over one million. Thailand has an urbanization rate of 52% (2021), translating to 36,217,020 people of the total population.
The provinces of Thailand are administrative divisions of the government of Thailand. [3] The country is divided into 76 provinces (Thai: จังหวัด, RTGS: changwat, pronounced [t͡ɕāŋ.wàt̚]) proper, with one additional special administrative area (the capital, Bangkok).
Thailand, [a] officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), [b] is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, [8] it spans 513,115 square kilometres (198,115 sq mi). [9]