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Sukhaphiban (Thai: สุขาภิบาล) were administrative divisions of Thailand. Sukhaphiban were the first sub-autonomous entities established in Thailand. A first such district was created in Bangkok by a royal decree of King Chulalongkorn in 1897.
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).
This table lists those districts, and the provinces of Thailand and regions of Thailand in which they lie. This sortable table does not include districts in Bangkok. See List of districts of Bangkok. At the bottom follows a table with Thai names of the large regions.
Thailand is a unitary state in Southeast Asia.The administrative services of the executive branch of the government are regulated by the National Government ...
The names of amphoe are usually unique, but in a few cases different Thai names have the same form in English due to the flaws of the romanization system. The notable exception, however, is the name Amphoe Chaloem Phra Kiat , which was given to five districts created in 1996 in celebration of the 50th anniversary of King Bhumibol Adulyadej 's ...
The provincial administrative organization (Thai: องค์การบริหารส่วนจังหวัด, Acronym: อบจ.) is a devolved local government body in Thailand. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is developed from the existing provincial council which provided advices and recommendations on behalf of local people to a centrally ...
Bangkok is subdivided into 50 districts (khet, เขต, pronounced, 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 provinces.
Administrative divisions of Thailand; Provincial divisions; Province (Changwat) District (Amphoe) Subdistrict (Tambon) Village (Muban) Local divisions; First-level;