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As of 31 December 2018 there were 878 districts in Thailand. [1] 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.
The chief district officer is Nai Amphoe (นายอำเภอ). Amphoe are divided into tambons, (Thai: ตำบล), or sub-districts. Altogether Thailand has 928 districts, [1] including the 50 districts of Bangkok, which are called khet (เขต) since the Bangkok administrative reform
Thailand's national government organisation is divided into three types: central government (ministries, bureaus and departments), provincial government (provinces and districts) and local government (Bangkok, Pattaya, provincial administrative organisations, etc.).
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.
Though, formally, Thailand is separated into three levels: provinces, districts, and sub-districts, there are also informal divisions such as parimonthon, and phak. [2] Furthermore, there are administrative divisions of the same level with different names such as the first-level divisions of the province and the special administrative region .
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.
Pages in category "Districts of Thailand" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
as of 5 December 1996 there were 7,255 subdistricts in Thailand. [1] An alphabetical list of them follows: List of tambon in Thailand (A) List of tambon in Thailand (B) ...