Municipalities in the 1970 census

Found in Wolf Donner's Five faces of Thailand on page 59 is a list of the municipalities with more than 30,000 citizen, as well as listing the numbers and the rules for the three kinds of municipalities. Using the spellings and translation from the book it says:

• Thesaban Nakhon (city) - 3 entities. At least 50,000 inhabitants and a density of a least 3,000 per km².
• Thesaban Muang (town) - 82 entities. At least 10,000 inhabitants and a similar density.
• Thesaban Tambon (commune) - 35 entities. Established according to administrative needs.

The 10 largest municipalities by their population in 1970 were

1.	Bangkok	1,867,297
2.	Thonburi	628,015
3.	Chiang Mai	83,729
4.	Nakhon Ratchasima	66,071
5.	Udon Thani	56,218
6.	Hat Yai	47,953
7.	Nakhon Sawan	46,853
8.	Samut Prakan	46,632
9.	Songkhla	41,193
10.	Nakhon Si Thammarat	40,671