DOPA entity numbers 2013

Though it was already published in April, I didn't noticed the annual list of numbers of the administrative entities until few weeks ago. This latest list as of December 31st 2012 states the following numbers.

• Provinces (Changwat, จังหวัด): 76
• Districts (Amphoe, อำเภอ): 878
• Subdistricts (Tambon, ตำบล): 7255 (though I believe the correct number is 7256)
• Villages (Muban, หมู่บ้าน): 74,963
• Provincial administrative organizations (PAO, อบจ): 76
• Municipalities (Thesaban, เทศบาล): 2266
  • Cities (Thesaban Nakhon, เทศบาลนคร): 29
  • Towns (Thesaban Mueang, เทศบาลเมือง): 167
  • Subdistrict municipalities (Thesaban Tambon, เทศบาลตำบล): 2070
• Subdistrict administrative organizations (TAO, อบต): 5509
• Special administrative units (องค์กรปกครองส่วนท้องถิ่นรูปแบบพิเศษ): 2

Compared with the data from 2012, there is of course no change in the central administrative units except seven newly created administrative villages (all where published in the Royal Gazette: one in Chumphon, three in Tak, two in Lampang and one in Yala). The number of municipalities increased a lot again by 184, and will do so in this year as well, so I will skip to check those numbers with my data for now and wait till the list of upgrades for this year is complete.