Local government data updated by DOLA

The Department of Local Administration has updated their list of the local administrations, now being as of March 31 2017. The actual numbers haven't changed since the last update, as the last municipal change was the upgrade of Pa Sak TAO in November 2015.

• Provincial administrative organizations (PAO, องค์การบริหารส่วนจังหวัด): 76
• Municipality (Thesaban, เทศบาล): 2441
  • City (Thesaban Nakhon, เทศบาลนคร): 30
  • Town (Thesaban Mueang, เทศบาลเมือง): 178
  • Subdistrict municipality (Thesaban Tambon, เทศบาลตำบล): 2233
• Subdistrict administrative organizations (TAO, องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบล): 5334
• Special administrative units (องค์กรปกครองส่วนท้องถิ่นรูปแบบพิเศษ): 2

Source: summary_25600331

The other files updated are more interesting, as these Excel sheets include the area, population, and the sub-level (Small, Medium, Large). There is one file for the municipalities and one for the TAO.

As DOLA has no unique and stable identifier code for each local administrative unit, and even the one they use isn't included into these sheets, I have to finally do the long-planned programming to be able to convert the data in these sheets into something which fits my XMLs, especially to be able to compare the current data with the previous sheets, for example to see how many for the local governments had changed their sub-level.