Municipal upgrades in first quarter of 2020

The number of municipal upgrades is increasing this year, after it was very quiet for several years. There were none at all in 2016 till 2018, and nine in 2019. The following changes have been announced in the first three months of 2020 - and there are still many more forthcoming.

• Ban Krot (เทศบาลเมืองบ้านกรด), Bang Pa-In district, Ayutthaya province, upgraded from subdistrict municipality to town [Gazette], effective March 3
• Pak Phraek (เทศบาลเมืองปากแพรก), Mueang Kanchanaburi district, Kanchanaburi province, upgraded from subdistrict municipality to town [Gazette], effective March 18
• Bang Mae Nang (เทศบาลเมืองบางแม่นาง), Bang Yai district, Nonthaburi province, upgraded from subdistrict administrative organization to town [Gazette], effective March 20
• Huai Nam Khao (เทศบาลตำบลห้วยน้ำขาว), Khlong Thom district, Krabiprovince, upgraded from subdistrict administrative organization to subdistrict municipality [Gazette], effective March 20