Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Current number of administrative entities

I just found a small PDF at the Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA) which lists the numbers for each of the administrative entities, both the central and the local administration as of December 2007. The original PDF can be downloaded here.
  • Central administration
    • Provinces (changwat, จังหวัด): 75
    • Districts (amphoe, อำเภอ): 877
    • Subdistricts (tambon, ตำบล): 7,255
    • Villages (muban, หมู่บ้าน): 74,944
  • Local Administration
    • Provincial administration organizations (PAO, องค์การบริหารส่วนจังหวัด): 75
    • Cities (thesaban nakhon, เทศบาลนคร): 23
    • Towns (thesaban mueang, เทศบาลเมือง): 129
    • Subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon, เทศบาลตำบล): 1,124
    • Subdistrict (Tambon) administration organizations (TAO or SAO, องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบล): 6,500
  • Special administrative entities: 2 (Bangkok and Pattaya)
And as of December 15 2007 the country has a population of 62,828,706 - 31,007,857 men and 31,820,849 women.

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