Subdivisions of Thailand

1st level administrative subdivisions of Thailand

Tambon (, ) is a local governmental unit in Thailand. Below district (amphoe) and province (changwat), they form the third administrative subdivision level. there were 7,255 tambon, not including the 180 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains eight to ten tambon. Tambon is usually translated as "township" or "subdistrict" in English the latter is the recommended translation, though also often used for king amphoe, the designation for a subdistrict acting as a branch (Thai: king) of the parent district. Tambon are further subdivided into

administrative subdivision of Thailand

administrative divisions of a unitary state in Southeast Asia

thumb|A village chief (phu yai ban) office in tambon Ban Po, [[Bang Pa-in District, Ayutthaya Province]]

thumb|Capital districts of provinces of Thailand|provinces in Thailand are referred to as "mueang district". Pictured here is the office of Mueang Ang Thong district, i.e., the capital district of Ang Thong. thumb|The ethnic Tai Nuea language|Tai Nuea name of [[Mangshi (pictured) in Yunnan, China is Mueang Khon]]

type of administrative territorial entity of Thailand

thumb|Thesaban administration building, Surat Thani city Thesaban (, , , ) are the municipalities of Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities: city, town, and sub-district. Bangkok and Pattaya are special municipal entities not included in the thesaban system.

thumb|406x406px|Administrative Division of Siam in 1900 Monthon (), also known as Monthon Thesaphiban (; Mṇṯhl Theṣ̄āp̣hibāl; , ), were administrative subdivisions of Thailand at the beginning of the 20th century. The Thai word monthon is a translation of the word mandala ('', literally "circle"), in its sense of a type of political formation. The monthon were created as a part of the Thesaphiban'' (, literally "local government") bureaucratic administrative system, introduced by Prince Damrong Rajanubhab which, together with the monthon, established step-by-step today's present provinces (cha

alt=A map of Bangkok|thumb|Map showing the subdistricts of Bangkok|300x300px A khwaeng (, ) is an administrative subdivision used in the fifty districts of Bangkok and a few other city municipalities in Thailand. Currently, there are 180 khwaeng in Bangkok. A khwaeng is roughly equivalent to a tambon in other provinces of Thailand, smaller than an amphoe (district). With the creation of the special administrative area of Bangkok in 1972 the tambon within the area of the new administrative entity was converted into khwaeng. The common English translation for khwaeng is subdistrict.