Amphoe Rattaphum

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Rattaphum
รัตภูมิ
Province: Songkhla
Surface: 591.8 km²
Residents: 72,368 (2012)
Population density : 114.8 U / km²
ZIP : 90180, 90220
Geocode : 9009
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Map of Songkhla, Thailand, with Rattaphum

Amphoe Rattaphum ( Thai : อำเภอ รัตภูมิ ) is a county ( amphoe - administrative district) in Songkhla Province . The Songkhla Province is located in the east of the southern region of Thailand on the coast to the Gulf of Thailand .

geography

Neighboring districts and areas (clockwise from east): Khuan Niang , Bang Klam, and Hat Yai district in Songkhla Province, Khuan Kalong district in Satun Province, and Pa Bon district in Phatthalung Province .

history

The original name of the district was Kamphaeng Phet after the central tambon . In 1939 it was renamed Rattaphum.

administration

Provincial Administration

Amphoe Rattaphum is divided into five subdistricts ( tambon ) , which are further subdivided into 59 village communities ( muban ) .

No. Surname Thai Villages Pop.
1. Kamphaeng Phet กำแพงเพชร 12 20,685
2. Tha Chamuang ท่า ชะมวง 13 17,288
3. Khuha Tai คูหา ใต้ 14th 11,879
4th Khuan Ru ควน รู 09 06,010
9. Khao Phra เขา พระ 11 16,505

Note: the missing geocodes refer to the tambon that make up Amphoe Khuan Niang .

Local administration

There is a city ( Thesaban Mueang ) in the district:

  • Kamphaeng Phet ( เทศบาล เมือง กำแพงเพชร ) consists of parts of the Tambon Kamphaeng Phet,

There are also three small towns ( Thesaban Tambon ) :

  • Kamphaeng Phet ( เทศบาล ตำบล กำแพงเพชร ) consists of further parts of the Tambon Kamphaeng Phet.
  • Na Si Thong ( เทศบาล ตำบล นา สี ทอง ) consists of parts of the Tambon Khao Phra.
  • Khuha Tai ( เทศบาล ตำบล คูหา ใต้ ) consists of the whole tambon Khuha Tai.

There are also three “tambon administration organizations” (TAO, องค์การ บริหาร ส่วน ตำบล ) for the tambon or the parts of tambon in the county that do not belong to any town.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ พระราชกฤษฎีกา เปลี่ยน นาม อำเภอ กิ่ง อำเภอ และ ตำบล บาง แห่ง พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๒ Royal Gazette, Volume 56, Ed. 0 ก of April 17, 1939, pp. 354–364 (in Thai)
  2. ↑ Population statistics 2012 . Department of Provincial Administration. Retrieved July 13, 2014.

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Coordinates: 7 ° 8 '  N , 100 ° 16'  E