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14-533: The district was established in 1896. In the past the area of the district included U Thong district . The district office was moved away from the Song Phi Nong canal to the present location in 1964 because the old location was prone to flooding. Its name Song Phi Nong means 'two siblings'. Presumably it refers to the confluence of two watercourses Tha Wa and Chorakhe Sam Phan before flowing to Tha Chin River. There

28-524: A tambon may either be administered by a Subdistrict (Tambon) Administrative Organization (SAO or TAO, Thai : องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบล ) or a Tambon Council (TC, Thai : สภาตำบล ). However, since 2001 all of the Tambon Councils have been upgraded to Tambon Administrative Organizations. The TAO council consist of two representatives from each administrative village in the subdistrict, and one directly elected president. The subdistrict area which belongs to

42-488: A municipality ( thesaban ) is administered by the municipal council. In the event only part of the subdistrict is within a municipality, the remaining part is administered by a TAO. Adjoining subdistricts of a single district can also have a joint TAO. In 2001, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra started a project in which every tambon would select a typical, distinctive local product. The project then aids in promoting

56-460: A subdistrict in Thailand is about 70.72 km (27.31 sq mi), while its average population of a subdistrict in Thailand is about 9,637 people. The tambon as a subdivision has a long history. It was the second-level subdivision of the area administered by a provincial town in the 19th century. The governor of the province was supposed to appoint a communal elder, kamnan or phan . In

70-487: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . U Thong district U Thong ( Thai : อู่ทอง , pronounced [ʔùː tʰɔ̄ːŋ] ) is the district ( amphoe ) in the western part of Suphan Buri province , north of Bangkok. Higham states, "U-Thong was occupied for many centuries prior to the development of the Dvaravati state. Radiocarbon determinations from the sites of U-Thong and Chansen suggest that

84-404: Is also another explanation that is a folk tale about two brothers or two elephants that are siblings. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): U Thong and Bang Pla Ma of Suphan Buri Province; Lat Bua Luang of Ayutthaya province ; Bang Len and Kamphaeng Saen of Nakhon Pathom province ; and Tha Maka and Phanom Thuan of Kanchanaburi province . The main water resource of

98-717: 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 74,944 villages ( muban ) as of 2008. Tambon within cities or towns are not subdivided into villages, but may have less formal communities called chumchon ( ชุมชน ) that may be formed into community associations . The average area of

112-486: The administrative reforms started in 1892 under Prince Damrong Rajanubhab , the first Thai Minister of the Interior , the three levels of subdivision of provinces were continued, i.e., starting from district to tambon to the lowest level called muban . The subdistricts are subdivided into administrative villages (muban, หมู่บ้าน ) as the lowest administrative subdivision. Usually these are referred to much more often by

126-468: The area of the ancient city. Neighbouring districts are (from the north clockwise): Don Chedi , Mueang Suphan Buri , Bang Pla Ma , Song Phi Nong of Suphan Buri Province; Lao Khwan , Huai Krachao , and Phanom Thuan of Kanchanaburi province . U Thong district is divided into 13 sub-districts ( tambons ), which are further subdivided into 154 administrative villages ( mubans ). There are nine sub-district municipalities ( thesaban tambons ) in

140-515: The district is the Tha Chin River or Suphan River. Song Phi Nong is divided into 15 subdistricts ( tambons ), which are further subdivided into 140 administrative villages ( mubans ). There is one town ( thesaban mueang ) in the district: There is one subdistrict municipality ( thesaban tambon ) in the district: There are 14 subdistrict administrative organizations (SAO) in the district: This Suphan Buri Province location article

154-477: The district: There are six sub-district administrative organizations (SAO) in the district: Subdistrict administrative organization Tambon ( Thai : ตำบล , pronounced [tām.bōn] ) is a local governmental unit in Thailand . Below district ( amphoe ) and province ( changwat ), they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of 2016 there were 7,255 tambons, not including

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168-464: The origin of the Ayutthaya Kingdom , as the first King of Ayutthaya, Ramathibodi , was prince of U Thong when the city was struck by an epidemic, prompting him to relocate east and found Ayutthaya. U Thong district was created with the name Chorakhe Sam Phan in 1905. In 1939 the district was renamed U Thong. In 1944, the government moved the centre of the district from Ban Chorakhe Sam Phan to

182-529: The transition into complex state societies in the Chao Phraya basin took place between about 300-600 AD." A copper inscription from the mid-7th century states, "Sri Harshavarman, grandson of Ishanavarman, having expanded his sphere of glory, obtained the lion throne through regular succession," and mentions gifts to a linga . The site includes a moat, 1,690 by 840 m, and the Pra Paton caitya . It also became

196-587: The village number than the actual name, especially as an administrative village may contain more than one settlement, or a large settlement may be split into more than one administrative village. One of the elected village headmen is elected as the subdistrict headman ( Kamnan ). With the Tambon Council and Tambon Administrative Authority Act BE 2537 (1994) and later by the constitution of 1997 , tambon were decentralized into local government units with an elected tambon council. Depending on its size and tax income

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