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14-542: The town covers the two tambons Talat and Wat Mai of Mueang Chanthaburi District. As of 2005, the town had a population of 27,602. The town figures in the legacy of King Taksin . In 1981 the Thai cabinet passed a resolution to bestow on him the honorary title of the Great . When the Bank of Thailand issued the 12th Series of banknotes, called The Great Series , the monument of King Taksin

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

42-465: 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

56-488: 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

70-461: A role in local policy making. Under the 1997 constitution , Tambon Administrative Organizations (TAO) were created as new local administrative units. The lifetime appointment also was replaced by a five-year term of office. Chaiyan Rajchagool. "Tambon Administration Organization: Are the people in the dramatis personae or in the audience?" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2012. This Thailand -related article

84-506: 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 a subdistrict in Thailand is about 70.72 km (27.31 sq mi), while its average population of

98-407: 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 the administrative reforms started in 1892 under Prince Damrong Rajanubhab , the first Thai Minister of

112-576: The Great in the town's Tungnachaey recreational park appeared on the back of the 20 baht note issued 28 December 1981, the 214th anniversary of his coronation. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception , the principal church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chanthaburi , is the largest church in Thailand. Chanthaburi has a tropical monsoon climate ( Köppen climate classification Am ), with little variation in temperature throughout

126-502: 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 the village number than the actual name, especially as an administrative village may contain more than one settlement, or

140-415: The among village elders (phu yai ban) of the villages that make up the tambon. Originally, it was a lifetime post, but now is for a fixed term. The kamnan's main task was to implement the policies of the higher administrative levels, and he was the main point of government contact for the people of the tambon. With the Tambon Council and Tambon Administrative Authority Act BE 2537 (1994), the tambon assumed

154-456: The northwest and Trat to the southeast. Route 317 connects Chanthaburi to Sa Kaeo . 12°36′31″N 102°06′14″E  /  12.60861°N 102.10389°E  / 12.60861; 102.10389 Tambon Tambon ( Thai : ตำบล , pronounced [tām.bōn] ) is a local governmental unit in Thailand . Below district ( amphoe ) and province ( changwat ), they form

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168-527: The product, as well as assisting in modernizing production. Shops selling OTOP products are located in each provincial capital. Kamnan A kamnan ( Thai : กำนัน ) is a Thai governing official at the tambon (subdistrict) level. It is usually translated as "subdistrict headman". The position of a kamnan was introduced with the Thesaphiban administrative reforms near the end of the 19th century, first enacted in 1892. The kamnan would to be chosen from

182-466: The third administrative subdivision level. As of 2016 there were 7,255 tambons, 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

196-474: The year. Rainfall, however, varies dramatically by season. Rainfall is light and infrequent in the short dry season (December to February), but the wet season (April to October) features torrential rain. March and November are transitional months, during which significant rainfall may occur in some years, while in other years little rain falls. Route 3 ( Sukhumvit Road ) passes near Chanthaburi and connects to city to Rayong , Pattaya , Chonburi , and Bangkok to

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