Thailand Provinces Cities & Municipalitiies
- Thailand
today is for administrative and political systems divided into 5
regions in which there are 75 further '' Provinces ''.
- The 5
Regions are [1] Central Thailand [2] North Thailand [3] East Thailand
[4] North East Thailand, and [5] South Thailand. The division of topics
in Thailandsworld.com is often divided by these regional headings
because each region is often representing different past history,
ethnic diversity and climatic variations.
- The lists of
Provinces for each Region are listed on each of the relevant region map pages to be found on the links. When considering names one
should also understand that the Name of a Province is also the name of
its Capital City. Many Provinces were previously separate Kingdoms with
the same name, for example, The Kingdom of Nan which is now Nan
Province [ '' Changwat '', Changwat Nan ] with Nan City [ '' Mueang ''
Mueang Nan ] as it capital. This can be confusing when planning trips
and booking hotel locations, such as at Chiang Mai.
- Additionally each Province is further divided into Districts called '' amphoe ''.
- The
two exceptions to this system are the modern cities of Bangkok and
Pattaya which are special governed '' Districts ''. Bangkok is further
subdivided into another 50 sub districts. Often you might further be
confused by the term '' Greater Bangkok '' which locally means to
include the surrounding communities in the Provinces of Samut Prakhon,
Nakhon Prahom, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani and Samut Prakan.
