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Government Administrative Divisions

Thailand is a unitary state made up of 76 provinces (changwat), which are divided into 878 districts (amphoe) and 50 urban districts (khet) of Bangkok. The districts are further subdivided into 7,225 subdistricts (tambon), while Bangkok’s urban districts are subdivided into 180 administrative units (khwaeng).

A national constitution drafted in 1997 paved the way for more decentralization, but the central government’s Ministry of the Interior has largely resisted transferring power to the local governments. The provinces have little in the way of independent autonomy but rather exist mostly as administrative regions of the central government. Each province is led by a governor appointed by the central government. The districts are politically subordinate to the provinces and led by a chief officer who is appointed by the Ministry of the Interior.

The subdistricts, as the most local level of government, have somewhat more local autonomy. They are administered by locally elected representative councils. The subdistricts within the cities of Bangkok and Pattaya take a somewhat different form.

#	Province	Seal	Flag	# of Districts
1	Amnat Charoen			7
2	Ang Thong			7
3	Bangkok (special administrative area)			50
4	Bueng Kan			8
5	Buriram			23
6	Chachoengsao			11
7	Chai Nat			8
8	Chaiyaphum			16
9	Chanthaburi			10
10	Chiang Mai			25
11	Chiang Rai			18
12	Chonburi			11
13	Chumphon			8
14	Kalasin			18
15	Kamphaeng Phet			11
16	Kanchanaburi			13
17	Khon Kaen			26
18	Krabi			8
19	Lampang			13
20	Lamphun			8
21	Loei			14
22	Lopburi			11
23	Mae Hong Son			7
24	Maha Sarakham			13
25	Mukdahan			7
26	Nakhon Nayok			4
27	Nakhon Pathom			7
28	Nakhon Phanom			12
29	Nakhon Ratchasima			32
30	Nakhon Sawan			15
31	Nakhon Si Thammarat			23
32	Nan			15
33	Narathiwat			13
34	Nong Bua Lamphu			6
35	Nong Khai			9
36	Nonthaburi			6
37	Pathum Thani			7
38	Pattani			12
39	Phang Nga			8
40	Phatthalung			11
41	Phayao			9
42	Phetchabun			11
43	Phetchaburi			8
44	Phichit			12
45	Phitsanulok			9
46	Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya			16
47	Phrae			8
48	Phuket			3
49	Prachinburi			9
50	Prachuap Khiri Khan			8
51	Ranong			5
52	Ratchaburi			10
53	Rayong			8
54	Roi Et			20
55	Sa Kaeo			9
56	Sakon Nakhon			18
57	Samut Prakan			6
58	Samut Sakhon			3
59	Samut Songkhram			3
60	Saraburi			13
61	Satun			7
62	Sing Buri			6
63	Sisaket			22
64	Songkhla			16
65	Sukhothai			9
66	Suphan Buri			10
67	Surat Thani			19
68	Surin			17
69	Tak			9
70	Trang			10
71	Trat			7
72	Ubon Ratchathani			25
73	Udon Thani			20
74	Uthai Thani			8
75	Uttaradit			9
76	Yala			8
77	Yasothon			9