- Mueang Nakhon Si Thammarat District
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Muang Nakhon Si Thammarat
เมืองนครศรีธรรมราช— Amphoe — Amphoe location in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province Coordinates: 8°25′12″N 99°57′48″E / 8.42°N 99.96333°ECoordinates: 8°25′12″N 99°57′48″E / 8.42°N 99.96333°E Country Thailand Province Nakhon Si Thammarat Seat Nai Mueang Tambon Muban Amphoe established Area - Total 617.4 km2 (238.4 sq mi) Population (2005) - Total 264,899 - Density 429.1/km2 (1,111.4/sq mi) Time zone THA (UTC+7) Postal code 80000 Geocode 8001 Nakhon Si Thammarat (Thai: นครศรีธรรมราช) is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province in southern Thailand.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the southeast clockwise) Pak Phanang, Chaloem Phra Kiat, Phra Phrom, Lan Saka, Phrom Khiri and Tha Sala. To the east is the Gulf of Thailand.
Administration
The district is subdivided into 16 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 114 villages (muban).
No. Name Thai name Villages Inh. 1. Nai Mueang ในเมือง - 46,364 2. Tha Wang ท่าวัง - 17,234 3. Khlang คลัง - 18,638 6. Tha Rai ท่าไร่ 6 8,437 7. Pak Nakhon ปากนคร 6 12,501 8. Na Sai นาทราย 6 6,124 12. Kamphaeng Sao กำแพงเซา 9 9,784 13. Chaiyamontri ไชยมนตรี 5 6,460 14. Mamuang Song Ton มะม่วงสองต้น 6 4,422 15. Na Khian นาเคียน 8 12,506 16. Tha Ngio ท่างิ้ว 9 10,425 18. Pho Sadet โพธิ์เสด็จ 9 31,709 19. Bang Chak บางจาก 11 11,521 20. Pak Phun ปากพูน 12 36,063 21. Tha Sak ท่าซัก 9 9,743 22. Tha Ruea ท่าเรือ 18 22,968 The missing numbers 9-11 and 17 belong to communes which were split off in 1994 to form the district Phra Phrom.
Nakhon Si Thammarat itself has city status (thesaban nakhon) and covers the tambon Nai Mueang, Tha Wang, Khlang, and parts of Na Khian and Pho Sadet. There are further three townships (thesaban tambon) - Bang Chak each covering parts of the same-named tambon, Tha Phae covering parts of tambon Pak Phun, and Pak Nakhon covering parts of the tambon Tha Rai and Pak Nakhon. There are also 13 tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
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