Thailand Changwats

 

The Kingdom of Thailand has four regions. These four regions generally are named as the North (west), Northeast (ISAN), Central, and South.  Some of the seventy-six changwats (provinces or states) associated with each region are listed below:

North Thailand

• Chiang Mai
• Chiang Rai
• Phitsanulok
• Tak

Northeast Thailand (ISAN)

• Khon Kaen
• Nakhon Phanom
• Nakhon Ratchasima
• Ubon Ratchathani
• Udon Thani

Central Thailand

• Chon Buri (Pattaya)
• Kanchanaburi
• Lop Buri
• Nakhon Nayok
• Phetchaburi
• Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
• Rayong
• Trat

South Thailand

•   Nakhon Si Thammarat
•    Narathiwat
•    Phuket                                                 
•    Songkhla
•    Surat Thani

The three largest changwats are:                                                  

Nakhon Ratchasima     20,493,96 sq. km.
Chiang Mai                 20,107,06 sq. km.
Kanchanaburi              19,483,15 sq. km.

An example of a changwat structure is Kanchanaburi. It has 11
amphoes (districts) and 2 king-amphoes (sub-districts).

Other government units are:

• Tambons (communes)
• Moobans (villages)
• Tesabans (municipalities)
• Sukhaphibans (sanitation districts)

 

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