Tambon (Thai: ตำบล, ) is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district (amphoe) and province (changwat), they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2009 there are 7255 tambon, not including the 169 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains 8-10 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 a subdistrict acting as a branch (Thai: king) of the parent district. Tambon are further subdivided into 69,307 villages (muban), about 10 per tambon. Tambon within cities or towns have no subdivision into villages, but into communities (chumchon).
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... The district is subdivided into 8 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 91 villages (muban) ... Somdet is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of the tambon Somdet ... There are further 8 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO) ...
... It covers an area of 530 km², covering area of the tambon Chiao Liang, Ban Na and Bang Hin of Kapoe district, Nakha and Kam Phuan of Suk Samran, as well as tambon Khao Pang of Ban Ta ... In 50 ... km² of tambon Khao Pang were added to the reserve ...
... The district is subdivided into 7 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 79 villages (muban) ... Amnat is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of the tambon Amnat ... There are further 7 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO) ...
... The district is subdivided into 4 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 24 villages (muban) ... Khok Pip is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambon Khok Pip ... There are further 3 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO) ...
... In 1999, Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra started a project in which every tambon should select a typical local product ...