Official Name: | Mueang Phichit |
Native Name: | เมืองพิจิตร |
Native Name Lang: | th |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Thailand |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Phichit |
Subdivision Type2: | Seat |
Subdivision Name2: | Nai Mueang |
Population Total: | 112779 |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Postal code |
Blank Info Sec1: | 66000 |
Blank Name Sec2: | Geocode |
Blank Info Sec2: | 6601 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Coordinates: | 16.4383°N 100.35°W |
Mueang Phichit (in Thai pronounced as /mɯ̄a̯ŋ pʰí(ʔ).t͡ɕìt/) is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Phichit province, central Thailand.
In 1917 the district's name was changed from Mueang to Tha Luang (ท่าหลวง).[1] In 1938 it was renamed Mueang Phichit.[2]
The district is divided into 16 sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 134 villages (mubans). The town (thesaban mueang) Phichit covers tambon Nai Mueang. There are three more sub-district municipalities (thesaban tambons). Tha Lo and Hua Dong each cover parts of their tambons, and Wang Krot parts of tambon Ban Bung. There are a further 15 tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
No. | Name | Thai | Villages | Pop.[3] | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Nai Mueang | ในเมือง | - | 23,521 | |
2. | Phai Khwang | ไผ่ขวาง | 8 | 3,727 | |
3. | Yan Yao | ย่านยาว | 10 | 6,048 | |
4. | Tha Lo | ท่าฬ่อ | 7 | 5,582 | |
5. | Pak Thang | ปากทาง | 9 | 5,945 | |
6. | Khlong Khachen | คลองคะเชนทร์ | 10 | 8,480 | |
7. | Rong Chang | โรงช้าง | 7 | 5,800 | |
8. | Mueang Kao | เมืองเก่า | 9 | 5,876 | |
9. | Tha Luang | ท่าหลวง | 10 | 6,355 | |
10. | Ban Bung | บ้านบุ่ง | 7 | 7,462 | |
11. | Kha Mang | ฆะมัง | 12 | 6,368 | |
12. | Dong Pa Kham | ดงป่าคำ | 9 | 4,930 | |
13. | Hua Dong | หัวดง | 9 | 7,044 | |
15. | Pa Makhap | ป่ามะคาบ | 14 | 8,518 | |
19. | Sai Kham Ho | สายคำโห้ | 5 | 2,579 | |
20. | Dong Klang | ดงกลาง | 9 | 4,544 |