Mueang Phitsanulok district explained

Official Name:Mueang Phitsanulok
Native Name:เมืองพิษณุโลก
Native Name Lang:th
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Thailand
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Phitsanulok
Subdivision Type2:Seat
Subdivision Name2:Nai Mueang
Established Title:District established
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:777
Population As Of:2022
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:281,929
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:Postal code
Blank Info Sec1:65000
Blank Name Sec2:Geocode
Blank Info Sec2:6501
Timezone:ICT
Utc Offset:+7
Coordinates:16.8247°N 100.2594°W

Mueang Phitsanulok (th|เมืองพิษณุโลก, pronounced as /th/) is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Phitsanulok province, lower northern region of Thailand.

History

See main article: History of Phitsanulok Province. Mueang Phitsanulok was the first class city in the northern part of Ayutthaya kingdom until the end of the kingdom in 1767. Also in the reign of King Taksin the Great, Phitsanulok was the first class city. In the Thesaphiban administrative reforms of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) the city became the center of monthon Phitsanulok. Also during these reforms the district was created in 1898. Luang Udom Khet Borihan became the first district head officer.

Geography

Location

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Phrom Phiram, Wat Bot, Wang Thong, Bang Krathum and Bang Rakam of Phitsanulok province.[3]

Topography

Mueang Phitsanulok lies within the Nan Basin, although the district's western border with Bang Rakam district is essentially the boundary between the Nan Basin and the Yom Basin as well. The distinction between the basins is blurry in this region, as the terrain is flat, and residents have diverted much of the water flow for agriculture over the years. Both basins are part of the Chao Phraya Watershed. The important water resource is the Nan River, and the Khwae Noi River also flows through the district.[4]

Nature

Forest area is 53km2, approximately 6.8 percent of the total area of the district.[5] Not to far away is Thung Salaeng Luang National Park, 1262km2.

Religion

As of 2019 the population of Mueang Phitsanulok district was 95 percent Buddhist with some active 83 Buddhist temples (Wats) and 26 samnak song (houses of monks that are not officially registered).[6]
There are 11 Christian churches in Mueang Phitsanulok District and muslims have their Masjid Abubak Pakistan mosque.

Administration

Provincial government

The district is divided into 20 subdistricts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 173 villages (mubans).[2]

 SubdistrictPopulationVillages
1Nai Mueang62,584-
2Aranyik29,77610
3Hua Ro25,86312
4Bueng Phra19,07410
5Samo Khae15,8218
6Tha Pho15,64811
7Tha Thong14,27011
8Don Thong13,40114
9Ban Khlong13,1865
10Ban Krang12,80012
 SubdistrictPopulationVillages
11Wat Chan9,1716
12Wat Phrik8,53312
13Phlai Chumphon7,7685
14Ban Pa5,79210
15Makham Sung5,70910
16Pak Thok4,9457
17Wang Nam Khu4,5028
18Phai Kho Don4,0836
19Chom Thong3,9959
20Ngio Ngam3,5497
Total population280,020173

Local government

Phitsanulok is a city municipality (thesaban nakhon) which covers tambon Nai Mueang. Aranyik is a town municipality (thesaban mueang). Hua Ro, Tha Thong, Ban Khlong, Phlai Chumphon and Ban Mai are subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon). Ban Mai has not covered parts of tambons Wang Nam Khu and Wat Phrik since 1999. There are further 14 Subdistrict Administrative Organisations - SAO (ongkan borihan suan tambon).[2]

Phitsanulok city municipality[7] 62,584
Aranyik town municipality[8] 29,776
Subdistrict municipalitiesPopulation
Hua Ro subdistrict municipality[9] 25,863
Tha Thong subdistrict municipality[10] 14,270
Ban Khlong subdistrict municipality[11] 13,186
Phlai Chumphon subdistrict mun.[12]   7,768
Ban Mai subdistrict municipalityPopulation
Khet 1   853
Khet 21,056
Total population1,909
Subdistrict Adm. Org. - SAOPopulation
Bueng Phra SAO[13] 19,074
Samo Khae SAO[14] 15,821
Tha Pho SAO[15] 15,648
Don Thong SAO[16] 13,401
Ban Krang SAO12,800
Wat Chan SAO[17]   9,171
Wat Phrik SAO  8,533
Subdistrict Adm. Org. - SAOPopulation
Ban Pa SAO5,792
Makham Sung SAO[18] 5,709
Pak Thok SAO4,945
Wang Nam Khu SAO[19] 4,502
Phai Kho Don SAO4,083
Chom Thong SAO3,995
Ngio Ngam SAO3,549
MunicipalityCommunitiesGroups
Phitsanulok city mun.644
Ban Mai subdistrict mun.5-

Demography

Population

Mueang Phitsanulok district is with 281,929 people the most densely populated district of Phitsanulok Province. The other eight districts have a total population of 276,936 people.

Urban area

Urban population in Mueang Phitsanulok district is 158,534 people (54.4 percent). The urban area around the city of Phitsanulok has 156,547 people and around Ban Mai is this 1,987 people; 54.4 percent of the people in the district live in a municipal area, 132,277 people (45.6 percent) live in a non-municipal area.

Economy

Mueang Phitsanulok district is the shopping and service center of Phitsanulok Province.

Department stores

Service Facilities

Agriculture

Four main crops

Fruit trees and tree crops

Vegetable crops

Livestock farming

Livestock farming produced commodities from chicken 597,497; duck 101,252; swine 16,732; cattle 3,540; buffalo 1,736; goat 2,446 and goose 141.[23]

Fishery

Total catch from freshwater aquaculture was 1,144 ton, or 9.4 percent of 12,169 ton from Phitsanulok Province.[23]

Education

Mueang Phitsanulok district is the educational center of Phitsanulok Province. There are many educational institutions at all levels, from kindergarten to university level, both government and private.[25]

Higher education

There are six higher education institutes in or around the district with 38,553 students:

Vocational education

Secondary education

Primary education

Healthcare

Government hospitals

There are four government hospitals in Mueang Phitsanulok District.[27]

Private hospitals

Five private hospitals are in Mueang Phitsanulok District with total 400 beds:

Health promoting hospitals

There are 24 health promoting hospitals in Mueang Phitsanulok District.

Infrastructure

Roads

Road 126, a multi-lane by-pass enables through-traffic to avoid the city of Phitsanulok, and connects to highway 11 to Uttaradit and Lampang in the north, and to highway 12 to Phetchabun in the east, and to highway 11 to Sing Buri in the south, and to highway 117 to Nakhon Sawan in the south, and to highway 12 to Sukhothai, Tak and Mae Sot in the west.

Buses

Phitsanulok Terminal 1 (Saen Phon Phai) and Terminal 2 (Samo Khae) provide the mass transport throughout Phitsanulok Province by some eight bus companies. Yanyon tour operates its own private bus station (Sua Thim) with only a busline to Bangkok.

Airport

Close to the city center (Aranyik), Phitsanulok Airport receives up to six flights a day from Bangkok (flight time approximately 60 minutes), which are operated by three airlines: Nok Air, Thai Air Asia and Thai Lion Air.

Railway

In the city center, Phitsanulok railway station mainly receives intercity trains on the Northern Line, operated by State Railway of Thailand, more than a dozen trains running in each direction each day.

Radio

There are eight radio stations in the district:[28]

Flooding

In 2006, there were reported cases of leptospirosis among residents of Mueang Phitsanulok, contracted from standing water.[29]

External links

Notes and References

  1. 5 October 2020 . บรรยายสรุปอำเภอเมืองพิษณุโลก . Mueang Phitsanulok Briefing . th . 4 . Mueang Phitsanulok Administrative Office.
  2. Web site: Official statistics registration systems . Department of Provincial Administration . 6 June 2023 ., year 2022 >village level >ExcelFile >no.65010100-65012000 >Excel line 8263-8279 >8354 >8360 >8394 >8398.
  3. 5 October 2020 . บรรยายสรุปอำเภอเมืองพิษณุโลก . Mueang Phitsanulok Briefing . th . 3 . Location and territory . Mueang Phitsanulok Administrative Office.
  4. 5 October 2020 . บรรยายสรุปอำเภอเมืองพิษณุโลก . Mueang Phitsanulok Briefing . th . 3 . Terrain characteristics . Mueang Phitsanulok Administrative Office.
  5. 5 October 2020 . บรรยายสรุปอำเภอเมืองพิษณุโลก . Mueang Phitsanulok Briefing . th . 3 . The national and surrounded . Mueang Phitsanulok Administrative Office.
  6. Phitsanulok Provincial Statistical Report 2562-2019 . Phitsanulok Provincial Statistical Office . 2020 . 1905-8314 . National Statistical Office (NSO) . 51.
  7. 8 March 1999 . พระราชกฤษฎีกา จัดตั้งเทศบาลนครพิษญโลก จังหวัดพิษญโลก พ.ศ.๒๕๔๒ . Royal Decree Establish of Thesaban Nakhon Phitsanulok Changwat Phitsanulok B.E.2542 (1999) . https://web.archive.org/web/20111110202345/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2542/A/014/5.PDF . dead . November 10, 2011 . 21 December 2019 . Royal Thai Government Gazette . 116 . 14 Kor . 5–10.
  8. Web site: Number of local government organizations: Summary elevating local authorities. . 13 March 2012 . dla.go.th . Department of Local Administration (DLA) . 16 November 2020 . No.3.3 Established Aranyik Subdistrict Administrative Organization (SAO), Mueang district, Phitsanulok province is Aranyik town municipality, effectively 1 May 2012..
  9. Web site: ประวัติเทศบาลดำบลหัวรอ . th . History of the municipality Hua Ro . 2020 . houraw.go.th . 10 October 2020 . Announcement of Ministry of Interior, dated 20 September 2011, Hua Ro subdistrict administration (SAO), Mueang district, Phitsanulok province is Hua Ro subdistrict municipality on 30 September 2011..
  10. Web site: ประวัติหน่วยงาน . th . History of the agency . 2020 . thathong-pilok.go.th . 16 November 2020 . Announcement of Ministry of Interior, dated 29 June 2012, Tha Thong Subdistrict Administration Organization (SAO), Mueang district, Phitsanulok province is Tha Thong subdistrict minicipality on 24 August 2012..
  11. Web site: Number of local government organizations: Summary elevating local authorities. . 15 August 2012 . dla.go.th . Department of Local Administration (DLA) . 28 October 2020 . No.4.95 Established Ban Khlong Subdistrict Administrative Organization (SAO), Mueang district, Phitsanulok province is Ban Khlong subdistrict municipality, effectively 24 August 2012..
  12. [:File:Basic Phlai Chumphon.pdf|Basic information Phlai Chumphon subdistrict municipality, pages 1-5, retrieved 14 September 2020, because website has a Thai domain name and is not accessible outside Thailand, Established as Phlai Chumphon Subdistrict Administration Organization (SAO) on 30 March 1996, promoted to Phlai Chumphon subdistrict municipality on 30 June 2008.]
  13. Web site: ประวัติหน่วยงาน . th . History of the agency . 2020 . buengphra.go.th . 16 November 2020 . Announced in the Royal Thai Government Gazette, General issue, volume 113, Section 9 Nd, dated 30 January 1996, establishment of Bueng Phra Subdistrict Administration Organization (SAO), Mueang district, Phitsanulok province..
  14. Web site: ประวัติความเป็นมา . th . History . 2020 . samokhae.go.th . 10 October 2020 . Announcement Ministry of Interior, dated 19 January 1916, Establishment of Samo Khae Subdistrict Administrative Organization (SAO), Mueang district, Phitsanulok province effective on 30 March 1996..
  15. Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA), List of 5,324 SAO's information as of date 20 December 2019, Six Subdistrict Administrative Organizations (SAO) were established in 1996, no.2687 Tha Pho SAO, no.2688 Ban Krang SAO, no.2689 Ban Pa SAO, no.2691 Pak Thok SAO, no.2692 Phai Kho Don SAO and no.2696 Wat Phrik SAO.
  16. Web site: ประวัติหน่วยงาน . th . History of the agency . 2020 . donthongsao.go.th . 16 November 2020 . Announcement of Ministry of Interior, date 19 January 1996, Royal Thai Government Gazette, volume 113, Section 9 Ngor, Establishment of Don Thong Subdistrict Administration Organization (SAO), Mueang district, Phitsanulok province, date 1 March 1996..
  17. Web site: เขตการปกครอง . th . Administrative area . 2020 . wadchan.go.th . 10 October 2020 . Royal Thai Government Gazette, volume 113, Section 9D, Establishment of Wat Chan Subdistrict Administrative Organization (SAO), Mueang district, Phitsanulok province, date 30 January 1996..
  18. Web site: ประวัติหน่วยงาน . th . History of the agency . 2020 . makhaksoong.go.th . 16 November 2020 . Makham Sung Subdistrict Administrative Organization (SAO), according to the Ministry of Interior's announcement dated 19 January 1996..
  19. Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA), List of 5,324 SAO's information as of date 20 December 2019, Three Subdistrict Administrative Organizations (SAO) were established in 1997, no.2684 Ngio Ngam SAO, no.2685 Chom Thong SAO and no.2694 Wang Nam Khu SAO.
  20. 5 October 2020 . บรรยายสรุปอำเภอเมืองพิษณุโลก . Mueang Phitsanulok Briefing . th . 7 . 4.2 . Mueang Phitsanulok Administrative Office.
  21. 5 October 2020 . บรรยายสรุปอำเภอเมืองพิษณุโลก . Mueang Phitsanulok Briefing . th . 7 . 4.4 . Mueang Phitsanulok Administrative Office.
  22. 5 October 2020 . บรรยายสรุปอำเภอเมืองพิษณุโลก . Mueang Phitsanulok Briefing . th . 8 . 4.6.5 . Mueang Phitsanulok Administrative Office.
  23. Phitsanulok Provincial Statistical Report 2562-2019: Agriculture and Fishery Statistics . Phitsanulok Provincial Statistical Office . 2020 . 1905-8314 . National Statistical Office (NSO).
  24. 5 October 2020 . บรรยายสรุปอำเภอเมืองพิษณุโลก . Mueang Phitsanulok Briefing . th . 7 . 4.1 Career . Mueang Phitsanulok Administrative Office.
  25. Phitsanulok Provincial Statistical Report 2562-2019: Education Statistics . Phitsanulok Provincial Statistical Office . 2020 . 1905-8314 . National Statistical Office (NSO) . 33–45.
  26. Phitsanulok Provincial Statistical Report 2562-2019: Education Statistics . Phitsanulok Provincial Statistical Office . 2020 . 1905-8314 . National Statistical Office (NSO) . 45.
  27. Phitsanulok Provincial Statistical Report 2562-2019: Health Statistics . Phitsanulok Provincial Statistical Office . 2020 . 1905-8314 . National Statistical Office (NSO) . 59–60.
  28. http://www.asiawaves.net/thailand/phitsanulok-radio.htm Radio Stations in Phitsanulok Province, Thailand
  29. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=82884 Leptospirosis kills 31 in past eight months

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