Mueang Uttaradit district explained

Official Name:	Mueang Uttaradit
Native Name:	เมืองอุตรดิตถ์
Native Name Lang:	th
Settlement Type:	District
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Thailand
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Uttaradit
Subdivision Type2:	Seat
Subdivision Name2:	Tha It
Population Total:	151108
Population As Of:	2009
Blank Name Sec1:	Postal code
Blank Info Sec1:	53000
Blank Name Sec2:	Geocode
Blank Info Sec2:	5301
Timezone:	ICT
Utc Offset:	+7
Coordinates:	17.6258°N 100.0967°W

Mueang Uttaradit (in Thai pronounced as /mɯ̄a̯ŋ ʔùt.tā.rā.dìt/) is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Uttaradit province, northern Thailand.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) Tha Pla, Thong Saen Khan, Tron, Laplae of Uttaradit Province and Den Chai of Phrae province.

History

In 1917 the district's name was changed from "Mueang" to "Bang Pho" (บางโพ).^[1] In 1938 it was again renamed "Mueang Uttaradit".^[2]

Administration

The district is divided into 17 sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 154 villages (mubans). The town (thesaban mueang) Uttaradit covers the whole tambon Tha It. There are three more sub-district municipalities (thesaban tambon): Wang Kaphi and Ban Ko each cover the whole of their eponymous tambons, and Ban Dan Na Kham covers parts of tambon Ban Dan Na Kham. There are a further 15 tambon Administrative Organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai	Villages	Pop.^[3]
1.	Tha It	ท่าอิฐ	-	34,500
2.	Tha Sao	ท่าเสา	10	13,436
3.	Ban Ko	บ้านเกาะ	8	8,863
4.	Pa Sao	ป่าเซ่า	8	7,478
5.	Khung Taphao	คุ้งตะเภา	8	8,765
6.	Wang Kaphi	วังกะพี้	9	10,364
7.	Hat Kruat	หาดกรวด	9	7,771
8.	Nam Rit	น้ำริด	10	7,127
9.	Ngio Ngam	งิ้วงาม	15	9,040
10.	Ban Dan Na Kham	บ้านด่านนาขาม	11	10,329
11.	Ban Dan	บ้านด่าน	12	5,118
12.	Pha Chuk	ผาจุก	14	8,499
13.	Wang Din	วังดิน	11	4,664
14.	Saen To	แสนตอ	8	3,374
15.	Hat Ngio	หาดงิ้ว	10	4,979
16.	Khun Fang	ขุนฝาง	7	3,926
17.	Tham Chalong	ถ้ำฉลอง	4	2,875

Notes and References

Royal Gazette. 34. ก. 40–68. th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนชื่ออำเภอ. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2460/A/40.PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20111107143904/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2460/A/40.PDF. dead. November 7, 2011. 1917-04-29. Thai.
Royal Gazette. 55. ก. 658–666. th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนนามจังหวัด และอำเภอบางแห่ง พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๑. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2481/A/658.PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20111108064242/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2481/A/658.PDF. dead. November 8, 2011. 1938-11-14. Thai.
Web site: Population statistics 2009. Department of Provincial Administration. 2010-11-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112233/http://www.dopa.go.th/xstat/p5253_01.html. 2016-03-04. dead.