Khlong Thom is a district (amphoe

Amphoe

An amphoe is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as district, amphoe make up the provinces, and are analogous to a county seat...

) in Krabi Province

Krabi Province

Krabi is one of the southern provinces of Thailand, at the shore of the Andaman Sea. Neighbouring provinces are Phang Nga, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Trang. The Phuket province to the west is also neighbouring, but without any land boundary...

, Thailand

Thailand

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Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Ko Lanta, Nuea Khlong

Amphoe Nuea Khlong

-History:The minor district was created on April 1 1992 by splitting off 8 tambon from Mueang Krabi district. It was upgraded to a full district on December 5 1996.-Geography:...

, Khao Phanom

Amphoe Khao Phanom

-History:The minor district was created on December 1 1967 by adding together the tambon Khao Phanom, Khao Din and 2 villages of Khok Yang of Mueang Krabi district and tambon Sin Pun from Khlong Thom...

 and Lam Thap

Amphoe Lam Thap

-History:The minor district Lam Thap was established on June 30 1984, when the two tambon Lam Thap and Din Udom were split off from Khlong Thom district...

 of Krabi Province, and Wang Wiset

Amphoe Wang Wiset

-History:The minor district Wang Wiset was established on July 15 1981 by splitting off five tambon from Sikao district. The first temporary district office within the temple Rat Rangsan was opened on November 2 1981.It was upgraded to a full district on May 21 1990.-Geography:Neighboring...

 and Sikao

Amphoe Sikao

Sikao is a district in the northwestern part of Trang Province, Thailand.-History:Sikao district was established in 1887. The present district office was officially opened March 1, 1987...

 of Trang Province

Trang Province

Trang is one of the southern provinces of Thailand, at the western shore of the Malay Peninsula to the Andaman Sea. Neighboring provinces are Krabi, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung and Satun....

. To the southwest is the Andaman Sea

Andaman Sea

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 7 subdistricts (tambon

Tambon

Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , 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...

), which are further subdivided into 67 villages (muban

Muban

Muban is the lowest administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as village, they are the subdivision of tambon. As of 2008, there are 74944 administrative villages in Thailand. As of the 1990 census, the average village consisted of 144 households or 746 persons.A muban does not...

). There are two subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon) - Khlong Thom Tai and Khlong Phon, each covering parts of the same-named tambon. Each tambon has a Tambon administrative organization (TAO), responsible for the area not belonging to any of the municipalities.

No.	Name	Thai	Villages	Inh. Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
1.	Khlong Thom Tai	คลองท่อมใต้	9	11,686
2.	Khlong Thom Nuea	คลองท่อมเหนือ	8	5,877
3.	Khlong Phon	คลองพน	14	18,384
4.	Sai Khao	ทรายขาว	7	10,092
5.	Huai Nam Khao	ห้วยน้ำขาว	10	8,636
6.	Phru Din Na	พรุดินนา	10	9,833
7.	Phela	เพหลา	9	5,829

External links

• amphoe.com (Thai)