Amphoe Pho Thale
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Pho Thale 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 the southwestern part of Phichit Province, northern Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the northwest clockwise) Bueng Na Rang, Taphan Hin
Amphoe Taphan Hin
Taphan Hin is a district in the central part of Phichit Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Thap Khlo, Bang Mun Nak, Pho Thale, Bueng Na Rang, Pho Prathap Chang, Mueang Pichit and Wang Sai Phun of Phichit Province.-History:The minor district Taphan Hin was created...

, Bang Mun Nak
Amphoe Bang Mun Nak
Bang Mun Nak is a district in the southern part of Phichit Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Pho Thale, Taphan Hin, Thap Khlo, Dong Charoen of Phichit Province, Nong Bua and Chum Saeng of Nakhon Sawan Province.-Administration:The district is subdivided into 10...

 of Phichit Province, Chum Saeng
Amphoe Chum Saeng
Chum Saeng is a district in Nakhon Sawan Province, northern Thailand.-History:Chum Saeng is an old district of Nakhon Sawan. The government separated some part of Mueang district to establish Tambon Koei Chai. In 1903, the Interior ministry upgraded the tambon to be Amphoe Phan Lan, named after...

, Kao Liao
Amphoe Kao Liao
Kao Liao is a district of Nakhon Sawan Province, northern Thailand.-History:The minor district was created on October 1 1969, when five tambon were split off from Banphot Phisai district...

 and Banphot Phisai
Amphoe Banphot Phisai
Banphot Phisai is the northernmost district of Nakhon Sawan Province, northern Thailand.-History:At first, the central tambon was Tambon Ta Sang...

 of Nakhon Sawan Province
Nakhon Sawan Province
Nakhon Sawan is one of the provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Kamphaeng Phet, Phichit, Phetchabun, Lop Buri, Sing Buri, Chai Nat, Uthai Thani and Tak.- Etymology :...

.

History

In 1939, the district office was moved from Bang Khlan subdistrict to Ban Tan subdistrict. Later the same year, the district was renamed from Bang Khlan to Pho Thale, and the subdistrict Ban Tan also to Pho Thale.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 11 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 98 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) - Pho Thale covers parts of tambon Pho Thale, and Tha Sao parts of tambon Tha Sao and Tha Khamin. There are further 11 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
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. Pho Thale โพทะเล 9 7,558
2. Thai Nam ท้ายน้ำ 11 5,786
3. Thanong ทะนง 11 7,863
4. Tha Bua ท่าบัว 13 7,033
5. Thung Noi ทุ่งน้อย 7 3,722
6. Tha Khamin ท่าขมิ้น 12 5,607
7. Tha Sao ท่าเสา 9 6,052
8. Bang Khlan บางคลาน 6 3,918
11. Tha Nang ท่านั่ง 6 3,889
12. Ban Noi บ้านน้อย 6 3,876
13. Wat Khwang วัดขวาง 8 5,477

Missing numbers are tambon which now form Bueng Narang district.

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