Rattaphum 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...

) of Songkhla Province

Songkhla Province

Songkhla is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Satun, Phatthalung, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Pattani and Yala. To the south it borders Kedah and Perlis of Malaysia....

, southern 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...

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Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) Khuan Niang

Amphoe Khuan Niang

-History:The minor district was established on January 2 1985 by splitting off four tambon from Rattaphum district. It was upgraded to a full district on May 21 1990.-Geography:...

, Bang Klam

Amphoe Bang Klam

-History:The minor district was established on January 7 1986 by splitting off four tambon from Hat Yai district. It was upgraded to a full district on September 8 1995.-Geography:...

 and Hat Yai

Amphoe Hat Yai

-Geography:Neighboring districts are Khuan Kalong of Satun Province, and Rattaphum, Bang Klam, Khuan Niang, Singhanakhon, Mueang Songkhla, Na Mom, Chana, Sadao and Khlong Hoi Khong....

 of Songkhla Province, Khuan Kalong

Amphoe Khuan Kalong

-History:The minor district Khuan Kalong was established on June 1 1969 by splitting the three tambon Thung Nui, Pae-ra and Tha Phae from Mueang Satun district. It was upgraded to a full district on September 8 1976. June 1 1976 the two southwestern tambon of the district were split off to from...

 of Satun Province

Satun Province

Satun is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Trang, Phatthalung and Songkhla...

 and Pa Bon

Amphoe Pa Bon

-Geography:Neighboring districts are Tamot, Bang Kaeo and Pak Phayun of Phatthalung Province, Rattaphum of Songkhla Province, Khuan Kalong of Satun Province and Palian of Trang Province.-History:...

 of Phatthalung Province

Phatthalung Province

Phatthalung is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Nakhon Si Thammarat, Songkhla, Satun and Trang.-Geography:...

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 5 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 59 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 townships (thesaban tambon) - Kamphaeng Phet covers parts of tambon Kamphaeng Phet, and Na Si Thong covers parts of tambon Khao Phra. There are further 5 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	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.	Kamphaeng Phet	กำแพงเพชร	12	18,989
2.	Tha Chamuang	ท่าชะมวง	13	15,821
3.	Khuha Tai	คูหาใต้	14	11,561
4.	Khuan Ru	ควนรู	9	6,200
9.	Khao Phra	เขาพระ	11	15,390

Missing numbers are tambon which now form Khuan Niang district.

External links

• amphoe.com