Mueang Phatthalung is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) 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:...

, 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 south clockwise) Khao Chaison

Amphoe Khao Chaison

Khao Chaison is a district of Phatthalung Province, southern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Bang Kaeo, Tamot, Kong Ra and Mueang Phatthalung of Phatthalung Province, Krasae Sin of Songkhla Province....

, Kong Ra

Amphoe Kong Ra

-Geography:Neighboring districts are Srinagarindra, Mueang Phatthalung, Khao Chaison and Tamot of Phatthalung Province, Palian and Yan Ta Khao of Trang Province.-History:...

, Srinagarindra

Amphoe Srinagarindra

Srinagarindra is a district of Phatthalung Province, southern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Si Banphot, Khuan Khanun, Mueang Phatthalung and Kong Ra of Phattalung Province, Yan Ta Khao and Na Yong of Trang Province.-History:The minor district was established on June 26, 1996,...

, and Khuan Khanun

Amphoe Khuan Khanun

Khuan Khanun is a district of Phatthalung Province, southern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Mueang Phatthalung, Srinagarindra, Si Banphot and Pa Phayom of Phatthalung Province, Cha-uat of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, and Ranot of Songkhla Province.The Phru Khuan Khi Sian wetlands...

 of Phatthalung Province, and Ranot

Amphoe Ranot

Ranot is the northernmost district of Songkhla Province, southern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Sathing Phra, Krasae Sin of Songkhla Province, Mueang Phatthalung, Khuan Khanun of Phatthalung Province, Cha-uat and Hua Sai of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province...

 and Krasae Sin

Amphoe Krasae Sin

Krasae Sin is a district in the northern part of Songkhla Province, southern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Sathing Phra of Songkhla Province, Pak Phayun, Bang Kaeo, Khao Chaison, Mueang Phatthalung of Phatthalung Province and Ranot of Songkhla Province again.The western part of...

 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....

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The eastern part of the district is at the shore of the Thale Luang, the northern part of the Songkhla Lake

Songkhla Lake

The Songkhla lake is the largest natural lake in Thailand, located on the Malay peninsula in the southern part of the country. Covering an area of 1,040 km² it borders the provinces of Songkhla and Phatthalung. Despite being called a lake, this water surface is actually a lagoon complex...

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History

The district Klang Mueang (กลางเมือง) was one of the three original districts established in 1896. In 1917 it was renamed to Lampam (ลำปำ), following the name of the tambon containing the district administration. The administration was moved to tambon Khuha Sawan in 1924. 1938 the district was finally renamed to Mueang Phatthalung.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 14 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 144 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...

). The town (thesaban mueang) Phatthalung

Phatthalung

Phatthalung is a town in southern Thailand, capital of the Phatthalung Province.The town covers the whole tambon Khuhu Sawan, and small parts of the tambon Khao Chiak, Tha Mi Ram, Prang Mu, Lampam, Tamnan and Khuan Maphrao, all in Mueang Phatthalung district. As of 2005 it has a population of...

 covers the whole tambon Khuhu Sawan, and small parts of the tambon Khao Chiak, Tha Miram, Prang Mu, Lampam, Tamnan and Khuan Maphrao. There are further 13 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.	Khuha Sawan	คูหาสวรรค์
38,340
3.	Khao Chiak	เขาเจียก	11	3,656
4.	Tha Miram	ท่ามิหรำ	10	4,980
5.	Khok Cha-ngai	โคกชะงาย	9	5,062
6.	Na Thom	นาท่อม	8	4,386
7.	Prang Mu	ปรางหมู่	9	4,909
8.	Tha Khae	ท่าแค	12	7,512
9.	Lampam	ลำปำ	11	6,049
10.	Tamnan	ตำนาน	14	7,371
11.	Khuan Maphrao	ควนมะพร้าว	16	10,626
12.	Rom Mueang	ร่มเมือง	9	5,129
13.	Chai Buri	ชัยบุรี	13	8,285
14.	Na Not	นาโหนด	12	8,056
15.	Phaya Khan	พญาขัน	10	5,319

Missing numbers are tambon which now form Srinagarindra district.