Taphan Hin 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 central 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 east clockwise) Thap Khlo, 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...

, Pho Thale

Amphoe Pho Thale

Pho Thale is a district in the southwestern part of Phichit Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Bueng Na Rang, Taphan Hin, Bang Mun Nak of Phichit Province, Chum Saeng, Kao Liao and Banphot Phisai of Nakhon Sawan Province.-History:In 1939, the district office was...

, Bueng Na Rang, Pho Prathap Chang

Amphoe Pho Prathap Chang

Pho Prathap Chang is a district in the western part of Phichit Province, northern Thailand.-History:The government split off some part of Mueang Phichit and Pho Thale districts and formed the new Pho Prathap Chang minor district on June 24, 1967...

, Mueang Pichit

Amphoe Mueang Phichit

Mueang Phichit is the capital district of Phichit Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Sak Lek, Wang Sai Phun, Taphan Hin, Pho Prathap Chang, Sam Ngam of Phichit Province and Bang Krathum of Phitsanulok Province.-History:1917 the district was renamed from Mueang to...

 and Wang Sai Phun

Amphoe Wang Sai Phun

Wang Sai Phun is a district in the eastern part of Phichit Province, northern Thailand.-History:Tambon Wang Sai Phun, Nong Phra and Nong Pla Lai were separated from Mueang Phichit district and made up the new minor district Wang Sai Phun on August 1 1975. It was upgraded to a full district on...

 of Phichit Province.

History

The minor district (King Amphoe) Taphan Hin was created in 1937 as a subordinate of Mueang Phichit district by putting together the subdistricts Huai Ket from Mueang district, Thap Khlo and Khlong Khun from Bang Mun Nak district and Wang Samrong from Pho Thale district. It was upgraded to a full district in 1940.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 13 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 97 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) Taphan Hin covers the whole tambon Taphan Hin. There are further 13 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai	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.	Taphan Hin	ตะพานหิน
16,388
2.	Ngio Rai	งิ้วราย	8	6,369
3.	Huai Ket	ห้วยเกตุ	11	5,596
4.	Sai Rong Khon	ไทรโรงโขน	4	1,465
5.	Nong Phayom	หนองพยอม	12	7,147
6.	Thung Pho	ทุ่งโพธิ์	7	2,062
7.	Dong Takhop	ดงตะขบ	10	3,499
8.	Khlong Khun	คลองคูณ	7	4,142
9.	Wang Samrong	วังสำโรง	7	5,977
10.	Wang Wa	วังหว้า	8	3,912
11.	Wang Lum	วังหลุม	10	7,203
12.	Thap Man	ทับหมัน	6	4,142
13.	Phai Luang	ไผ่หลวง	7	2,671

External links

• amphoe.com (Thai)