Amphoe Tha Bo
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Tha Bo 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 western part of Nong Khai Province
Nong Khai Province
Nong Khai is the northernmost of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Bueng Kan, Sakon Nakhon, Udon Thani and Loei...

, northeastern 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) Mueang Nong Khai
Amphoe Mueang Nong Khai
Mueang Nong Khai is the capital district of Nong Khai Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Phon Phisai of Nong Khai Province, Phen of Udon Thani Province, Sa Khrai and Tha Bo of Nong Khai Province again...

, Sa Khrai
Amphoe Sakhrai
Sakhrai is a district of Nong Khai Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The minor district was split off from Mueang Nong Khai district on April 30 1994....

 of Nong Khai Province, Ban Phue
Amphoe Ban Phue
Ban Phue is a district in the northwestern part of Udon Thani Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Sangkhom, Pho Tak, Tha Bo and Sakhrai of Nong Khai Province, Phen, Mueang Udon Thani and Kut Chap of Udon Thani Province, Suwannakhuha of Nongbua Lamphu Province,...

 of Udon Thani Province
Udon Thani Province
Udon Thani is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Nong Khai, Sakon Nakhon, Kalasin, Khon Kaen, Nong Bua Lamphu and Loei.- Geography :...

, Pho Tak
Amphoe Pho Tak
Pho Tak is a district of Nong Khai Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Sangkhom, Si Chiang Mai and Tha Bo of Nong Khai Province, and Ban Phue of Udon Thani Province.-History:...

 and Si Chiang Mai
Amphoe Si Chiang Mai
Si Chiang Mai is a district in the western part of Nong Khai Province, northeastern Thailand. It may also be spelled Sri Chiang Mai.-History:...

 of Nong Khai Province again. To the northeast across the Mekong
Mekong
The Mekong is a river that runs through China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. It is the world's 10th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of , discharging of water annually....

 river is the Laotian
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...

 province Vientiane Prefecture.

History

The district goes back to the Mueang
Mueang
Mueang were historical semi-independent city-states or principalities in present-day Thailand, Laos, parts of northern Vietnam and the Shan State of Myanmar. Smaller Mueang were subordinate to more powerful neighboring Mueang, which in turn were subordinate to the central king, as described in...

Tha Bo established in 1897, with Phra Kupradit Padi (พระกุประดิษฐ์บดี) as the first governor (Chao Mueang).

Administration

The district is subdivided into 10 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 townships (thesaban tambon) - Tha Bo covers parts of the tambon Tha Bo and Nam Mong, and Phon Sa covers parts of the tambon Phon Sa. There are further 10 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. Tha Bo ท่าบ่อ 13 20,872
2. Nam Mong น้ำโมง 13 9,483
3. Kong Nang กองนาง 13 9,385
4. Khok Khon โคกคอน 7 6,007
5. Ban Duea บ้านเดื่อ 9 7,608
6. Ban Thon บ้านถ่อน 8 6,461
7. Ban Wan บ้านว่าน 8 7,330
8. Na Kha นาข่า 8 4,482
9. Phon Sa โพนสา 10 7,193
10. Nong Nang หนองนาง 9 5,887
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