Mueang Kamphaeng Phet District
Amphoe Mueang Kamphaeng Phet ( Thai: อำเภอ เมือง กำแพงเพชร ) is a district ( Amphoe - administrative district ) in the province of Kamphaeng Phet. The Kamphaeng Phet province is located in the central region of Thailand. The capital of the county is called Kamphaeng Phet.
Geography
Neighboring districts ( from north-west clockwise): the Amphoe Nakhon Kosamphi, Phran Kratai, Sai Ngam, Khlong Khlong Lan, cooling and and the province of Kamphaeng Phet and Amphoe Wang Chao Tak Province.
History
In 1917 the district was renamed from Mueang Mueang Kamphaeng Phet.
Education
In Amphoe Mueang Kamphaeng Phet Rajabhat University is the Kamphaeng Phet.
Management
Amphoe Mueang Kamphaeng Phet is divided into 16 communes ( tambon), which further into 214 villages ( Muban ) are divided.
The city ( Mueang thesaban ) Kamphaeng Phet ( เทศบาล เมือง กำแพงเพชร ) Tambon Nai Mueang covers the whole.
There are also five small towns ( Tambon thesaban ):
- Khlong Mae Lai ( เทศบาล ตำบล คลอง แม่ลาย ), consisting of parts of the tambon Khlong Mae Lai and Ang Thong,
- Nakhon Chum ( เทศบาล ตำบล นคร ชุม ), consisting of parts of the Tambon Nakhon Chum,
- Pak Dong ( เทศบาล ตำบล ปาก ดง ), consisting of parts of the tambon Traitrueng,
- Thep Nakhon ( เทศบาล ตำบล เทพ นคร ), consisting of the entire Tambon Thep Nakhon,
- Nikhom Thung Pho Thale ( เทศบาล ตำบล นิคม ทุ่ง โพธิ์ ทะเล ), consisting of the entire Tambon Thung Pho Thale Nikhom.
There are also 13 " Tambon Administrative Organizations" (TAO, องค์การ บริหาร ส่วน ตำบล - administrative organizations) in the district.
Note: The missing numbers refer to the Tambon from which the district Kosamphi Nakhon exists today.