Tha Chana District

Amphoe Tha Chana ( Thai: อำเภอ ท่าชนะ ) is a district ( Amphoe - administrative district ) in the north of the province of Surat Thani. The Surat Thani Province is located in the southern region of Thailand.

Geography

Adjacent Amphoe and territories ( from the south clockwise): Amphoe Chaiya in Surat Thani province and the two Amphoe Phato and Lamae in Chumphon province. The east of the county forms the coast of the Gulf of Thailand.

History

The district is already quite old. Prior to 1907, he was, at that time still under the name Prasong ( ประสงค์ ), Chaiya subordinate and was administered by Monthon Chumphon. The district administration was in today's Ban Tha Krachai. In the course of administrative reform Thesaphiban most of the tambon in 1909 directly under the administration of Chaiya, while the remaining sub-district ( King Amphoe ) Prasong was " demoted " to the Tambon status. On June 29, 1919, he was completely dissolved.

When the area well developed in the following decades, the district was initially launched on 1 January 1948 as King Amphoe back to life. The seat of the district administration was in Ban Talad Nong Wai in Tambon Tha Chana, therefore, the district was also called Tha Chana. On June 5, 1956, he got the full Amphoe status.

Etymology

The name Tha Chana 'port of Victory " and comes from the time when the Uparat ( " Second King " ) of King Phra Phutthayotfa Chulaloke ( Rama I ) Chao Phraya Maha Surasinghanat back in the south urged the Burmese invasion. When he returned victorious in 1785, he founded the temple of Wat Khotharam ( present name Wat Amphawan ), and put on two pillars, proclaiming his victory that one was built at Tambon Wang, the other at Tambon Tha Chana.

Management

Amphoe Tha Chana is divided into six subdistricts ( tambon), which in turn have together 81 municipalities ( Muban ).

Tha Chana itself ( Thai: เทศบาล ตำบล ท่าชนะ ) has a small-town status ( thesaban tambon).

Each of the tambon is a " Tambon Administrative Organization" (TAO, องค์การ บริหาร ส่วน ตำบล - Administrative organization ) managed.

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