Amphoe Si Banphot
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Si Banphot 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...

) 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...

. It may also be spelled Sri Banphot.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Pa Phayom
Amphoe Pa Phayom
Pa Phayom is the northernmost district of Phatthalung Province, southern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Khuan Khanun, Si Banphot of Phattalung Province, Huai Yot of Trang Province and Cha-uat of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province.-History:The minor district was established on January...

, 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...

 and 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,...

 of Phatthalung Province, Na Yong
Amphoe Na Yong
-History:The minor district Na Yong was established on April 1 1990 by splitting off 6 tambon from Mueang Trang district. It was upgraded to a full district on November 4 1993.-Geography:...

, Mueang Trang
Amphoe Mueang Trang
Mueang Trang Mueang Trang Mueang Trang ( , also Mueang Thap Thiang ( ) is the capital district ( Amphoe Mueang ) of Trang Province, Thailand. The city (thesaban nakhon) has a population of 59,637 (2005) and covers the whole tambon Thap Thiang of Mueang Trang district....

 and Huai Yot
Amphoe Huai Yot
Huai Yot is a district in the northern part of Trang Province, Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Ratsada of Trang Province, Thung Song of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Pa Phayom, Si Banphot of Phatthalung Province, Mueang Trang, Wang Wiset of Trang Province again and Bang Khan of...

 of Trang Province
Trang Province
Trang is one of the southern provinces of Thailand, at the western shore of the Malay Peninsula to the Andaman Sea. Neighboring provinces are Krabi, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung and Satun....

.

History

The minor district was established on December 1 1977, when three tambon were split off from Khuan Khanun district
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...

. It was upgraded to a full district on November 4 1993.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 3 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 30 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 no municipal (thesaban
Thesaban
Thesaban are the municipalities in Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities - city, town and subdistrict municipality. Both Bangkok and Pattaya are special municipal entities outside the thesaban system....

) areas, and 3 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. Khao Ya เขาย่า 10 6,262
2. Khao Pu เขาปู่ 11 5,260
3. Taphaen ตะแพน 9 4,943

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