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Thailand is divided into 75 provinces (จ ั ง ห ว ั ด, "changvat") and one municipality, the country's capital Bangkok ( "krung thep ty nakhon" (Krung Thep Maha Nakhon) in Thai). Some Thais still feel Bangkok separate province, which he chaired until 1972, which had been the country with 76 provinces. Each province is divided into districts, as of 2006 there are 796 districts (อ ำ เ อ ภ, "amfoe" (amphoe)), 81 subdistricts (ก ิ ่ ง อ ำ เ อ ภ, "King amfoe" (king amphoe)), and 50 urban areas of Bangkok (เ ข ต, khet (khet)).
In each province there is one central region (อ ำ ภ เ อ เ ม ื อ ง, "amfoe myueang" (amphoe mueang), for example, in Chiang Mai is a "Amfoe Myueang Chiang Mai" (Amphoe Mueang Chiang Mai). The exception is Ayutthayya (Ayutthaya) where Province and the central region has been completely called "Fra Nakhon Si Ayutthayya" (Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya). Los Angeles, California sometimes is jokingly called "outstanding province, Thailand, as the city is home to some 200,000 Thais. In Bangkok suburbs called khet (เ ข ต), which are further divided into kvaengi (แ ข ว ง) roughly similar tambonam (communities or sub-areas) in other provinces. Tambon further divided into mubany (ห ม ู ่ บ ้ า น), the towns (villages).
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