Municipal decisions from February 22 2008

I am starting to systematically check through the meeting reports from the Ministry of Interior, where I did find the decisions of creating new municipalities or upgrading existing ones. Until now I always did it the other way round - once I found an edit in the Thai Wikipedia suggesting a municipality change I started Google and usually found the WinWord document from the meeting where it was decided. So I now tried my luck to find the list of these reports, and found it at the site of Legal Affairs Bureau.

I only checked the latest one online, number 15 from February 22 2008, and it contains lots of decisions on municipalities:

• Subdistrict municipality Kut Chum Phanna (เทศบาลตำบลกุดชุมพัฒนา), Kut Chum district, Yasothon province, will get its area changed
• TAO Chamrak, Mueang Trat district, Trat province, will become a subdistrict municipality (เทศบาลตำบลชำราก) on August 1 2008. The TAO was created in 1996, it covers an area of 65 km², 5 villages and has 2,633 citizen.
• TAO Khok Lo, Mueang Trang district, Trang province, will become a subdistrict municipality (เทศบาลตำบลโคกหล่อ) on April 17 2008. The TAO was created in 1997, covers an area of 20 km², 12 villages and has 11,168 citizen.
• TAO Krawan, Khun Han district, Sisaket province, will become a subdistrict municipality (เทศบาลตำบลกระหวัน) on July 18 2008. The TAO was created in 1996, covers an area of 30.38 km², 12 villages and has 8,890 citizen.
• TAO Pho Krasang, Khun Han district, Sisaket province, will become a subdistrict municipality (เทศบาลตำบลโพธิ์กระสังข์) on July 18 2008. The TAO was created in 1996, covers an area of 49.15 km², 14 villages and has 9,069 citizen.
• TAO Nikhom, Sahatsakhan district, Kalasin, was made a subdistrict municipality (เทศบาลตำบลนิคม) effective March 11 2008. The TAO was created in 1999, covers 16.8 km², 7 villages and has 3,101 citizens.

The transcript continues with the drafts of the Royal Gazette announcements for earlier decisions:

• TAO Niwet, Thawat Buri district, Roi Et province becomes a subdistrict municipality (เทศบาลตำบลนิเวศน์) on July 30 2008. The TAO covers the part of the subdistrict not yet covered by the subdistrict municipality Ban Niwet.
• TAO Yot, Song Khwae district, Nan province, has become a subdistrict municipality (เทศบาลตำบลยอด) on February 29 2008.
• TAO Bu Sung, Wang Hin district, Sisaket will become a subdistrict municipality (เทศบาลตำบลบุสูง) on July 18 2008.
• TAO Sa-nga Ban, Doi Saket district, Chiang Mai province became a subdistrict municipality (เทศบาลตำบลสง่าบ้าน) On March 1 2008.
• TAO Huai Yae, Nong Bua Rawe district, Chaiyaphum province will become a subdistrict municipality (เทศบาลตำบลห้วยแย้) on July 19 2008.
• The TAO Makok Nuea (มะกอกเหนือ) will be renamed to Ban Suan and made a subdistrict municipality (เทศบาลตำบลบ้านสวน) on June 24 2008.
• TAO U Thong (อู่ทอง), U Thong district, Suphanburi province will be renamed to Thao U Thong and made a subdistrict municipality (เทศบาลตำบลท้าวอู่ทอง) on July 24 2008.
• TAO Tha Sop Sao, Mae Tha district, Lamphun province was renamed to Tha Sop Chai and made a subdistrict municipality (เทศบาลตำบลทาสบชัย) on February 28 2008.
• The subdistrict municipality Khao Wong (เทศบาลตำบลเขาวง), Ban Ta Khun district, Surat Thani, will be renamed to Ban Ta Khun (เทศบาลตำบลบ้านตาขุน) at a not yet specified date this year.