Number of administrative units 2016

Last month, the Department of Provincial Administration announced the numbers of administrative units as of December 31 2016. The announcement - titled แจ้งข้อมูลทางการปกครอง ณ วันที่ 31 ธันวาคม 2559 - gives almost the same numbers as one year ago.

• Changwat: 76
• Amphoe: 878
• Tambon: 7255
• Muban: 75032 (74965)
• PAO: 76
• Thesaban: 2441
  • Thesaban Nakhon: 30
  • Thesaban Mueang: 198
  • Thesaban Tambon: 2233
• TAO: 5334
• Special administration: 2 (Bangkok and Phattaya)

The only number which changed were the administrative villages, adding 66 Muban. Exactly the same number were announced in the Royal Gazette last year, all from the Ministerial Order มท ๐๓๑๐.๑/ว ๗๔๖๕. Though actually, eleven of those Muban already became effective before December 31 2015, but these were not yet included in the numbers last year. In my XML I have 75153, as some Muban in municipal areas seem to have been abolished, but without a current official list I have no idea which. And as usual, there's the odd missing Tambon, the correct number should be 7256.