Amphoe Lamae

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Lamae
ละแม
Statistics
Province:	Chumphon
District office:	Lamae 9°46′6″N, 99°5′30″E
Area:	259.0 km²
Inhabitants:	27,278 (2005)
Pop. density:	105.3 inh./km²
Geocode:	8605
Postal code:	86170
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Lamae (Thai: ละแม) is a district (Amphoe) in the southern part of Chumphon Province, southern Thailand.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Administration
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Tha Chana of Surat Thani Province, Phato and Lang Suan of Chumphon province. To the east is the Gulf of Thailand.

[edit] History

The minor district (King Amphoe) was created on July 1 1971, when the three tambon Lamae, Thung Luang and Suan Taeng were split off from Lang Suan district.^[1] It was upgraded to a full district on April 12 1977.^[2]

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 4 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 44 villages (muban). Lamae is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of the same-named tambon. There are further 4 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh.
1.	Lamae	ละแม	18	12,989
2.	Thung Luang	ทุ่งหลวง	8	5,020
3.	Suan Taeng	สวนแตง	10	4,382
4.	Thung Kha Wat	ทุ่งคาวัด	8	4,887