Amphoe Mueang Chumphon

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Mueang Chumphon
เมืองชุมพร
Statistics
Province:	Chumphon
District office:	Tha Taphao 10°29′35″N, 99°10′49″E
Area:	748.39 km²
Inhabitants:	141.765 (2005)
Pop. density:	189.4 inh./km²
Geocode:	8601
Postal code:	86000
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Mueang Chumphon (Thai: เมืองชุมพร) is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Chumphon Province, southern Thailand.

[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Sawi of Chumphon Province, Kra Buri of Ranong Province, Tha Sae and Pathio of Chumphon Province again.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 17 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 165 villages (muban). Chumphon is a town (thesaban mueang) which covers the whole tambon Tha Taphao and parts of tambon Bang Mak, Na Thung, Tak Daet, Khun Krathing and Wang Phai. There are further 3 townships (thesaban tambon) - Paknam Chumphon covers parts of tambon Paknam, Tha Yang the whole tambon Tha Yang, and Wang Phai parts of tambon Wang Phai. There are further 16 Tambon administrative organization.

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh.
1.	Tha Taphao	ท่าตะเภา	-	12,622
2.	Pak Nam	ปากน้ำ	10	13,245
3.	Tha Yang	ท่ายาง	11	10,148
4.	Bang Mak	บางหมาก	13	12,188
5.	Na Thung	นาทุ่ง	10	10,803
6.	Na Cha-ang	นาชะอัง	9	6,189
7.	Tak Daet	ตากแดด	9	10,808
8.	Bang Luek	บางลึก	12	7,718
9.	Hat Phan Krai	หาดพันไกร	12	5,243
10.	Wang Phai	วังไผ่	13	11,132
11.	Wang Mai	วังใหม่	9	9,188
12.	Ban Na	บ้านนา	13	8,254
13.	Khun Krathing	ขุนกระทิง	8	3,976
14.	Thung Kha	ทุ่งคา	11	7,066
15.	Wisai Nuea	วิสัยเหนือ	12	6,260
16.	Hat Sai Ri	หาดทรายรี	7	3,893
17.	Tham Sing	ถ้ำสิงห์	6	3,032