Amphoe Thung Tako

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Thung Tako
ทุ่งตะโก
Statistics
Province:	Chumphon
District office:	Thung Takhrai 10°6′36″N, 99°5′0″E
Area:	335.0 km²
Inhabitants:	23,535 (2005)
Pop. density:	70.3 inh./km²
Geocode:	8608
Postal code:	86220
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Thung Tako (Thai: ทุ่งตะโก) is a district (Amphoe) in the central 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) Lang Suan and Sawi of Chumphon Province. To the east is the Gulf of Thailand.

[edit] History

The minor districts (King Amphoe) was created on September 6 1976, when then three tambon Thung Takhrai, Tako and Pak Tako were split off from Sawi district.^[1] It was upgraded to a full district on July 19 1991.^[2]

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 4 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 35 villages (muban). Pak Tako is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers the same-named tambon. There are further 3 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh.
1.	Pak Tako	ปากตะโก	5	3,987
2.	Thung Takhrai	ทุ่งตะไคร	8	5,640
3.	Tako	ตะโก	14	8,412
4.	Chong Mai Kaeo	ช่องไม้แก้ว	8	5,496