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| | Thailand |
 | | Main article: Provinces of Thailand Thailand is divided into 76 provinces (changwat, singular and plural), which are grouped into 5 groups of provinces. |
 | | The name of each province is derived from its capital city. |
 | | Provinces are further subdivided into 795 districts (Amphoe), 81 sub-districts (King Amphoe) and 50 districts of Bangkok (khet) (number are for 2000), and furthermore into 7,236 communes (Tambon), 55,746 villages (Muban), 123 municipalities (Tesaban), and 729 sanitation districts (Sukhaphiban) (numbers are for 1984). |
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