Tha Pla (Thai : ท่าปลา, pronounced [tʰâːplāː] ; Northern Thai : ต้าปล๋า, pronounced [tâːpǎː] ) is a district (amphoe) of Uttaradit province, in Northern Thailand.
Tha Pla was originally part of Nan province until it was reassigned in 1923 to Uttaradit Province. [1]
Neighbouring districts are (from the east in a clockwise order): Nam Pat, Thong Saen Khan and Mueang Uttaradit of Uttaradit Province, Den Chai, Sung Men and Mueang Phrae of Phrae province, and Na Muen of Nan province.
The main river of the district is the Nan River, with the Sirikit Dam creating a 250 km2 artificial lake. The Pat River joins the Nan below the dam.
Tha Pla is divided into seven sub-districts ( tambon ), which are further subdivided into 76 administrative villages ( Muban ).
No. | Name | Thai | Villages | Pop. [2] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Tha Pla | ท่าปลา | 12 | 8,574 |
2. | Hat La | หาดล้า | 9 | 4,696 |
3. | Pha Lueat | ผาเลือด | 13 | 6,748 |
4. | Charim | จริม | 13 | 8,642 |
5. | Nam Man | น้ำหมัน | 12 | 7,172 |
7. | Nang Phaya | นางพญา | 6 | 2,634 |
8. | Ruam Chit | ร่วมจิต | 11 | 5,559 |
Number 6 belonged to the subdistrict Tha Faek reassigned to Nam Pat District in 2015.
There are three sub-district municipalities ( thesaban tambon ) in the district:
There are six sub-district administrative organizations (SAO) in the district:
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