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The country of Thailand is split into 75 provinces, which are again arranged into 5 major groups namely North, Northeast, Central, East and South. Bangkok, though a special administrative area is often included as the 76th province. Each Province has its individual Governor who is appointed by the Ministry of the Interior. The provinces are divided into 796 districts called "amphoe" and these are further subdivided into communes or "tambon" and villages or "muban". The complete list of provinces of Thailand is as follows: North:
1. Chiang Mai
2. Chiang Rai
3. Lampan
4. Kamphaeng Phet
5. Lamphun
6. Mae Hong Son
7. Nakhon Sawan
8. Nan
9. Phichit
10. Phrae
11. Phitsanulok
12. Phayao
13. Phetchabun
14. Sukhothai
15. Tak
16. Uthai Thani
17. Uttaradit
Northeast
1. Amnat Charoen
2. Buri Ram
3. Chaiyaphum
4. Nong Bua Lamphu
5. Khon Kaen
6. Loei
7. Maha Sarakham
8. Kalasin
9. Nong Khai
10. Roi Et
11. Sakon Nakhon
12. Si Sa Ket
13. Surin
14. Ubon Ratchathani
15. Udon Thani
16. Yasothon
17. Mukdahan
18. Nakhon Phanom
19. Nakhon Ratchasima Central
1. Ang Thong
2. Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
3. Bangkok (Krung Thep Maha Nakhon), Special Governed District
4. Chai Nat
5. Kanchanaburi
6. Lop Buri
7. Nonthaburi
8. Pathum Thani
9. Phetchaburi
10. Prachuap Khiri Khan
11. Ratchaburi
12. Samut Prakan
13. Samut Sakhon
14. Nakhon Nayok
15. Nakhon Pathom
16. Samut Songkhram
17. Saraburi
18. Sing Buri
19. Suphan Buri East 1. Chachoengsao
2. Rayong
3. Sa Kaeo
4. Trat
5. South
6. Chumphon
7. Krabi
8. Nakhon Si Thammarat
9. Narathiwat
10. Pattani
11. Phang Nga
12. Ranong
13. Satun
14. Chanthaburi
15. Chon Buri
16. Prachin Buri
17. Phatthalung
18. Phuket
19. Songkhla
20. Surat Thani
21. Trang
22. Yala The biggest province, by area, among these is Nakhon Ratchasima and the smallest is Samut Songkhram. Bangkok has the highest population as well as the highest population density while the provinces with lowest population and the lowest population density are Ranong and Songkhram respectively. The younger provinces are Sa Kaeo, Nongbua Lamphu and Amnat Charoen. Bangkok is formed by the merging of two provinces namely, Phra Nakhon and Thonburi. Thailand is planning to create yet another province in the year 2007.
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