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The district capital lies at Cát Bà . [2] The island is subject to major land developments. Vinfast is building an automobile factory on the southern half of the island, [3] and Sun Group is developing a holiday resort on the northern half. A 5.44 km long bridge - the longest sea crossing in Vietnam - connects the island to Hai Phong.
As of 31 December 2018 there were 878 districts in Thailand. [1] This table lists those districts, and the provinces ... Sao Hai: เสาไห้ ...
town district). The district is not to be confused with the capital town itself, which is a different administrative entity usually much smaller than the district. Until the 1930s, most of the capital districts had names just like other districts, whereas districts dating back to old provinces had the word mueang in their name.
The provinces of Vietnam are subdivided into second-level administrative units, namely districts (Vietnamese: huyện), provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh), and district-level towns (thị xã).
Bangkok is subdivided into 50 districts (khet, เขต, pronounced, also sometimes wrongly called amphoe as in the other provinces, derived from Pali khetta, cognate to Sanskrit kṣetra), which are further subdivided into 180 subdistricts (khwaeng, แขวง, pronounced [kʰwɛ̌ːŋ]), roughly equivalent to tambon in the other provinces.
Most Thai cities' revised boundaries are contained in the province's capital district, known as Amphoe Mueang. Chiang Mai is the only city outside Bangkok to cover multiple districts in its urban area. Together, Bangkok and Chiang Mai are the only cities in Thailand with a population of over one million.
April 7, 1966: The Government issued Decision No. 67-CP to establish An Hai District by merging Hai An and An Duong Districts. December 20, 2002: The Government issued Decree No. 106/2002/ND-CP, establishing Hai An District by separating five communes—Dang Lam, Dang Hai, Dong Hai, Nam Hai, Trang Cat—from An Hai District and adding Cat Bi ...
Kanchanadit District Office. Amphoe (Thai: อำเภอ) or districts are the second level of administration. There are 878 amphoe throughout Thailand. They are led by a Nai Amphoe (Thai: นายอำเภอ) or district chief who is appointed by the central government. These districts vary greatly in size and population.