Thailand Momentum on Policy and Practice in Local Legislation on Dengue Vector Control

Table 1

Current status of local administration development^a across the country.

Local administration organizations	2008^b	2011^c	2013^d
Provincial administrative organization^e	75	76	76
Subdistrict administrative organization^f	6617	5693	5492
Municipality	1161	2082	2283
City	22	27	30
Town	119	155	172
Subdistrict	1020	1900	2081
Special local administration; (Bangkok and Pattaya)	2	2	2
Total	7855	7853	7853

aData modified from the Department of Local Administration (DLA), Ministry of Interior, http://www.dla.go.th/ and valid until ^b15 August 2008, ^c30 December 2011, and ^d27 July 2013.
^bAfter 2008, the data sources available for local administration organizations (LAOs) have been also deposited and online archived through other four main governmental agencies’ websites: http://www.cdd.go.th/, the Community Development Department, Ministry of Interior; http://www.odloc.org/, the Office of Decentralization to the Local Government Organization Committee, Office of Permanent Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office; http://thailocal.nso.go.th, the National Statistical Office of Thailand; and http://www.fpo.go.th/, the Fiscal Policy Office.
^eThe provincial administrative organization (PAO), the upper level of LAOs, covers all the districts.
^fThe subdistrict administrative organization (SAO), the lower level of LAOs, governs all the villages belonging to the subdistrict, as distinguishable of the subdistrict municipality.