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HISTORY Tambon as a subdivision are quite old already. They were the second-level subdivision of the area administrated by a provincial town in the 19th century. The governor of the province was supposed to appoint a commune elder (''kamnan'' or ''phan''). ''Phan'' also means 1000, which refers to the fact that a tambon was supposed to have about 1000 abled-bodied men. (Phan can be refer to a military title which is a Tambon governor.) In the administrative reforms started in 1892 under Prince Damrong Rajanubhab , the first Thai minister of Interior, the three levels of subdivision of provinces were continued, i.e. start from District to tambon to the lowest level call muban. Additionally in 1898 the first ''sukhaphiban'' (sanitation districts, สุขาภิบาล) were created, the ''sukhaphiban'' of Bangkok as the first urban and ''Tha Chalom'' as the first rural. As the name suggest their prime purpose was to oversee the sanitary development of the areas. In the ''Local Administration Act of 2457'' ( 1914 ) the roles of the subdivisions were first codified into law. Two levels of ''sukhaphiban'' were introduced, the ''sukhaphiban mueang'' for towns and ''sukhaphiban tambon'' for rural areas. With the ''Tambon Council and Tambon Administrative Authority Act BE 2537'' ( 1994 ) and later by the constitution of 1997 the tambon were decentralized into local government units with an elected Tambon Council. Depending on the size and tax income a tambon may either be administrated by Tambon Administrative Organization (TAO, องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบล) or a Tambon Administration (TA, สภาตำบล). The TAO or TA are led by the ''kamnan''. Those tambon which were sanitary districts before 1994 have been converted into townships (''thesaban tambon''), also administrated by a TAO. Tambon which belong to a town or city (''thesaban mueang'' or ''thesaban nakhon'') are administrated by the city council. ONE TAMBON ONE PRODUCT In 1999, Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra started a project in which every tambon should select a typical local product. The project then does the promotion for the product, as well as assists in modernizing the production. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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