Tambon

Tambon (Thai: ตำบล, pronounced [tām.bōn]) is a local governmental unit in Thailand.

The governor of the province was supposed to appoint a communal elder, kamnan or phan.

In the administrative reforms started in 1892 under Prince Damrong Rajanubhab, the first Thai Minister of the Interior, the three levels of subdivision of provinces were continued, i.e., starting from district to tambon to the lowest level called muban.

The TAO council consist of two representatives from each administrative village in the subdistrict, and one directly elected president.

In 2001, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra started a project in which every tambon would select a typical, distinctive local product.