# List of municipalities in Thailand

Thailand divides its settlements (thesaban) into three categories by size: city municipalities (thesaban nakhon), towns (thesaban mueang) and townships (or subdistrict municipality) (thesaban tambon). There are 33 city municipalities as of November 2024.
The national capital Bangkok and the special governed city Pattaya fall outside these divisions. They are "self-governing districts".
Due to the outdated nature of the thesaban system, any city municipality's growth subsequent to its settlement designation is not included in both area and population numbers. For this reason, the Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning, and each province's Provincial Administrative Organization regularly revise and publish up-to-date city boundaries (Thai: เขตเมือง) to reflect population growth. These revisions are royally decreed and published in the Royal Thai Government Gazette. The term เขตเมือง/khet mueang can also be translated to the term urban area, a widely used term to describe and designate large cities.
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.
Thailand has an urbanization rate of 52% (2021), translating to 36,217,020 people of the total population. This rate is based on the thesaban system, meaning that 8,442,107 people live in city municipalities, 4,437,112 people live in town municipalities and 23,337,801 people live in townships (subdistrict municipalities). According to the khet mueang system, 21,838,418 people (31.35% of total population) live in urban areas with a population greater than 150,000.
Several agencies issue population figures. Locally registered Thai populations are compiled by the Department of Local Administration (DLA). These figures are labeled as "Locally Registered Thai Population" and reflect the migrant, upcountry, and seasonal nature of Thai labor flows to the capital and tourist hot spots, yet maintain upcountry registration. Figures are very different from those by the National Statistics Office (NSO), which conducts the decennial census by attempting to count the total resident Thai population plus under 1,000 permanent resident foreigners. The result by the NSO is labeled as "Total Thai Population". Neither of the two offices release municipal level figures that include non-permanent residents, long-stay expatriates and figures for contracted foreign ASEAN migrants (a significant labor segment in cities like Bangkok, Pattaya, Chiang Mai, and Phuket, totaling two to three million workers), though this inclusion is being increasingly regularized since 2014. The NSO did release projected figures including regularized ASEAN migrants, i.e., "total resident population" down to the provincial level for 2017.

## City municipalities

The table below lists Department of Local Administration (DLA) (local registered Thai) 2020 figures. For the NSO compiled total Thai resident decennial census municipal counts view here..
In most cases, municipal population numbers do not represent the current size of each individual city, but only the administrative core. Geographically limited city municipalities such as Koh Samui and the suburban city municipalities of Bangkok, namely Nonthaburi, Pak Kret, Samut Prakan, Nakhon Pathom, and Samut Sakhon, are the exception. Bangkok's suburban areas are inside the Bangkok Metropolitan Region and therefore do not have their own urban or metropolitan area.
| No. | Name | Thai | District-Province | Area (km2) | Population (Dec 2020) | Date, city designation |
| 1 | Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok) | กรุงเทพมหานคร | | 1,568.74 | 5,588,222 | 1972-12-14 |
| 2 | Nonthaburi | นนทบุรี | Nonthaburi, Nonthaburi | 38.90 | 251,026 | 1995-09-23 |
| 3 | Pak Kret | ปากเกร็ด | Pak Kret, Nonthaburi | 36.04 | 189,458 | 2000-02-16 |
| 4 | Hat Yai | หาดใหญ่ | Hat Yai, Songkhla | 21.00 | 149,459 | 1995-09-23 |
| 5 | Chaophraya Surasak | เจ้าพระยาสุรศักดิ์ | Si Racha, Chonburi | 276.98 | 146,474 | 2013-05-01 |
| 6 | Surat Thani | สุราษฎร์ธานี | Surat Thani, Surat Thani | 68.97 | 131,599 | 2007-05-04 |
| 7 | Nakhon Ratchasima | นครราชสีมา | Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Ratchasima | 37.50 | 122,730 | 1995-09-23 |
| 8 | Chiang Mai | เชียงใหม่ | Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai | 40.22 | 122,627 | 1936-03-28 |
| 9 | Udon Thani | อุดรธานี | Udon Thani, Udon Thani | 47.70 | 120,202 | 1995-09-23 |
| 10 | Pattaya | พัทยา | Bang Lamung, Chonburi | 53.44 | 117,606 | 1978-11-29 |
| 11 | Khon Kaen | ขอนแก่น | Khon Kaen, Khon Kaen | 46.00 | 110,615 | 1995-09-23 |
| 12 | Nakhon Si Thammarat | นครศรีธรรมราช | Nakhon Si Thammarat, Nakhon Si Thammarat | 22.56 | 100,416 | 1994-08-15 |
| 13 | Laem Chabang | แหลมฉบัง | Si Racha, Chonburi | 88.59 | 89,457 | 2010-05-24 |
| 14 | Rangsit | รังสิต | Thanyaburi, Pathum Thani | 20.80 | 84,268 | 2011-04-29 |
| 15 | Nakhon Sawan | นครสวรรค์ | Nakhon Sawan, Nakhon Sawan | 27.87 | 81,239 | 1995-09-23 |
| 16 | Phuket | ภูเก็ต | Phuket, Phuket | 12.00 | 77,778 | 2004-02-13 |
| 17 | Chiang Rai | เชียงราย | Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai | 60.85 | 77,545 | 2004-02-13 |
| 18 | Ubon Ratchathani | อุบลราชธานี | Ubon Ratchathani, Ubon Ratchathani | 29.04 | 72,855 | 1999-03-06 |
| 19 | Nakhon Pathom | นครปฐม | Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon Pathom | 19.85 | 72,753 | 1999-11-07 |
| 20 | Ko Samui | เกาะสมุย | Ko Samui district [th], Surat Thani | 252.00 | 68,994 | 2012-09-14 |
| 21 | Samut Sakhon | สมุทรสาคร | Samut Sakhon, Samut Sakhon | 10.33 | 65,409 | 1999-11-07 |
| 22 | Phitsanulok | พิษณุโลก | Phitsanulok, Phitsanulok | 18.26 | 64,068 | 1999-03-06 |
| 23 | Rayong | ระยอง | Rayong, Rayong | 16.95 | 62,384 | 1999-11-07 |
| 24 | Songkhla | สงขลา | Songkhla, Songkhla | 9.27 | 60,021 | 1999-11-07 |
| 25 | Yala | ยะลา | Yala, Yala | 19.00 | 59,983 | 1995-09-23 |
| 26 | Trang | ตรัง | Trang, Trang | 14.77 | 56,893 | 1999-11-07 |
| 27 | Om Noi | อ้อมน้อย | Krathum Baen, Samut Sakhon | 30.40 | 53,822 | 2010-11-11 |
| 28 | Sakon Nakhon | สกลนคร | Sakon Nakhon, Sakon Nakhon | 54.54 | 51,331 | 2012-03-08 |
| 29 | Lampang | ลำปาง | Lampang, Lampang | 22.17 | 50,697 | 1999-11-07 |
| 30 | Samut Prakan | สมุทรปราการ | Samut Prakan, Samut Prakan | 7.33 | 49,604 | 1999-03-23 |
| 31 | Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya | พระนครศรีอยุธยา | Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya | 14.84 | 49,208 | 1999-12-14 |
| 32 | Mae Sot | แม่สอด | Mae Sot, Tak | 27.20 | 41,581 | 2010-01-28 |
| 33 | Buriram | บุรีรัมย์ | Buriram, Buriram | 75.44 | 25,087 | 2024-10-31 |

## Largest cities by urban population

The following table lists the ten largest cities in Thailand by urban population, based on Department of Local Administration (DLA) figures. These figures represent the current size of each city, accounting for areal and population growth subsequent to each city's original city municipality designation.
Bangkok and Chiang Mai are the only cities covering multiple districts (known as Khet for Bangkok and Amphoe for the provinces), and the only two cities with a population of over one million. Although Pattaya is a "self-governing district" (located inside, but not part of Bang Lamung district), it has grown into all neighboring sub-districts and accounts for the largest population percentage, making it de facto a part of the "Pattaya-Bang Lamung-Jomtien" area. Chiang Mai is the only provincial city whose city boundaries (Thai: เขตเมือง) cover districts adjacent to the Amphoe Mueang district (Capital district).
| No. | Name | Thai | Province | Area (km2) | Population (2021) |
| 1 | Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok) | กรุงเทพมหานคร | | 1,568.74 | 10,539,000 |
| 2 | Chiang Mai | เชียงใหม่ | Chiang Mai | 405 | 1,198,000 |
| 3 | Nakhon Ratchasima | นครราชสีมา | Nakhon Ratchasima | 755.6 | 466,098 |
| 4 | Khon Kaen | ขอนแก่น | Khon Kaen | 953.4 | 412,758 |
| 5 | Hat Yai | หาดใหญ่ | Songkhla | 852.796 | 404,044 |
| 6 | Udon Thani | อุดรธานี | Udon Thani | 1,094.7 | 400,581 |
| 7 | Chon Buri | ชลบุรี | Chon Buri | 228.8 | 342,959 |
| 8 | Pattaya | พัทยา | Chon Buri | 727 | 328,961 |
| 9 | Si Racha | ศรีราชา | Chon Buri | 616.4 | 327,172 |
| 10 | Phitsanulok | พิษณุโลก | Phitsanulok | 777 | 281,929 |

## Gallery of cityscapes

* Bangkok
* Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand
* Pattaya
* Si Racha District and Chaophraya Surasak, Chon Buri province, Eastern Thailand
* Khon Kaen
* Chiang Mai, the largest urban area in the north and second-largest urban area in the country
* Hat Yai, part of the largest urban area (conurbation) in the south (Greater Hat Yai-Songkhla)
* Samut Prakarn, background is Bangkok
* Nakhon Pathom, Phra Pathommachedi in Nakhon Pathom City
* Phitsanulok
* Hua Hin

## Town municipalities

Department of Local Administration (DLA) figures. The towns in bold characters are capitals.
| Name | Thai | Province | Population (2015) |
| Amnat Charoen | อำนาจเจริญ | Amnat Charoen | 26,634 |
| Ang Sila | อ่างศิลา | Chon Buri | 30,538 |
| Ang Thong | อ่างทอง | Ang Thong | 13,134 |
| Aranyaprathet | อรัญญประเทศ | Sa Kaeo | 15,141 |
| Aranyik | อรัญญิก | Phitsanulok | 29,525 |
| Ayothaya | อโยธยา | Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya | 18,571 |
| Ban Bueng | บ้านบึง | Chonburi | 15,006 |
| Ban Chang | บ้านฉาง | Rayong | 17,025 |
| Ban Dung | บ้านดุง | Udon Thani | 16,146 |
| Ban Mi | บ้านหมี่ | Lopburi | 4,448 |
| Ban Phai | บ้านไผ่ | Khon Kaen | 32,604 |
| Ban Phru | บ้านพรุ | Songkhla | 25,128 |
| Ban Pong | บ้านโป่ง | Ratchaburi | 21,892 |
| Ban Suan | บ้านสวน | Chon Buri | 60,797 |
| Ban Thum | บ้านทุ่ม | Khon Kaen | 17,188 |
| Bang Bua Thong | บางบัวทอง | Nonthaburi | 35,761 |
| Bang Khu Wat | บางคูวัด | Pathum Thani | 18,536 |
| Bang Kruai | บางกรวย | Nonthaburi | 42,649 |
| Bang Mun Nak | บางมูลนาก | Phichit | 9,422 |
| Bang Rachan | บางระจัน | Sing Buri | 16,131 |
| Bang Rin | บางริ้น | Ranong | 18,788 |
| Bang Si Mueang | บางศรีเมือง | Nonthaburi | 26,754 |
| Betong | เบตง | Yala | 24,385 |
| Bua Khao | บัวขาว | Kalasin | 12,252 |
| Bua Yai | บัวใหญ่ | Nakhon Ratchasima | 16,505 |
| Bueng Kan | บึงกาฬ | Bueng Kan | 20,103 |
| Bueng Yitho | บึงยี่โถ | Pathum Thani | 24,230 |
| Cha-am | ชะอำ | Phetchaburi | 28,925 |
| Chachoengsao | ฉะเชิงเทรา | Chachoengsao | 43,812 |
| Chaeramae | แจระแม | Ubon Ratchathani | 12,450 |
| Chai Nat | ชัยนาท | Chai Nat | 16,499 |
| Chaiyaphum | ชัยภูมิ | Chaiyaphum | 42,436 |
| Chanthaburi | จันทบุรี | Chanthaburi | 28,011 |
| Chanthanimit | จันทนิมิต | Chanthaburi | 14,008 |
| Chonburi | ชลบุรี | Chonburi | 41,014 |
| Chum Het | ชุมเห็ด | Buriram | 19,945 |
| Chum Phae | ชุมแพ | Khon Kaen | 33,689 |
| Chum Saeng | ชุมแสง | Nakhon Sawan | 10,701 |
| Chumphon | ชุมพร | Chumphon | 34,895 |
| Det Udom | เดชอุดม | Ubon Ratchathani | 14,859 |
| Dok Khamtai | ดอกคำใต้ | Phayao | 14,255 |
| Don Sak | ดอนสัก | Surat Thani | 10,145 |
| Hua Hin | หัวหิน | Prachuap Khiri Khan | 41,859 |
| Kaeng Khoi | แก่งคอย | Saraburi | 12,172 |
| Kalasin | กาฬสินธุ์ | Kalasin | 36,955 |
| Kamphaeng Phet | กำแพงเพชร | Kamphaeng Phet | 31,192 |
| Kamphaeng Phet | กำแพงเพชร | Songkhla | 14,748 |
| Kanchanaburi | กาญจนบุรี | Kanchanaburi | 39,123 |
| Kantang | กันตัง | Trang | 13,656 |
| Kantharalak | กันทรลักษ์ | Sisaket | 20,175 |
| Kathu | กะทู้ | Phuket | 20,420 |
| Khao Rup Chang | เขารูปช้าง | Songkhla | 42,111 |
| Khao Sam Yot | เขาสามยอด | Lopburi | 14,776 |
| Khelang Nakhon | เขลางค์นคร | Lampang | 60,646 |
| Khlong Hae | คลองแห | Songkhla | 38,156 |
| Khlong Luang | คลองหลวง | Pathum Thani | 43,273 |
| Khlung | ขลุง | Chanthaburi | 11,996 |
| Kho Hong | คอหงส์ | Songkhla | 46,184 |
| Khuan Lang | ควนลัง | Songkhla | 47,024 |
| Khu Khot | คูคต | Pathum Thani | 40,634 |
| Krabi | กระบี่ | Krabi | 24,611 |
| Kranuan | กระนวน | Khon Kaen | 12,215 |
| Krathum Baen | กระทุ่มแบน | Samut Sakhon | 16,211 |
| Krathum Lom | กระทุ่มล้ม | Nakhon Pathom | 13,558 |
| Lam Sam Kaeo | ลำสามแก้ว | Pathum Thani | 42,153 |
| Lam Ta Sao | ลำตาเสา | Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya | 14,483 |
| Lamphun | ลำพูน | Lamphun | 15,322 |
| Lang Suan | หลังสวน | Chumphon | 9,954 |
| Lat Luang | ลัดหลวง | Samut Prakan | 73,196 |
| Lat Sawai | ลาดสวาย | Pathum Thani | 48,211 |
| Loei | เลย | Loei | 23,725 |
| Lom Raet | ล้อมแรด | Lampang | 15,014 |
| Lom Sak | หล่มสัก | Phetchabun | 14,415 |
| Lopburi | ลพบุรี | Lopburi | 30,791 |
| Mae Jo | แม่โจ้ | Chiang Mai | 16,001 |
| Mae Hia | แม่เหียะ | Chiang Mai | 14,356 |
| Mae Hong Son | แม่ฮ่องสอน | Mae Hong Son | 6,208 |
| Maha Sarakham | มหาสารคาม | Maha Sarakham | 46,523 |
| Map Ta Phut | มาบตาพุด | Rayong | 33,794 |
| Muang Ngam | ม่วงงาม | Songkhla | 11,165 |
| Mueang Kaen Phatthana | เมืองแกนพัฒนา | Chiang Mai | 14,342 |
| Mueang Pak | เมืองปัก | Nakhon Ratchasima | 13,848 |
| Mueang Phon | เมืองพล | Khon Kaen | 14,220 |
| Mukdahan | มุกดาหาร | Mukdahan | 35,313 |
| Nà Sản | นาสาร | Surat Thani | 19,445 |
| Nakhon Nayok, | นครนายก | Nakhon Nayok | 17,596 |
| Nakhon Phanom | นครพนม | Nakhon Phanom | 31,449 |
| Nan | น่าน | Nan | 22,273 |
| Nang Rong | นางรอง | Buriram | 20,798 |
| Narathiwat | นราธิวาส | Narathiwat | 42,890 |
| Nong Sung-Nam Kham | โนนสูง-น้ำคำ | Udon Thani | 10,440 |
| Nong Bua Lamphu | หนองบัวลำภู | Nong Bua Lamphu | 22,061 |
| Nong Khai | หนองคาย | Nong Khai | 46,180 |
| Nong Pling | หนองปลิง | Kamphaeng Phet | 11,940 |
| Nong Prue | หนองปรือ | Chon Buri | 46,098 |
| Nong Samrong | หนองสำโรง | Udon Thani | 39,489 |
| Pa Tong | ป่าตอง | Phuket | 13,051 |
| Padang Besar | ปาดังเบซาร์ | Songkhla | 16,189 |
| Pak Chong | ปากช่อง | Nakhon Ratchasima | 40,487 |
| Pak Nam Samut Prakan | ปากน้ำสมุทรปราการ | Samut Prakan | 20,822 |
| Pak Phanang | ปากพนัง | Nakhon Si Thammarat | 24,716 |
| Pak Phun | ปากพูน | Nakhon Si Thammarat | 32,622 |
| Pang Makha | ปางมะค่า | Kamphaeng Phet | 19,945 |
| Pathum Thani | ปทุมธานี | Pathum Thani | 19,031 |
| Pattani | ปัตตานี | Pattani | 45,914 |
| Phak Hai | ผักไห่ | Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya | 9,429 |
| Phanat Nikhom | พนัสนิคม | Chon Buri | 12,555 |
| Phang Nga | พังงา | Phang Nga | 9,385 |
| Phatthalung | พัทลุง | Phatthalung | 43,065 |
| Phayao | พะเยา | Phayao | 20,680 |
| Phetchabun | เพชรบูรณ์ | Phetchabun | 25,695 |
| Phetchaburi | เพชรบุรี | Phetchaburi | 32,396 |
| Phibun Mangsahan | พิบูลมังสาหาร | Ubon Ratchathani | 11,987 |
| Phichai | พิชัย | Lampang | 11,695 |
| Phichit | พิจิตร | Phichit | 24,775 |
| Phimonrat | พิมลราช | Nonthaburi | 39,815 |
| Photharam | โพธาราม | Ratchaburi | 11,987 |
| Phra Phutthabat | พระพุทธบาท | Saraburi | 49,572 |
| Phra Pradaeng | พระประแดง | Samut Prakan | 10,540 |
| Phrae | แพร่ | Phrae | 18,173 |
| Prachinburi | ปราจีนบุรี | Prachinburi | 21,125 |
| Prachuap Khiri Khan | ประจวบคีรีขันธ์ | Prachuap Khiri Khan | 18,380 |
| Prok Fa | ปรกฟ้า | Chon Buri | 14,254 |
| Pu Chao Saming Phrai | ปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย | Samut Prakan | 77,976 |
| Rai Khing | ไร่ขิง | Nakhon Pathom | 20,752 |
| Ranong | ระนอง | Ranong | 15,364 |
| Ratchaburi | ราชบุรี | Ratchaburi | 44,983 |
| Roi Et | ร้อยเอ็ด | Roi Et | 37,131 |
| Sa Kaeo | สระแก้ว | Sa Kaeo | 16,393 |
| Sadao | สะเดา | Songkhla | 21,753 |
| Saen Suk | แสนสุข | Chon Buri | 39,563 |
| Sam Phran | สามพราน | Nakhon Pathom | 16,253 |
| Samut Songkhram | สมุทรสงคราม | Samut Songkhram | 35,475 |
| Sanan Rak | สนันรักษ์ | Pathum Thani | 16,002 |
| Saraburi | สระบุรี | Saraburi | 67,858 |
| Sateng Nok | สะเตงนอก | Yala | 24,714 |
| Sattahip | สัตหีบ | Chon Buri | 23,107 |
| Satun | สตูล | Satun | 22,994 |
| Sawankhalok | สวรรคโลก | Sukhothai | 19,966 |
| Sena | เสนา | Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya | 5,048 |
| Si Racha | ศรีราชา | Chonburi | 25,999 |
| Si Satchanalai | ศรีสัชนาลัย | Sukhothai | 15,688 |
| Sikhio | สีคิ้ว | Nakhon Ratchasima | 18,644 |
| Sila | ศิลา | Khon Kaen | 47,070 |
| Sing Buri | สิงห์บุรี | Sing Buri | 21,148 |
| Singhanakhon | สิงหนคร | Songkhla | 39,274 |
| Sisaket | ศรีสะเกษ | Sisaket | 41,680 |
| Song Phi Nong | สองพี่น้อง | Suphanburi | 27,677 |
| Sukhothai Thani | สุโขทัยธานี | Sukhothai | 19,576 |
| Su-ngai Kolok | สุไหงโก-ลก | Narathiwat | 40,409 |
| Suphanburi | สุพรรณบุรี | Suphanburi | 27,677 |
| Surin | สุรินทร์ | Surin | 41,818 |
| Tak | ตาก | Tak | 24,360 |
| Tak Bai | ตากใบ | Narathiwat | 17,419 |
| Takhli | ตาคลี | Nakhon Sawan | 34,492 |
| Takua Pa | ตะกั่วป่า | Phang Nga | 8,145 |
| Taluban | ตะลุบัน | Pattani | 14,144 |
| Taphan Hin | ตะพานหิน | Phichit | 21,199 |
| Tha Bo | ท่าบ่อ | Nong Khai | 21,126 |
| Tha Chang | ท่าช้าง | Chanthaburi | 10,864 |
| Tha Kham | ท่าข้าม | Surat Thani | 22,250 |
| Tha Khlong | ท่าโขลง | Pathum Thani | 34,221 |
| Tha Mai | ท่าใหม่ | Chanthaburi | 10,258 |
| Tha Ruea Phra Thaen | ท่าเรือพระแท่น | Kanchanaburi | 13,136 |
| Thap Kwang | ทับกวาง | Saraburi | 16,977 |
| Thung Song | ทุ่งสง | Nakhon Si Thammarat | 27,244 |
| Thung Tam Sao | ทุ่งตำเสา | Songkhla | 16,706 |
| Ton Pao | ต้นเปา | Chiang Mai | 12,452 |
| Trat | ตราด | Trat | 15,501 |
| Uthai Thani | อุทัยธานี | Uthai Thani | 18,968 |
| Uttaradit | อุตรดิตถ์ | Uttaradit | 43,945 |
| Wang Nam Yen | วังน้ำเย็น | Sa Kaeo | 22,888 |
| Wang Saphung | วังสะพุง | Loei | 12,558 |
| Warin Chamrap | วารินชำราบ | Ubon Ratchathani | 31,673 |
| Wichian Buri | วิเชียรบุรี | Phetchabun | 24,804 |
| Yasothon | ยโสธร | Yasothon | 22,350 |

## Township municipalities

There were 2,266 township municipalities as of 20 December 2017.
| Name | Thai | Province | Population (2015) |
| Chai Prakan | ไชยปราการ | Chiang Mai | 16,044 |
| Mae Ai | แม่อาย | Chiang Mai | 8,480 |
| Mae Sai | แม่สาย | Chiang Rai | 22,778 |
| Nong Bua | หนองบัว | Chiang Mai | 13,302 |
| Phimai | พิมาย | Nakhon Ratchasima | 9,878 |
| Wiang Fang | เวียงฝาง | Chiang Mai | 7,652 |