Thailand which are gathered into five groups of provinces by location. There are also two specially-governed districts: the capital Bangkok (Krung Thep Maha Nakhon) and Pattaya. Bangkok is at provincial level and thus often counted as a province. Each province is divided into districts and the districts are further divided into sub-districts (tambons). there were 878 districts (อำเภอ, amphoe) and the 50 districts of Bangkok (, khet), which is further divided into 7,255 subdistricts (, tambon) in the 76 provinces or Bangkok's subdistricts (แขวง, khwaeng). Some parts of the provinces bordering Bangkok are also referred to as Greater Bangkok (, pari
Provinces of Ethiopia Provinces of Ethiopia Ethiopia was divided into provinces, further subdivided into "awrajja"s or districts, until they were replaced by regions ("kililoch") and chartered cities in 1992. Ethiopia was divided into 12 provinces ("taklai ghizat") by Imperial Ethiopian Government Decree No. 1 of 1942 and later amendments. The 12 provinces were: Bale was created as a 13th province when it was split off from Hararghe in 1960. Eritrea was annexed by Ethiopia and made a 14th province in 1962. When the Derg took power in 1974 they relabeled the provinces as regions ("kifle hager"). By 1981 Addis Ababa had become a