Geography of Thailand political development of this region. International access through the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand made the south a crossroads for both Theravada Buddhism, centered at Nakhon Si Thammarat, and Islam, especially in the former Pattani Kingdom on the border with Malaysia. Thailand's regions are divided politically into a total of 76 provinces plus Bangkok, which is a special administrative area. Thailand's climate is influenced by monsoon winds that have a seasonal character (the southwest and northeast monsoon). The southwest monsoon, which starts from May until October is characterized by movement of warm, moist air from the Indian Ocean
Provinces of Turkey Provinces of Turkey Turkey is divided into 81 provinces (). Each province is divided into a number of different districts (). Each provincial government is seated in the central district (). The central district usually bears the name of the province (e.g. the city of Van is the central district of Van Province). There are only three exceptions to this naming scheme: Each province is administered by an appointed governor () from the Ministry of the Interior. Below is a list of the 81 provinces of Turkey, sorted according to their license plate codes. Initially, the order of the codes