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{{short description|Province of Thailand}}
{{more citations needed|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Pathum Thani
| native_name             = ปทุมธานี
| native_name_lang        = th
| settlement_type         = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]]
| image_skyline           = {{multiple image
| border                  = infobox
| total_width             = 280
| image_style             = border:1;
| perrow                  = 2/2/2
| image1                  = D85 3734 อนุสรณ์สถานแห่งชาติ The National Memorial of Thailand Photographed by Trisorn Triboon (30).jpg
| image2                  = Pathumthani the National Archives in Commemoration of H.M. the King’s Golden Jubilee 1.jpg
| image3                  = Thammasat University pond.jpg
| image4                  = ตลาดสดเทศบาลเมืองปทุมธานี ถนนปทุมสัมพันธ์.jpg
| image5                  = Tornado -dw 2w.jpg
| image6                  = Dhammakaya cetiya night.jpg
}}
| image_size              = 200px
| image_caption           = From left to right, top to bottom: [[National Memorial (Thailand)|Thailand National Memorial]]; A [[Royal Ploughing Ceremony]] exhibition in [[Golden Jubilee Museum of Agriculture]];  [[Thammasat University]]'s pond; Street in [[Pathum Thani]] town; Tornado frisbee in the [[Dream World (Thailand)|Dream World]]; [[Wat Phra Dhammakaya]]
| nicknames                = Pathum (ปทุม)<br>Mueang Pathum (เมืองปทุม)
| mottoes                   = ถิ่นบัวหลวง เมืองรวงข้าว เชื้อชาวมอญ นครธรรมะ พระตำหนักรวมใจ สดใสเจ้าพระยา ก้าวหน้าอุตสาหกรรม <br> ("Home of the royal lotus. Town of rice ears. Mon people. City of Dharma. Palace of unity. Bright Chao Phraya (River). Progressive industry.")
| image_flag              = Flag of Pathum Thani.svg
| image_seal              = Seal of Pathum Thani.svg
| image_map               = Thailand Pathum Thani locator map.svg
| mapsize                 = frameless
| map_alt                 = 
| map_caption             = Map of Thailand highlighting Pathum Thani province
| coordinates             = 
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = Thailand
| subdivision_type2  = Region
| subdivision_name2  = [[Central Thailand]]
| subdivision_type3  = Capital
| subdivision_name3  = [[Pathum Thani]]
| subdivision_type4  = Largest City
| subdivision_name4  = [[Rangsit]]
| leader_party            = 
| leader_title            = Governor
| leader_name             = Somkid Chanthamaruk<br />(since 2024)
| leader_party1           = 
| leader_title1           = PAO President
| leader_name1            = 
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="AREA">{{cite web |url=https://www.forest.go.th |title=Table 2 Forest area Separate province year 2019 |publisher=Royal Forest Department |access-date=6 April 2021}}</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 1,520
| area_rank               = [[Provinces of Thailand|70th]]
| elevation_footnotes     = 
| elevation_m             = 
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="DOPA2024">{{cite web |url=https://stat.bora.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statMenu/newStat/home.php |publisher=Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA) |title=Official statistics registration systems |access-date=10 February 2025 |postscript= , year 2024 >provincial level >Excel File >no.13}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{increase}}1,236,471
| population_as_of        = 2024
| population_rank         = [[Provinces of Thailand|17th]]
| population_density_km2  = 813
| population_density_rank = [[Provinces of Thailand|4th]]
| population_demonym      = 
| population_note         = 
| demographics_type2      = GDP
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="NESDB-2017">{{cite journal|title=''Gross Regional and Provincial Product, 2019 Edition''|journal=Gross Regional and Provincial Product |date=July 2019|url=https://www.nesdc.go.th/ewt_dl_link.php?nid=5628&filename=gross_regional|access-date=22 January 2020|publisher=Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC)|language=en|issn=1686-0799}}</ref>
| demographics2_title1    = Total
| demographics2_info1     = [[baht]] 381 billion<br />([[US$]]13 billion) (2019)
| demographics_type1      = Human Achievement Index
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="HAI 2565">{{cite web |url=https://www.nesdc.go.th/main.php?filename=Social_HAI |department=Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC)|title=ข้อมูลสถิติดัชนีความก้าวหน้าของคน ปี 2565 (PDF) |language=thai |trans-title=Human Achievement Index Databook year 2022 (PDF) |access-date=12 March 2024 |postscript= , page 42}}</ref>
| demographics1_title1    = HAI (2022)
| demographics1_info1     = 0.6589&nbsp;"somewhat high"<br/>[[#Human achievement index 2022|Ranked 15th]]
| timezone1               = [[Time in Thailand|ICT]]
| utc_offset1             = +7
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in Thailand|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 10xxx
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in Thailand|Calling code]]
| area_code               = 02
| iso_code                = [[ISO 3166-2:TH|TH-13]]
| website                 = {{URL|pathumthani.go.th}}
| footnotes               = 
}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Pathumthani Provincial Administrative Organization
| native_name             = องค์การบริหารส่วนจังหวัดปทุมธานี
| native_name_lang        = th
| settlement_type         = [[Provincial Administrative Organization]]
| image_seal              = Seal of Pathumthani Provincial Administstrative Organization.png
| government_type         = [[Administrative divisions of Thailand#Local administrative divisions|Local administrative divisions]]
| governing_body          = Pathumthani Provincial Administrative Organization
| leader_title            = President
| leader_name             = Kamronwit Thoopkrachang
| website                 = {{URL|pathumpao.go.th}}
}}
'''Pathum Thani''' ({{langx|th|ปทุมธานี}}, {{IPA|th|pā.tʰūm tʰāːnīː|pron}}) is one of the central [[Provinces of Thailand|provinces]] (''changwat'') of [[Thailand]]. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise): [[Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province|Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya]], [[Saraburi province|Saraburi]], [[Nakhon Nayok province|Nakhon Nayok]], [[Chachoengsao province|Chachoengsao]], [[Bangkok]], and [[Nonthaburi province|Nonthaburi]].

The province is north of Bangkok and is part of the Bangkok metropolitan area. In many places, the boundary between the two provinces is not noticeable as both sides of the boundary are equally urbanized. Pathum Thani town is the administrative seat, but Ban [[Rangsit]], seat of [[Thanyaburi district]], is the largest populated place in the province.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.dopa.go.th/xstat/p5113_04.html|title= Population Statistics 2008|access-date= 2010-06-28|publisher= Department of Provincial Administration|quote= Pathum Thani town population 18,843; Rangsit town population 76,843|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100325110341/http://www.dopa.go.th/xstat/p5113_04.html|archive-date= 2010-03-25}}</ref>

Pathum Thani is an old province, heavily populated by the [[Mon people]], dotted with 186 temples and parks. The [[Dream World (Thailand)|Dream World]] amusement park is here.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chiengraknoi.go.th/public/|work=Dreamworld.co.th|title=Dream World}}</ref>

==Geography==
The province lies on the low alluvial flats of the [[Chao Phraya River]] that flows through the capital. Many canals (''[[khlong]]s'') cross the province and feed the rice paddies. There is no forest area in the province.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forest.go.th |title=ตารางที่ 2 พี้นที่ป่าไม้ แยกรายจังหวัด พ.ศ.2562 |year=2019 |department=Royal Forest Department |language=Thai |trans-title=Table 2 Forest area Separate province year 2019 |access-date=6 April 2021 |postscript=, information, Forest statistics Year 2019}}</ref>

==History==
The city dates back to a settlement founded by [[Mon ethnicity|Mon]] migrating from [[Mottama]] ({{langx|th|เมาะตะมะ}}) in [[Myanmar]] around 1650. The original name was ''Sam Khok''.<ref name=Damrong>Rajanubhab, D., 2001, ''Our Wars With the Burmese'', Bangkok: White Lotus Co. Ltd., {{ISBN|9747534584}}</ref>{{rp|230,369}} In 1815, King [[Buddha Loetla Nabhalai|Rama II]] visited the city and the citizens offered him many [[Nymphaeaceae|lotus]] flowers, which prompted the king to rename the city ''Pathum Thani'', meaning 'lotus flower town'.<ref name=TAT>{{cite web|title=Pathum Thani|url=http://www.tourismthailand.org/Where-to-Go/Pathum-Thani|website=Amazing Thailand|publisher=Tourism Authority of Thailand|access-date=2015-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228071018/http://www.tourismthailand.org/Where-to-Go/Pathum-Thani|archive-date=2014-02-28|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Symbols==
The [[Seals of the provinces of Thailand|provincial seal]] shows a pink lotus flower with two rice stalks bending over it, representing the fertility of the province. The [[list of Thai provincial trees|provincial tree]] is the [[Indian coral tree]] (''Erythrina variegata''). The provincial flower is the lotus (''[[Nymphaea lotus]]'').<ref>{{cite web|language=thai|url=https://hilight.kapook.com/view/88170|work=Kapook.com|title=มาดูกัน..ดอกไม้ประจำจังหวัดต่าง ๆ ของประเทศไทย|accessdate=2019-09-12|date=2024-12-04}}</ref> The provincial aquatic animal is the [[marble goby]] (''Oxyeleotris marmorata'').

==Education and technology==
Pathum Thani has a very high concentration of [[higher education]] institutions, especially ones in the field of [[science]] and [[technology]]. This, together with a large number of [[industrial park]]s and [[research]] facilities (including those in [[Thailand Science Park]]), make the region the educational and technology hub of the area.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

; Academic institutes
: [[National Science Museum (Thailand)|National Science Museum]], [[Asian Institute of Technology]], [[Bangkok University]] (Rangsit Campus), [[Eastern Asia University]],  North Bangkok University (Rangsit), [[Pathumthani University]], [[Rajamangala University of Technology]], [[Rangsit University]], [[Shinawatra University]], [[Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology]], [[Thammasat University]] (Rangsit Center), and [[Valaya Alongkorn Rajahbhat University]]

; Research bodies
: [[Thailand Science Park]], [[Thailand National Science and Technology Development Agency|National Science and Technology Development Agency]] (NSTDA), [[BIOTEC|National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology]] (BIOTEC), [[Thailand National Metal and Materials Technology Center|National Metal and Materials Technology Center]] (MTEC), [[Thailand National Nanotechnology Center|National Nanotechnology Center]] (NANOTEC), [[Thailand National Electronics and Computer Technology Center|National Electronics and Computer Technology Center]] (NECTEC), [[Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research]] (TISTR)

; Industrial parks
: [[Software Park Thailand]] (in [[Nonthaburi province|Nonthaburi]], southwest of Pathum Thani), [[Nava Nakorn Industrial Promotion Zone]] (1376&nbsp;acres / 5.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), [[Bangkadi Industrial Park]] (470&nbsp;acres / 1.9&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), [[Techno Thani]] (a "Technology City" administered by the Ministry of Science and Technology), and a number of industrial parks in neighboring [[Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province|Ayutthaya]] and [[Nonthaburi province|Nonthaburi]] provinces.

==Administrative divisions==

===Provincial government===
[[File:Districts Pathum Thani.png|right|320px|thumb|Map of Pathum Thani province with districts]]
[[File:Municipal Areas in Pathum Thani Province EN.png|right|320px|thumb|{{legend|#FA4526|City municipalities (''thesaban nakhon'')}}
{{legend|#FFA20C|Town municipalities (''thesaban mueang'')}}
{{legend|#FFF600|Subdistrict municipalities (''thesaban tambon'')}}]]

The province is divided into seven districts (''[[districts of Thailand|amphoe]]s''). The districts are further subdivided into 60 communes (''[[tambon]]s'') and 529 villages (''[[muban]]s'').
{|
|- valign=top
||
# [[Mueang Pathum Thani district|Mueang Pathum Thani]]
# [[Khlong Luang district|Khlong Luang]]
# [[Thanyaburi district|Thanyaburi]]
# [[Nong Suea district|Nong Suea]]
||
<ol start=5>
<li>[[Lat Lum Kaeo district|Lat Lum Kaeo]]</li>
<li>[[Lam Luk Ka district|Lam Luk Ka]]</li>
<li>[[Sam Khok district|Sam Khok]]</li>
</ol>
|}

===Local government===
As of 29 September 2020 there are: one Pathum Thani Provincial Administrative Organization - PAO (''{{lang|th-Latn|ongkan borihan suan changwat}}'') and twenty-nine municipal (''thesaban'') areas in the province. Rangsit has city (''[[thesaban nakhon]]'') status. Further ten have town (''[[thesaban mueang]]'') status and eighteen subdistrict  municipalities (''[[thesaban tambon]]'').<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bora.dopa.go.th/index.php/th/ |title=สถิติทางการทะเบียน |trans-title=Registration statistics |date=December 2019 |website=bora.dopa.go.th |publisher=Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA) |access-date=22 September 2020 |quote=Download จำนวนประชากร ปี พ.ศ.2562 - Download population year 2019}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%;"
|-
| scope="col" style="width:6%;" |&nbsp;
| scope="col" style="width:44%;"|'''City municipality'''
| scope="col" style="width:6%;" |1
| scope="col" style="width:28%;"|[[Rangsit]]<ref>{{cite journal |date=1 June 2011 |title=ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนแปลงฐานะเทศบาลเมืองรังสิต อำเภอธัญบุรี จังหวัดปทุมธานี เป็นเ ทศบาลนครรังสิต พ.ศ.๒๕๕๔ |trans-title=Announcement from the Ministry of Interior Re: Change Rangsit town municipality, Thanyaburi district, Pathum Thani province to Rangsit city municipality B.E.2554 (2011). |url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2554/E/061/42.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110203426/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2554/E/061/42.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 10, 2011 |access-date=31 October 2019 |journal=Royal Thai Government Gazette |volume=128 |issue=Special 61 Ngor |page=42}}</ref>
| scope="col" style="width:16%;"| 85,260
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%;"
|-
| scope="col" style="width:6%;" |&nbsp;
| scope="col" style="width:28%;"|'''Town mun.'''
| scope="col" style="width:16%;"|'''People'''
| scope="col" style="width:6%;" |&nbsp;
| scope="col" style="width:28%;"|&nbsp;
| scope="col" style="width:16%;"|&nbsp;
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:right;"| 1
| Tha Khlong<ref>{{cite journal |date=9 October 2001 |title=พระราชฤษฎีกา จัดตั้งเทศบาลเมืองท่าโขลง พ.ศ.๒๕๔๔ |trans-title=Royal Decree: Establish of Tha Khlong town municipality B.E.2544 (2001) |url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/00020823.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211933/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/00020823.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=12 December 2019 |journal=Royal Thai Government Gazette |volume=118 |issue=93 Kor |pages=25–27}}</ref>
| 78,108
| style="text-align:right;"| 6
| Bueng Yi Tho<ref>{{cite journal |date=11 January 2012 |title=ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนแปลงฐานะเทศบาลตำบลบึงยี่โถ อำเภดธัญบุรี จังหวัดปทุมธาบี เป็นเทศบาลเมืองบึงยี่โถ พ.ศ.๒๕๕๕ |trans-title=Notification of the Ministry of Interior: Change status of Bueng Yi Tho subdistrict municipality, Thanyaburi district, Pathum Thani province to Buen Yi Tho town municipality B.E.2555 (2012) |url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2555/E/013/44.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127181240/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2555/E/013/44.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 27, 2012 |access-date=12 December 2019 |journal=Royal Thai Government Gazette |volume=129 |issue=Special 13 Ngor |page=44}}</ref> 
| 32,708
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:right;"| 2
| [[Lam Sam Kaeo]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lamsamkaeo.go.th |title=ประวัติความเป็นมา |language=th |trans-title=History |year=2020 |website=lamsamkaeo.go.th |access-date=30 October 2020 |quote=Lam Sam Kaeo SAO upgraded to Lam Sam Kaeo town municipality on 1 August 2007.}}</ref>
| 66,003
| style="text-align:right;"| 7
| Sanan Rak<ref>{{cite journal |date=19 July 2004 |title=ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนแปลงฐานะเทศบาลตำบลสนั่นรักษ์ อำเภดธัญบุรี จังหวัดปทุมธาบี เป็นเทศบาลเมืองสนั่นรักษ์ พ.ศ.๒๕๔๗ |trans-title=Notification of the Ministry of Interior: Change status of Sanan Rak subdistrict municipality, Thanyaburi district, Pathum Thani province to Sanan Rak town municipality B.E.2547 (2004) |url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/0E/00145787.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201223/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/0E/00145787.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=12 December 2019 |journal=Royal Thai Government Gazette |volume=121 |issue=Special 78 Ngor |pages=1–2}}</ref>
| 31,350
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:right;"| 3
| Lat Sawai<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dla.go.th/work/abt/index.jsp |title=Number of local government organizations: Summary elevating local authorities. |date=23 September 2011 |website=dla.go.th |publisher=Department of Local Administration (DLA) |access-date=25 September 2020 |quote=No.3.1 Established Lat Sawai Subdistrict Administrative Organization (SAO), Lam Luk Ka district, Pathum Thani province is Lat Sawai town municipality, effectively 1 October 2011.}}</ref>
| 65,906
| style="text-align:right;"| 8
| Bang Khu Wat 
| 28,349
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:right;"| 4
| Khlong Luang<ref>{{cite journal |date=14 September 2005 |title=ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนแปลงฐานะเทศบาลตำบลคลองหลวง อำเภดคลองหลวง จังหวัดปทุมธาบี เป็นเทศบาลเมืองคลองหลวง พ.ศ.๒๕๔๘ |trans-title=Notification of the Ministry of Interior: Change status of Khlong Luang subdistrict municipality, Khlong Luang district, Pathum Thani province to Khlong Luang town municipality B.E.2548 (2005). |url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2548/00171024.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730194116/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2548/00171024.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 30, 2009 |access-date=12 December 2019 |journal=Royal Thai Government Gazette |volume=122 |issue=Special 84 Ngor |page=6}}</ref>
| 62,615
| style="text-align:right;"| 9
| [[Pathum Thani]]<ref>{{cite journal |date=29 November 1936 |title=พระราชกฤษฎีกา จัดตั้งเทศบาลเมืองปทุมธานี จังหวัดปทุมธานี พุทธศักราช ๒๔๗๙ |trans-title=Royal Decree: Establishing of Pathum Thani town municipality, Pathum Thani province, Buddhist Era 2479 (1936). |url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2479/A/828.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427143105/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2479/A/828.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 27, 2015 |access-date=10 October 2020 |journal=Royal Thai Government Gazette |volume=53 |pages=828–831}}</ref>
| 23,633
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:right;"| 5
| Khu Khot<ref>{{cite journal |date=6 March 1996 |title=พระราชกฤษฎีกาจัดตั้งเทศบลเมืองคูคต พ.ศ.๒๕๓๙ |trans-title=Royal Decree: Establish of Khu Khot town municipality B.E.2539 (1996). |url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2539/A/005/4.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304223409/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2539/A/005/4.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=31 October 2019 |journal=Royal Thai Government Gazette |volume=113 |issue=5 Kor |pages=4–7}}</ref>
| 44,274
| style="text-align:right;"| 10
| Bang Kadi<ref>{{cite journal |date=8 September 2020 |title=ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนแปลงฐานะเทศบาลตำบลบางกะดี อำเภดเมืองปทุมธานี จังหวัดปทุมธาบี เป็นเทศบาลเมืองบางกะดี |trans-title=Notification of the Ministry of Interior: Change status of Bang Kadi subdistrict municipality, Mueang Pathum Thani district, Pathum Thani province to Bang Kadi town municipality. |url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2563/E/204/T_0010.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116121415/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2563/E/204/T_0010.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |access-date=25 September 2020 |journal=Royal Thai Government Gazette |volume=137 |issue=Special 204 Ngor |pages=10+11}}</ref>
| 13,987
|}

{| class="wikitable" style= "width:60%;"
|-
| scope="col" style="width:6%;" |&nbsp;
| scope="col" style="width:28%;"|'''Subdistrict mun.'''
| scope="col" style="width:16%;"|'''People'''
| scope="col" style="width:6%;" |&nbsp;
| scope="col" style="width:28%;"|&nbsp;
| scope="col" style="widht:16%;"|&nbsp;
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:right;"| 1
| Thanyaburi<ref name="SANITATION">{{cite journal |date=24 February 1999 |title=พระราชกฤษฎีกา เปลี่ยนแปลงฐานะของสุขาภิบาลเป็นเทศบาล พ.ศ.๒๕๔๒ |trans-title=Royal Decree: Change Sanitation district to Municipality Act B.E.2542. |url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2542/A/009/1.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409014432/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2542/A/009/1.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 9, 2008 |access-date=10 October 2020 |journal=Royal Thai Government Gazette |volume=116 |issue=9 Kor |pages=1–4 |postscript=, effective 25 May 1999.}}</ref>
| 62,990
| style="text-align:right;"| 10
| Bang Toei
| 10,828
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:right;"| 2
| Bang Phun<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dla.go.th/work/abt/index.jsp |title=Number of local government organizations: Summary elevating local authorities. |date=2 September 2011 |website=dla.go.th |publisher=Department of Local Administration (DLA) |access-date=9 September 2020 |quote=No.4.14 Established Bang Phun Subdistrict Administrative Organization (SAO), Mueang Pathum Thani district, Pathum Thani province is Bang Phun subdistrict municipality, effectively 30 September 2011.}}</ref>
| 25,509
| style="text-align:right;"| 11
| Rahaeng
| 10,445
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:right;"| 3
| Lak Hok<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lakhok.go.th |title=ประวัติหน่วยงาน |language=th |trans-title=History of the Agency |year=2020 |website=lakhok.go.th |access-date=30 October 2020 |quote=Lak Hok SAO upgraded to Lak Hok subdistrict municipality on 24 August 2007.}}</ref>
| 21,883
| style="text-align:right;"| 12
| Khlong Phra Udom
| &nbsp;&nbsp;7,995
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:right;"| 4
| Lam Luk Ka<ref name="SANITATION" />
| 18,377
| style="text-align:right;"| 13
| Sam Khok<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dla.go.th/work/abt/index.jsp |title=Number of local government organizations: Summary elevating local authorities. |date=4 August 2011 |website=dla.go.th |publisher=Department of Local Administration (DLA) |access-date=25 September 2020 |quote=No.4.2 Established Sam Khok Subdistrict Administrative Organization (SAO), Sam Khok district, Pathum Thani province is Sam Khok  subdistrict municipality, effectively 1 October 2011.}}</ref>
| &nbsp;&nbsp;6,963
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:right;"| 5
| Bang Duea<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dla.go.th/work/abt/index.jsp |title=Number of local government organizations: Summary elevating local authorities. |date=2 September 2011 |website=dla.go.th |publisher=Department of Local Administration (DLA) |access-date=17 September 2020 |quote=No.4.12 Established Bang Duea Subdistrict Administrative Organization (SAO), Mueang Pathum Thani district, Pathum Thani province is Bang Duea subdistrict municipality, effectively 30 September 2011.}}</ref>
| 14,756
| style="text-align:right;"| 14
| Bang Luang<ref name="SANITATION" />
| &nbsp;&nbsp;6,314
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:right;"| 6
| Bang Khayaeng<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dla.go.th/work/abt/index.jsp |title=Number of local government organizations: Summary elevating local authorities. |date=30 September 2011 |website=dla.go.th |publisher=Department of Local Administration (DLA) |access-date=30 October 2020 |quote=No.4.49 Established Bang Khayaeng Subdistrict Administrative Organization (SAO), Mueang district, Pathum Thani province is Bang Khayaeng subdistrict municipality, effectively 30 September 2011.}}</ref>
| 14,557
| style="text-align:right;"| 15
| Chiang Rak Yai
| &nbsp;&nbsp;6,260
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:right;"| 7
| Ban Mai<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dla.go.th/work/abt/index.jsp |title=Number of local government organizations: Summary elevating local authorities. |date=4 August 2011 |website=dla.go.th |publisher=Department of Local Administration (DLA) |access-date=25 September 2020 |quote=No.4.1 Established Ban Mai Subdistrict Administrative Organization (SAO), Mueang Pathum Thani district, Pathum Thani province is Ban Mai subdistrict municipality, effectively 1 October 2011.}}</ref>
| 14,447
| style="text-align:right;"|16
| Khu Khwang<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dla.go.th/work/abt/index.jsp |title=Number of local government organizations: Summary elevating local authorities. |date=2 September 2011 |website=dla.go.th |publisher=Department of Local Administration (DLA) |access-date=17 September 2020 |quote=No.4.11 Established Khu Kwang Subdistrict Administrative Organization (SAO), Lat Lum Kaeo district, Pathum Thani province is Khu Kwang subdistrict municipality, effectively 30 September 2011.}}</ref>
| &nbsp;&nbsp;6,000
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:right;"| 8
| Ban Klang<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dla.go.th/work/abt/index.jsp |title=Number of local government organizations: Summary elevating local authorities. |date=2 September 2011 |website=dla.go.th |publisher=Department of Local Administration (DLA) |access-date=9 September 2020 |quote=No.4.13 Established Ban Klang Subdistrict Administrative Organization (SAO), Mueang Pathum Thani district, Pathum Thani province is Ban Klang subdistrict municipality, effectively 30 September 2011.}}</ref>
| 12,326
| style="text-align:right;"| 17
| Lam Sai<ref name="SANITATION" />
| &nbsp;&nbsp;2,657
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:right;"| 9
| Nong Sam Wang
| 11,016
| style="text-align:right;"| 18
| Nong Suea<ref name="SANITATION" />
| &nbsp;&nbsp;2,901
|}

The non-municipal areas are administered by 35 Subdistrict Administrative<br>
Organizations - SAO (''ongkan borihan suan tambon'').<ref>Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA), List of 5,324 SAO's information as of date 20 December 2019, 35 SAO's (no.2116-2151) were established in 1994 (1), in 1995 (19), in 1996 (10) and in 1997 (5).</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%;"
|-
| scope="col" style="width:6%;"|&nbsp;
| scope="col" style="width:50%;|'''Municipalities'''
| scope="col" style="width:44%; text-align:center;"|'''Communities'''
|-
| scope="row"|&nbsp;
| Rangsit<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rangsit.org |title=ด้านชุมชน |language=th |trans-title=Community side |year=2020 |website=rangsit.org |access-date=30 October 2020 |quote=81 communities.}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|81
|-
| scope="row"|&nbsp;
| Lam Sam Kaeo<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lamsamkaeo.go.th |title=กลุ่มอค์กร |language=th |trans-title=Organization groups |year=2020 |website=lamsamkaeo.go.th |access-date=30 October 2020 |quote=70 communities.}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|70
|-
| scope="row"|&nbsp;
| Khlong Luang<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.khlongluang.go.th |title=ชุมชน |language=th |trans-title=Communities |year=2020 |website=khlongluang.go.th |access-date=30 October 2020 |quote=54 communities.}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|54
|-
| scope="row"|&nbsp;
| Khu Khot<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.khukhot.go.th |title=ข้อมูลชุมชน |language=th |trans-title=Community information |year=2020 |website=khukhot.go.th |access-date=30 October 2020 |quote=31 communities.}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|31
|-
| scope="row"|&nbsp;
| Bueng Yi Tho<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buengyitho.go.th |title=1. สภาพทั่วไป (5.3) |language=th |trans-title=1. General (5.3) |year=2020 |website=buengyitho.go.th |access-date=30 October 2020 |quote=37 communities.}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|37
|-
| scope="row"|&nbsp;
| Pathum Thani<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.muangpathum.org |title=ข้อมูลเทศบาล |language=th |trans-title=Municipal information |year=2020 |website=muangpathum.org |access-date=30 October 2020 |quote=28 communities.}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|28
|-
| scope="row"|&nbsp;
| Bang Kadi<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bangkadi.go.th |title=ชุมชน |language=th |trans-title=Communities |year=2020 |website=bangkadi.go.th |access-date=30 October 2020 |quote=18 communities.}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|18
|}

==Human achievement index 2022==
{| class="wikitable floatright" style="width:400px;"
|- 
| style="text-align:center; width:100px; background:black; color:white;"| Health
| style="text-align:center; width:100px; background:black; color:white;"| Education
| style="text-align:center; width:100px; background:black; color:white;"| Employment
| style="text-align:center; width:100px; background:black; color:white;"| Income
|-
| [[File:Health icon Thai.png|95px]]
| [[File:Round Landmark School Icon - Transparent.svg|100px]]
| [[File:Employment icon.png|100px]]
| [[File:Numismatics and Notaphily icon.png|100px]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| 2
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| 20
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| 15
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| 32 
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| Housing
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| Family
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| Transport
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| Participation 
|-
| style="height:100px;"| [[File:586-house-with-garden.svg|100px]] 
| [[File:Parents, enfants, famille.png|center|85px]]
| [[File:Groundtransport inv.svg|100px]]
| [[File:Icon Sociopolítica y relaciones internacionales (wikiproyect, es.wp).png|90px]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| 71
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| 23
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| 4
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| 71  
|-
| colspan="4"; style="background:black; color:white;"| Province Pathum Thani, with an HAI 2022 value of 0.6589 is "somewhat high", occupies place 15 in the ranking.
|}
Since 2003, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Thailand has tracked progress on human development at sub-national level using the [[Human achievement index]] (HAI), a composite index covering all the eight key areas of human development. National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) has taken over this task since 2017.<ref name="HAI 2565" />
{| class="wikitable" ---valign=top
||Rank||Classification
|-
||&nbsp;&nbsp;1 - 13||"high"
|-
||14 - 29||"somewhat high"
|-
||30 - 45||"average"
|-
||46 - 61||"somewhat low"
|-
||62 - 77||"low"
|}
{|role= "presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|<strong>Map with provinces and HAI 2022 rankings</strong>
|-
|[[File:HAI 2022 rankings.svg|950px]]
|}
{{clear}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Wikivoyage inline|Pathum Thani}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140228071018/http://www.tourismthailand.org/Where-to-Go/Pathum-Thani Pathum Thani; Tourist Authority of Thailand]

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Pathum Thani province
|North     = [[Ayutthaya province]]
|Northeast = [[Saraburi province]]
|East      = [[Nakhon Nayok province]]
|Southeast = 
|South     = [[Bangkok]]
|Southwest = [[Nonthaburi province]]
|West      = 
|Northwest = 
}}
{{Thailand_provinces}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Provinces of Thailand]]