Muban is the lowest administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon. As of 2008, there were 74,944 administrative
A village chief (phu yai ban) office in tambon Ban Po, Bang Pa-in District, Ayutthaya Province
Statue of Phraya Rattanakun Adunlaya Phakdi, who in 1892 was elected as a phu yai ban in Bang Pa-in, making him the first phu yai ban. He later became, in 1894, the first kamnan of Thailand as well.