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Chom Thong District, Chiang Mai Province
Chom Thong District, Chiang Mai ( th, จอมทอง, ) is a district ('' amphoe'') in the southern part of Chiang Mai province in northern Thailand. History According to the legend of ''Wat'' Phra That Si Chom Thong Worawihan, the temple is on a small hill which looks similar to a termite hill (''chom pluak'' in Thai). The hill is covered by ''thong kwao'' or Bastard teak ('' Butea monosperma'') and ''Thong Lang'' or coral tree (''Erythrina variegata'') forest. Thus the people called the hill Chom Thong. After Buddha entered parinirvana, King Asoka the Great visited the hill to place Buddha's relics there. The temple was built on the hill and named Wat Phra That Chom Thong in 1451. Later the temple was upgraded to be royal temple and at the same time renamed Wat Phra That Si Chom Thong Worawihan. The government created a district in the area in 1900 and named the new district Chom Thong following the legend. The district office was originally in Ban Tha Sala, Tambon Khuang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions of municipalities, school district, or political district. By country/region Afghanistan In Afghanistan, a district (Persian ps, ولسوالۍ ) is a subdivision of a province. There are almost 400 districts in the country. Australia Electoral districts are used in state elections. Districts were also used in several states as cadastral units for land titles. Some were used as squatting districts. New South Wales had several different types of districts used in the 21st century. Austria In Austria, the word is used with different meanings in three different contexts: * Some of the tasks of the administrative branch of the national and regional governments are fulfilled by the 95 district administrative offices (). The area a dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sop Tia
Sop Tia ( th, สบเตี๊ยะ) is a ''tambon'' (subdistrict) of Chom Thong District, in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo .... Accessed April 25, 2010 In 2005 it had a population of 12,739 people. The ''tambon'' contains 20 villages. References Tambon of Chiang Mai province Populated places in Chiang Mai province ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khuang Pao
Khuang Pao ( th, ข่วงเปา) is a ''tambon'' (subdistrict) of Chom Thong District, in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo .... , Accessed April 25, 2010 In 2005 it had a population of 10,912 people. The ''tambon'' contains 12 villages. References Tambon of Chiang Mai province Populated places in Chiang Mai province ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ban Luang, Chom Thong
Ban Luang ( th, บ้านหลวง) is a ''tambon'' (subdistrict) of Chom Thong District, in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo .... , Accessed April 25, 2010 In 2005, it had a population of 15,618 people. The ''tambon'' contains 23 villages. References Tambon of Chiang Mai province Populated places in Chiang Mai province< ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a census, a process of collecting, analysing, compiling, and publishing data regarding a population. Perspectives of various disciplines Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined criterion in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Demography is a social science which entails the statistical study of populations. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species who inhabit the same particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muban
Muban ( th, หมู่บ้าน; , ) is the lowest administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74,944 administrative mubans in Thailand. As of the 1990 census, the average village consisted of 144 households or 746 persons. Nomenclature ''Muban'' may function as one word, in the sense of a hamlet or village, and as such may be shortened to ''ban''. ''Mu ban'' may also function as two words, i.e., หมู่ 'group' (of) บ้าน 'homes'. * ''Mu'', in the sense of group (of homes in a tambon), are assigned numbers in the sequence in which each is entered in a register maintained in the district or branch-district office. * ''Ban'', in the sense of home or household for members of each group, are assigned a number ( th, บ้านเลขที่; ) in the sequence in which each is added to the household register also maintained in the district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tambon
''Tambon'' ( th, ตำบล, ) is a local governmental unit in Thailand. Below district (''amphoe'') and province (''changwat''), they form the third administrative subdivision level. there were 7,255 tambons, not including the 180 ''khwaeng'' of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains eight to ten tambon. ''Tambon'' is usually translated as "township" or "subdistrict" in English — the latter is the recommended translation, though also often used for ''king amphoe'', the designation for a subdistrict acting as a branch (Thai: ''king'') of the parent district. Tambon are further subdivided into 69,307 villages ('' muban''), about ten per ''tambon''. ''Tambon'' within cities or towns are not subdivided into villages, but may have less formal communities called ''chumchon'' ( ชุมชน) that may be formed into community associations. History The ''tambon'' as a subdivision has a long history. It was the second-level sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doi Inthanon National Park
Doi Inthanon National Park ( th, อุทยานแห่งชาติดอยอินทนนท์), nicknamed "the roof of Thailand", is in the Thanon Thong Chai Range, Chom Thong District, Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand. It includes Doi Inthanon, the country's highest mountain. It contains an area of 301,184 rai ~ in size. It was established on October 2, 1972.http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2515/A/148/5.PDF Geography The park is approximately from Chiang Mai. It includes Karen and Meo Hmong villages of about 4,500 people. Its elevation ranges between . Within its borders are a number of waterfalls: Mae Klang Falls, Wachiratan Falls, Siriphum Falls, and Mae Ya Falls. The park has varied climatic and ecologically different sections. Flora Flora includes evergreen cloud forest, sphagnum bog, and deciduous dipterocarp forest. There are some relict pines. Plant communities of Doi Inthanon vary according to elevation. Below is a table of main p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ping River
The Ping River ( th, แม่น้ำปิง, , ), along with the Nan River, is one of the two main tributaries of the Chao Phraya River. It originates at Doi Thuai in the Daen Lao Range, in Chiang Dao district, Chiang Mai province. After passing Chiang Mai, it flows through the provinces of Lamphun, Tak, and Kamphaeng Phet. At the confluence with the Nan River at Nakhon Sawan (also named ''Paknam Pho'' in Thai), it forms the Chao Phraya River. Tributaries *Khlung River (2) * Suan Mak River (Joins the Ping at ) *Wang Chao River (Joins the Ping at ) * Pra Dang River (Joins the Ping at ) *Raka River (Placement in tributary tree is approximate, geographical coordinates unavailable due to poor satellite resolution) *Wang River (Joins the Ping at in the town of Tak) **Tributaries include Mo, Tui, Chang & Soi Rivers * Tak River (Joins the Ping at ) *Ko River (Joins the Ping at ) *Tun River (Placement in tributary tree is approximate, geographical coordinates unavailable due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamphun Province
Lamphun ( th, ลำพูน, ; Northern Thai: ) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (''changwat''), lies in upper northern Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Chiang Mai, Lampang, and Tak. Geography Lamphun is in the Ping River valley. It is surrounded by mountain chains, with the Thanon Thong Chai Range in the west and the Khun Tan Range in the east of the province. It is some 670 kilometres from Bangkok and 26 kilometres from Chiang Mai. The total forest area is or 57.8 percent of provincial area. Lamphun is regarded as the smallest province of northern region of Thailand. National parks There are a total of three national parks, two ofwhich are in region 16 (Chiang Mai) and Doi Chong in region 13 (Lampang branch) of Thailand's protected areas. * Mae Ping National Park, * Mae Takrai National Park, * Doi Chong National Park, Wildlife sanctuaries There area two wildlife sanctuaries in region 16 (Chiang Mai) of Thailand's protected area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ban Hong District
Ban Hong ( th, บ้านโฮ่ง, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Lamphun province, northern Thailand. History The minor district (''king amphoe'') Ban Hong was established in 1917, when it was split off from Pa Sang district. It was upgraded to a full district on 24 June 1956. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Wiang Nong Long, Pa Sang, Mae Tha, Thung Hua Chang and Li of Lamphun Province, Hot and Chom Thong of Chiang Mai province . Administration The district is divided into five sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 59 villages (''mubans''). Ban Hong is a township (''thesaban tambon Thesaban ( th, เทศบาล, , ) are the municipalities of Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities: city, town, and sub-district. Bangkok and Pattaya are special municipal entities not included in the ''thesaban'' system. The mu ...'') which covers parts of ''tambon'' Ban Hong. There are a further five tambon adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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