Mon Chong ( th, ม่อนจอง) is a ''
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'' ...
'' (subdistrict) of
Omkoi District
Omkoi ( th, อมก๋อย, ) is the southwesternmost district ('' amphoe'') of Chiang Mai province in northern Thailand.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Hot and Doi Tao of Chiang Mai Province, Sam Ngao, Ma ...
, in
Chiang Mai Province
Chiang Mai ( th, เชียงใหม่, ; nod, , ) is the largest Province (''changwat'') of Thailand. It lies in upper northern Thailand and has a population of 1.78 million people. It is bordered by Chiang Rai to the northeast, Lam ...
,
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 ...
. In 2017 it had a population of 5,809 people.
History
The subdistrict was created effective 1 April 1982 by splitting off eight administrative villages from
Mae Tuen.
Administration
Central administration
The ''tambon'' is divided into nine administrative villages (''
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 mu ...
s'').
Local administration
The area of the subdistrict is covered by the
subdistrict administrative organization (SAO) Mon Chong (องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลม่อนจอง).
References
External links
Thaitambon.com on Mon Chong
Tambon of Chiang Mai province
Populated places in Chiang Mai province
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