Si Chiang Mai ( th, ศรีเชียงใหม่, ) is a district (''
amphoe'') in the western part of
Nong Khai province
Nong Khai province ( th, หนองคาย, ) was formerly the northernmost of the northeastern (Isan) provinces (''changwat'') of Thailand until its eight eastern districts were split off to form Thailand's newest province, Bueng Kan provin ...
, northeastern
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 b ...
. It may also be spelled
Sri
Shri (; , ) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific.
The word is widely used in South and Southeast Asian languages such as Marathi, Malay (including Indonesian and Malaysian), Javanes ...
Chiang Mai.
History
Si Chiang Mai district was established by King
Setthathirath
Setthathirath ( lo, ເສດຖາທິຣາດ; 24 January 1534 – 1571) or Xaysettha ( lo, ໄຊເສດຖາ; th, ไชยเชษฐาธิราช, , ) is considered one of the great leaders in Lao history. Throughout the 1560s ...
of
Lan Xang
existed as a unified kingdom from 1353 to 1707.
For three and a half centuries, Lan Xang was one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia. The meaning of the kingdom's name alludes to the power of the kingship and formidable war machine of the ea ...
Kingdom. It was named after
Chiang Mai, the hometown of his grandmother, the former queen of Chiang Mai (his mother was the princess from
Lan Na). It was created as a district of Nong Khai Province on 4 August 1958, when it was split off from
Tha Bo district.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the southeast clockwise):
Tha Bo,
Pho Tak, and
Sangkhom of Nong Khai Province. To the north across the
Mekong
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river is the Lao province
Vientiane Prefecture
Vientiane (or ''Viengchan'', Also known as ''Vientiane Prefecture'' or ''Vientiane Municipality'') ( Lao: ນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນ, ''Nakhônlouang ViangChan'') is a prefecture of Laos, in the northwest Laos. The nationa ...
. A basalt plateau is flanked by the
Mekong River
The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth longest river and the third longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of , discharging of water annual ...
to the north.
Administration
Central administration
Si Chiang Mai is divided into four sub-districts (''
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 '' khwaen ...
s''), which are further subdivided into 43 administrative villages (''
mubans'').
Missing number is a ''tambon'' which now forms Pho Tak District.
Local administration
There are two sub-district municipalities (''
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 ...
s'') in the district:
* Si Chiang Mai (Thai: ) consisting of parts of sub-district Phan Phrao.
* Nong Pla Pak (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Nong Pla Pak.
There are three
sub-district administrative organizations (SAO) in the district:
* Phan Phrao (Thai: ) consisting of parts of sub-district Phan Phrao.
* Ban Mo (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Ban Mo.
* Phra Phutthabat (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Phra Phutthabat.
References
External links
amphoe.comon Si Chiang Mai
Si Chiang Mai
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