''Mae Sai'' ( th, แม่สาย, ;
Shan: , ), is the district town of
Mae Sai District in the far north of
Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. Mae Sai is a major border crossing between Thailand and Myanmar where the town of
Tachileik
Tachileik (also spelt Tachilek; my, တာချီလိတ်, ; shn, တႃႈၶီႈလဵၵ်း, ; th, ท่าขี้เหล็ก, , ), is a border town in the Shan State of eastern Myanmar. It is the administrative seat of Ta ...
, in
Shan State
Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos ( ...
is right across the bridge. Asian Highway Network AH2 (Thailand Route 1 or Phahonyothin Road) crosses the Mae Sai River to the town of
Tachileik
Tachileik (also spelt Tachilek; my, တာချီလိတ်, ; shn, တႃႈၶီႈလဵၵ်း, ; th, ท่าขี้เหล็ก, , ), is a border town in the Shan State of eastern Myanmar. It is the administrative seat of Ta ...
in
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
. The town of Mae Sai and
Tachileik
Tachileik (also spelt Tachilek; my, တာချီလိတ်, ; shn, တႃႈၶီႈလဵၵ်း, ; th, ท่าขี้เหล็ก, , ), is a border town in the Shan State of eastern Myanmar. It is the administrative seat of Ta ...
are the bi-national conurbation shared between Thailand and Myanmar.
History
The ''Mae Sai'' sanitation district was created on 14 May 1956
[ราชกิจจานุเบกษา.ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง จัดตั้งสุขาภิบาลแม่สาย อำเภอแม่สาย จังหวัดเชียงราย]
2557. It was upgraded to a municipality on 25 May 1999. The municipality governs neighborhoods (''mu'') 1, 2, 3, 10
Wiang Phang Kham subdistrict and ''Mu'' 2, 6, 7, 8, 10
Mae Sai Subdistrict
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Mae Sai River and Myanmar border; Mae Sai Mittrapab Subdistrict Municipality; Wiang Phang Kham Subdistrict Municipality.
The
Tham Luang Nang Non
Tham Luang Nang Non ( th, ถ้ำหลวงนางนอน, lit=Great Cave of the Sleeping Lady, ) is a karstic cave system in the Tham Luang–Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park, near the village of Pong Pha, in northern Thailand. It lies be ...
cave is within the subdistrict.
See also
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Mae Sai District
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Mae Sai River
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Mae Sai Subdistrict
References
External links
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Cities and towns in Thailand
Populated places in Chiang Rai province
Myanmar–Thailand border crossings