Pong Pha ( th, โป่งผา) 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 '' khwaen ...

'' (subdistrict) of Mae Sai District, in Chiang Rai 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 b ...

. In 2017 it had a population of 16,476 people.

Geography

The subdistrict is on the border of

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, formed by the

Doi Nang Non Doi Nang Non ( th, ดอยนางนอน, ; 'Mountain of the Sleeping Lady') is a mountain range in the Thai highlands in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. It is a karstic formation with numerous waterfalls and caves rising at the southern en ...

mountain range.

Tham Luang–Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park Doi Nang Non ( th, ดอยนางนอน, ; 'Mountain of the Sleeping Lady') is a mountain range in the Thai highlands in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. It is a karstic formation with numerous waterfalls and caves rising at the southern e ...

with 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 b ...

cave is in the subdistrict.

Administration

Central administration

The ''tambon'' is divided into 12 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) Pong Pha (องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลโป่งผา).

References

External links

Thaitambon.com on Pong Pha
Tambon of Chiang Rai province {{ChiangRai-geo-stub