Amphoe Chai Prakan

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Chai Prakan
ไชยปราการ
Statistics
Province: Chiang Mai
District office: Pong Tam
19°43′56″N, 99°8′25″E
Area: 510.9 km²
Inhabitants: 47,898 (2005)
Pop. density: 93.8 inh./km²
Geocode: 5021
Postal code: 50320
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Map of Chiang Mai, Thailand highlighting Chai Prakan

Chai Prakan (Thai: ไชยปราการ) is a district (Amphoe) in the northern part of Chiang Mai Province in northern Thailand.

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[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Phrao, Chiang Dao, Fang of Chiang Mai Province and Mae Suai of Chiang Rai Province.

[edit] History

The minor district (King Amphoe) Chai Prakan was created on January 1 1988, when four tambon were split off from Fang district.[1] It was upgraded to a full district on July 4 1994.[2]

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 4 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 43 villages (muban). Chai Prakan itself is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of the tambon Pong Tam, Si Dong Yen and Nong Bua. There are further 3 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No. Name Thai name Villages Inh.
1. Pong Tam ปงตำ 8 8,267
2. Si Dong Yen ศรีดงเย็น 18 15,842
3. Mae Thalop แม่ทะลบ 6 7,415
4. Nong Bua หนองบัว 11 16,374

[edit] References

  1. ^ "ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งเขตท้องที่อำเภอฝาง จังหวัดเชียงใหม่ ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอไชยปราการ" (in Thai) (January 7 1988). Royal Gazette 105 (5 ง): 107. 
  2. ^ "พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอเปือยน้อย ... และอำเภอศรีวิไล พ.ศ. ๒๕๓๗" (in Thai) (June 3 1994). Royal Gazette 111 (21 ก): 32–35. 

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