Amphoe Mae La Noi

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Mae La Noi
แม่ลาน้อย
Statistics
Province:	Mae Hong Son
District office:	Mae La Noi 18°23′4″N, 97°56′13″E
Area:	1,456.6 km²
Inhabitants:	34,126 (2005)
Pop. density:	23.4 inh./km²
Geocode:	5805
Postal code:	58120
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Mae La Noi (Thai: แม่ลาน้อย) is a district (Amphoe) in the southern part of Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Administration
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The minor district (King Amphoe) was created on February 10 1967, consisting of the two tambon Mae La Noi and Mae La Luang.^[1] It was made a subordinate of Mae Sariang district, from which the tambon Mae La Noi was split off. Mae La Luang originally belonged to Khun Yuam district.^[2] It was official upgraded to a full district on August 21st, 1975.^[3]

[edit] Geography

Neighboring are (from southwest clockwise) Mae Sariang of Mae Hong Son Province, Kayah State of Myanmar, Khun Yuam of Mae Hong Son Province again and Mae Chaem of Chiang Mai Province.

The important rivers of Mae La Noi are the Yuam, Mae La Luang and Mae La Noi river.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 8 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 69 villages (muban). Mae La Noi is also a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of the tambon Mae La Noi. There are 8 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh.
1.	Mae La Noi	แม่ลาน้อย	15	8,674
2.	Mae La Luang	แม่ลาหลวง	9	5,140
3.	Tha Pha Pum	ท่าผาปุ้ม	8	4,052
4.	Mae Tho	แม่โถ	8	3,456
5.	Huai Hom	ห้วยห้อม	9	4,346
6.	Mae Na Chang	แม่นาจาง	7	3,094
7.	Santi Khiri	สันติคีรี	8	2,669
8.	Khun Mae La Noi	ขุนแม่ลาน้อย	5	2,695