Amphoe Mueang Lampang

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Mueang Lampang
เมืองลำปาง
Statistics
Province: Lampang
District office: 18°17′31″N, 99°30′16″E
Area: 1,156.6 km²
Inhabitants: 237,335 (2005)
Pop. density: 205.2 inh./km²
Geocode: 5201
Postal code: 52000
Map
Map of Lampang, Thailand highlighting Mueang Lampang

Mueang Lampang (Thai: เมืองลำปาง) is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Lampang Province, northern Thailand.

[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Mueang Pan, Chae Hom, Mae Mo, Mae Tha, Ko Kha and Hang Chat of Lampang Province, Mae Tha of Lamphun Province, and Mae On of Chiang Mai Province.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 19 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 179 villages (muban). Lampang is a city (thesaban nakhon) covering the tambon Wiang Nuea, Suan Dok, Sop Tui and parts of tambon Hua Wiang, Phichai, Chomphu, Phrabat and Bo Haeo. The town (thesaban mueang) Khelang Nakhon covers the tambon Kluai Phae and Pong Saen Thong, and parts of tambon Phrabat and Chomphu. There are two more townships (thesaban tambon) - Bo Haeo and Phichai each cover parts of the same-named tambon. There are further 11 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No. Name Thai name Villages Inh.
1. Wiang Nuea เวียงเหนือ - 12,511
2. Hua Wiang หัวเวียง - 8,842
3. Suan Dok สวนดอก - 5,962
4. Sop Tui สบตุ๋ย - 15,888
5. Phrabat พระบาท 9 21,483
6. Chomphu ชมพู 14 27,234
7. Kluai Phae กล้วยแพะ 5 9,709
8. Pong Saen Thong ปงแสนทอง 11 18,210
9. Ban Laeng บ้านแลง 11 7,462
10. Ban Sadet บ้านเสด็จ 14 11,497
11. Phichai พิชัย 16 21,822
12. Thung Fai ทุ่งฝาย 9 8,770
13. Ban Ueam บ้านเอื้อม 15 10,683
14. Ban Pao บ้านเป้า 12 7,330
15. Ban Kha บ้านค่า 8 6,099
16. Bo Haeo บ่อแฮ้ว 17 18,308
17. Ton Thong Chai ต้นธงชัย 13 14,949
18. Nikhom Phatthana นิคมพัฒนา 14 5,125
19. Bunnak Phatthana บุญนาคพัฒนา 11 5,451
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