AMPHOE DOI SAKET

'Doi Saket' () is a district (''Amphoe'') in the eastern part of Chiang Mai Province in northern Thailand.

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Geography

Life Style

Administration

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Mae On, San Kamphaeng, San Sai, Mae Taeng, Phrao of Chiang Mai Province, Wiang Pa Pao of Chiang Rai Province and Mueang Pan of Lampang Province.

Life Style

The district is basically a rural farming area. Including rice fields on the valley floor with orchards and mixed farming on the hillsides. The village proper is located just minutes drive from Chiang Mai city center. It has some service providers for chiang mai city, like a commercial laundry that does sheets and towels for the hotel industry and concrete readimix and the like. However the main economics is mostly farming and some people work in the city as day workers. The village is most famous with Thai tourists for it mordern style wall murals at Wat Doi Saket.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 14 subdistricts (''tambon''), which are further subdivided into 110 villages (''muban''). Doi Saket is a township (''thesaban tambon''), which covers parts of ''tambon'' Choeng Doi and Luang Nuea. There are further 13 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh.
1.	Choeng Doi	เชิงดอย	13	10,750
2.	San Pu Loei	สันปูเลย	14	9,137
3.	Luang Nuea	ลวงเหนือ	10	6,330
4.	Pa Pong	ป่าป้อง	7	3,549
5.	Sa-nga Ban	สง่าบ้าน	5	2,225
6.	Pa Lan	ป่าลาน	6	1,993
7.	Talat Khwan	ตลาดขวัญ	6	3,418
8.	Samran Rat	สำราญราษฎร์	8	3,366
9.	Mae Khue	แม่คือ	6	4,797
10.	Talat Yai	ตลาดใหญ่	5	3,760
11.	Mae Hoi Ngoen	แม่ฮ้อยเงิน	6	3,848
12.	Mae Pong	แม่โป่ง	10	5,589
13.	Pa Miang	ป่าเมี่ยง	6	3,638
14.	Thep Sadet	เทพเสด็จ	8	1,716