AMPHOE SI CHIANG MAI

'Si Chiang Mai' () is a district (''Amphoe'') in the western part of Nong Khai Province, northeastern Thailand.

Contents

History

Geography

Administration

External links

History

Si Chiang Mai is an ancient city, which was established by King Setthathirath of Lan Xang Kingdom. It was named after ''Mueang'' Chiang Mai, the hometown of his princess. It was created as a district of Nong Khai Province on August 4 1958, when it was split off from Tha Bo district.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the southeast clockwise) Tha Bo, Pho Tak and Sangkhom of Nong Khai Province. To the north across the Mekong river is the Laotian province Vientiane Prefecture.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 4 subdistricts (''tambon''), which are further subdivided into 43 villages (''muban''). Si Chiang Mai is a township (''thesaban tambon'') which covers parts of ''tambon'' Phan Phrao. There are further e Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh.
1.	Phan Phrao	พานพร้าว	15	14,042
3.	Ban Mo	บ้านหม้อ	8	4,523
4.	Prabuddhabat	พระพุทธบาท	10	4,846
5.	Nong Pla Pak	หนองปลาปาก	10	7,721

Missing number are ''tambon'' which now form Pho Tak district.

External links

★ http://www.srichiangmai.com Website of district (Thai)

★ http://www.hinmarkpeng.org/map.html