Mae Sai

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Mae Sai
แม่สาย

Statistics
Province:	Chiang Rai
District office:	Mae Sai 20°25′41″N, 99°53′1″E
Area:	285.0 km²
Inhabitants:	86,298 (2005)
Pop. density:	302.8 inh./km²
Geocode:	5709
Postal code:	57130
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Mae Sai is the northernmost district (Amphoe) of Chiang Rai Province in northern Thailand. It is a major border crossing between Thailand and Myanmar, which Asian Highway Network AH2 (Thai highway 1 or Phahonyothin road) crossing the Mae Sai River to the town Tachileik in Myanmar. However travel further into Myanmar ( Burma ) from the Thai border crossing in Mae Sai is not possible for non Burma nationals. 1 day passes for non-Burma nationals are issued at Burma customs in Tachileik, passports are confiscated and a travel temporary travel permit is issued which is exchanged for your passport upon crossing back into Thailand.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Administration 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) Chiang Saen, Mae Chan and Mae Fa Luang. To the north is Myanmar, separated by the Mae Sai River and the Ruak River. The westernmost part of the district contains several hills, the most important one is the Doi Tung with the Wat Phra That Doi Tung temple on top.

[edit] History

The minor district (King Amphoe) Mae Sai was created on March 1 1939, when the two tambon Mae Sai and Pong Pha were split off from Chiang Saen district.^[1] It was upgraded to a full district on May 1 1950.^[2]

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 8 subdistricts (tambon), which in turn are further subdivided into 92 villages (muban). There are two subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon) within the district - Mai Sai itself covering parts of the tambon Mae Sai and Wiang Phang Kham, and Huai Khrai covering parts of the tambon Huai Khrai. There are further 8 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh.
1.	Mae Sai	แม่สาย	14	21,697
2.	Huai Khrai	ห้วยไคร้	11	7,609
3.	Ko Chang	เกาะช้าง	13	9,964
4.	Pong Pha	โป่งผา	12	8,348
5.	Si Mueang Chum	ศรีเมืองชุม	9	5,090
6.	Wiang Phang Kham	เวียงพางคำ	13	19,945
8.	Ban Dai	บ้านด้าย	8	4,117
9.	Pong Ngam	โป่งงาม	12	9,528

The geocode 7 is not used.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• amphoe.com (Thai)
• http://www.maesai.go.th Website of Mae Sai township (Thai)

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