Mueang Chiang Mai
Mueang Chiang Mai is the capital district of Chiang Mai province in northern Thailand. The district contains the city municipality of Chiang Mai and is part of the Chiang Mai urban area.- Type: amphoe with 347,000 residents
- Description: district in Chiang Mai province, Thailand
- Also known as: “Amphoe Muang Chiang Mai” and “Mueang Chiang Mai district”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chiang Mai Zoo and Wat Phra Singh.
Chiang Mai Zoo
Zoo
Photo: Love Krittaya, Public domain.
Chiang Mai Zoo and Aquarium is a 200-acre zoo on Huay Kaew Road in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, just west of Chiang Mai University. It is the first commercial zoo in northern Thailand, established on 16 June 1977.
Wat Phra Singh
Buddhist temple
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Wat Phra Singh (full name: Wat Phra Singh Woramahaviharn; Northern Thai: ᩅᩢ᩠ᨯᩕᨻᩈᩥᨦ᩠ᩉ᩺ᩅᩴᩬᩁᨾᩉᩣᩅᩥᩉᩣ᩠ᩁ; Thai: วัดพระสิงห์วรมหาวิหาร; RTGS: Wat Phra Sing Wora Maha Wihan; is a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand.
Wat Jed Yod
Buddhist temple
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Wat Chet Yot or officially called Wat Photharam Maha Wihan is a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand. It is a centre of pilgrimage for those born in the year of the Snake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chiang Mai and Chang Phueak.
Chiang Mai
Photo: Tevaprapas, CC BY 3.0.
Chiang Mai is the hub of northern Thailand. On a plain at an elevation of 316 m, surrounded by mountains and lush countryside, it is much greener and quieter than the capital and has a cosmopolitan air and a significant expatriate population, all factors which have led many from Bangkok to settle permanently in this "rose of the north".
Chang Phueak
Town
Chang Phueak is a tambon of Mueang Chiang Mai District, in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. The tambon is home to the Chiang Mai National Museum, which traces northern Thai history and culture.
Nong Hoi
Town
Nong Hoi is a tambon of Mueang Chiang Mai District, in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. In 2005 it had a population of 13,144 people. The tambon contains six villages. Nong Hoi is situated 7 km southeast of Mueang Chiang Mai.
Mueang Chiang Mai
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In Other Languages
From Bishnupriya to Vietnamese—“Mueang Chiang Mai” goes by many names.
- Bishnupriya: “আম্ফোয়ে মুয়েং চিয়াং মাই”
- Cebuano: “Amphoe Mueang Chiang Mai”
- Chinese: “Mueang Chiang Mai Kūn”
- Chinese: “孟清邁區”
- Chinese: “清迈府治县”
- Chinese: “清邁市”
- Chinese: “清邁府治縣”
- French: “Mueang Chiang Mai”
- German: “Amphoe Mueang Chiang Mai”
- Italian: “Distretto di Mueang Chiang Mai”
- Japanese: “チェンマイ”
- Japanese: “チエンマイ”
- Japanese: “ムアンチエンマイ郡”
- Korean: “므앙치앙마이군”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Mueang Chiang Mai Kūn”
- Romanian: “Districtul Mueang Chiang Mai”
- Russian: “Муеанг-Чиангмай”
- Thai: “เมืองเชียงใหม่”
- Thai: “อ.เมืองเชียงใหม่”
- Thai: “อำเภอเมือง”
- Thai: “อำเภอเมืองเชียงใหม่”
- Urdu: “موئانگ چیانگ مائی ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Mueang Chiang Mai”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lanna Traditional House Museum CMU. and Chiang Mai University.
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