Chang Phueak
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 25,300 residents
- Description: subdistrict in Mueang Chiang Mai district, Chiang Mai province, Thailand
- Also known as: “Chang Phuak”, “Chang Phueak, Chiang Mai”, and “เทศบาลตำบลช้างเผือก”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chiang Mai National Museum and Wat Jed Yod.
Chiang Mai National Museum
Museum
The Chiang Mai National Museum is a national museum located in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. It highlights the history of the Kingdom of Lanna with descriptions in both Thai and English.
Wat Jed Yod
Buddhist temple
Photo: Memorable9, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Highland People Discovery Museum
Museum
Photo: FredTC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Highland People Discovery Museum, formerly known as the Tribal Museum, is an ethnographic museum in the Mueang Chiang Mai District of Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand, showing the life of Thailand's minority hill tribes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chiang Mai and Nong Pa Khrang.
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".
Nong Pa Khrang
Town
Nong Pa Khrang is a tambon of Mueang Chiang Mai District, in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. In 2005 it had a population of 8,423 people. The tambon contains seven mubans. Nong Pa Khrang is situated 6 km southeast of Chang Phueak.
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 Chang Phueak.
Chang Phueak
- Categories: tambon and locality
- Location: Chang Phueak, Mueang Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai Province, Northern Thailand, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
18.81312° or 18° 48′ 47″ northLongitude
98.97822° or 98° 58′ 42″ eastPopulation
25,300Elevation
331 metres (1,086 feet)Open location code
7MCWRX7H+67OpenStreetMap ID
node 8167514436OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
11071461Wikidata ID
Q5071657
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Thai—“Chang Phueak” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Chang Phueak”
- Dutch: “Chang Phueak”
- French: “Chang Phueak”
- German: “Chang Phueak”
- Italian: “Chang Phueak”
- Polish: “Chang Phueak”
- Portuguese: “Chang Phueak”
- Spanish: “Chang Phueak”
- Thai: “ต.ช้างเผือก”
- Thai: “ตำบลช้างเผือก (จังหวัดเชียงใหม่)”
- Thai: “ตำบลช้างเผือก”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lanna City Park and Muban Chotana Niwet.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bureau of Rural Roads 10 (Chiang Mai) and Office of Chiang Mai Provincial Rural Roads.
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