Northern Thailand
Mae Hong Son Province
Mueang Mae Hong Son

Mae Hong Son

Mae Hong Son is a town in north-west , capital of Mae Hong Son Province. It is in the Shan Hills, near the border with Burma along the banks of the River Pai.
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  • Type: Town with 7,330 residents
  • Description: town in Mae Hong Son province, Thailand
  • Also known as: “Amphoe Muang Mae Hong Son”, “Ban Me Tau”, “Ban Muai Tau”, “Ban Muai To”, “Ban Muai Toh”, “Changwat Mae Hong Son”, “Changwat Me Hohng Sohn”, “Haung Saun”, “Mae Hingsorn”, “Mae Hongson”, “Mae Hung Son”, “Maehongsorn”, “Me Hawng Sawn”, “Me Hong Sawn”, “Mea Haung Saun”, “Mehawnghsawn”, “Mehohngsohn”, “Mehungsong”, and “Muai Tau”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mae Hong Son Airport and Wat Chong Kham.

Aerodrome
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is in Tambon Chong Kham, , in . It has two main buildings, one each for departing and arriving guests.

Buddhist temple
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is a Buddhist temple.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Thanes Piamnamai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wat Phrathat Doi Kong Mu is an ancient Thai Buddhist temple in , , considered as a provincial temple. Formerly known as Wat Plai Doi, because it is located on Doi Kong Mu hill 1,300 m above sea level, southern west of Amphoe Mueang Mae Hong Son.

Mae Hong Son

Latitude
19.3015° or 19° 18′ 5″ north
Longitude
97.9666° or 97° 57′ 60″ east
Population
7,330
Elevation
258 metres (846 feet)
IATA airport code
HGN
Open location code
7MFV8X28+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 301515447
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1152222
Wiki­data ID
Q743005
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Mae Hong Son” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ماي هونغ سون”
  • Bengali: “মে হং সন”
  • Burmese: “မယ်ဟောင်ဆောင်”
  • Burmese: “မယ်ဟောင်ဆောင်မြို့”
  • Cebuano: “Mae Hong Son”
  • Chinese: “夜丰颂”
  • Chinese: “夜豐頌”
  • Chinese: “湄宏順市”
  • Dutch: “Mae Hong Son”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ماى هونج سون”
  • Finnish: “Mae Hong Son”
  • French: “Mae Hong Son”
  • German: “Mae Hong Son”
  • Hebrew: “מה הונג סונג”
  • Italian: “Mae Hong Son”
  • Japanese: “メーホーンソーン”
  • Japanese: “メーホンソーン”
  • Korean: “매홍손”
  • Lithuanian: “Mehongsonas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mae Hong Son”
  • Norwegian: “Mae Hong Son”
  • Portuguese: “Mae Hong Son”
  • Russian: “Мае Хонг Сон”
  • Russian: “Мэхонгсон”
  • Shan: “မႄႈႁွင်ႈသွၼ်”
  • Slovenian: “Mae Hong Son”
  • Swedish: “Mae Hong Son”
  • Thai: “เทศบาลเมืองแม่ฮ่องสอน”
  • Thai: “เมืองแม่ฮ่องสอน”
  • Thai: “แม่ฮ่องสอน”
  • Tibetan: “མའེ་ཧོང་སཱོན།”
  • Ukrainian: “Мехонґсон”
  • Urdu: “مائے ہونگ سون”
  • Vietnamese: “Mae Hong Son”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mae Hong Son”
  • Western Panjabi: “مائے ہانگ سن”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mae Hong Son”. Photo: LannaPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0.