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Mae Hong Son (Thai: แม่ฮ่องสอน, pronounced [mɛ̂ː hɔ̂ŋ sɔ̌ːn]) is a town (thesaban mueang) in north-west Thailand, capital of Mae Hong Son Province. It is in the Shan Hills, near the border with Burma along the banks of the River Pai. As of 2018, the town had 7,066 inhabitants. [1]
BANGKOK (Reuters) -More than a dozen Danish tourists in Thailand were injured after a bus lost control and crashed in the northern Mae Hong Son, a remote mountainous province, officials said on ...
Most of the areas of Mae Hong Son province are the complex mountain ranges of the Thai highlands, parts of which are still covered with rainforest. The total forest area is 10,915 km 2 (4,214 sq mi) or 85.5 percent of provincial area.
Thailand has 390,000 km (242,335 miles) of highways. [2] According to the BBC, Thailand has 462,133 roads and many multi-lane highways. As of 2017 Thailand had 37 million registered vehicles, 20 million of them two or three-wheeled motorbikes, and millions more that are unregistered. [9]
Khun Yuam (Thai: ขุนยวม, pronounced [kʰǔn jūam]; Northern Thai: ขุนยวม, pronounced [kʰǔn ɲūam]) is a district of Mae Hong Son province, northern Thailand. History [ edit ]
Mae Hong Son Airport (IATA: HGN, ICAO: VTCH) is in Chong Kham subdistrict, Mueang Mae Hong Son district, Mae Hong Son province in northern Thailand. It has two main buildings, one each for departing and arriving guests. [1] It contains a convenience store, coffee shop, restaurant, souvenir shop, ATM, as well as a parking garage.
During World War II Japanese troops built a road from Pai to Mueang Mae Hong Son and further to Burma. Later people used the road for transport, using Ban Soppong Mae Umong (บ้านสบป่องแม่อูมอง) as the overnight stop. The government built a police station in 1948 in the area called Pang Mapha.
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