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Lisa A. Buzenas is the current Consul General to Chiang Mai. [4] Opened in 1950, the consulate oversees relations with 15 provinces in Northern Thailand. [1] [5] In 2020, the United States broke ground on a $284 million new building for the consulate on the city's superhighway.
Chiang Mai International Airport (IATA: CNX, ICAO: VTCC) is an international airport in Suthep subdistrict, Mueang Chiang Mai district, Chiang Mai province in northern Thailand. It is a major gateway that links northern Thailand to the rest of the region and is currently the fourth-busiest airport in the country. It is managed by Airports of ...
Chiang Mai [a] is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the second largest city in Thailand. It is 700 km (435 mi) north of Bangkok in a mountainous region called the Thai highlands and has a population of 1.2 million people as of 2022, which is more than 66 percent of the total population of Chiang Mai province (1.8 million).
The district is divided into 12 sub-districts (), which are further subdivided into 116 villages ().There are two townships (thesaban tambons): San Sai Luang covers parts of tambons San Sai Luang, San Sai Noi, San Phranet, and Pa Phai; Mae Cho parts of tambons Nong Chom, Nong Han, and Pa Phai.
Though the plans for Chiang Mai is controversial due to the extreme centralization of the government. Especially within the parliament, conservatives called it separatism. A recent bill passed in 2005 and withdrawn in 2007 proposed a new province, Nakhon Suvarnabhumi , and was planned to be structured as a special local administrative area.
The six tones in the Chiang Mai and Nan dialects Chiang Mai (the Lanna dictionary, 2007, p. ต) [16] Chiang Mai (Gedney, 1999, p. 725) [17] Standard Thai tone Equated to [19] Example based on the Chiang Mai tones described in the Lanna Dictionary (2007) [16] Name Tone letters Name Tone letters Tone letters Phonemic Phonetic Northern Thai ...
Chiang Mai [a] is the largest Province of Thailand by area. [6] [7] It lies in upper northern Thailand and has a population of 1.78 million people.It is bordered by Chiang Rai to the northeast, Lampang and Lamphun to the south, Tak to the southwest, Mae Hong Son to the west, and Shan State of Burma to the north.
Chiang Mai was, therefore, abandoned, [3] ceased to exist as a functional city with its population dispersed and left to be claimed by jungles. [4] Phaya Chaban was called to Thonburi where he was imprisoned for his failures and died. With Chiang Mai and Nan abandoned, Lampang under Kawila stood as main frontline defense against Burmese incursions.