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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]
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.
In 1994, a new route was cut to start at Ban Nong Khong. On Highway 107, which is a route bypassing the city of Mae Malai, [5] [6] the route was previously designated as a rural road, HRS 3045, [7] then Highway 1095 heads into Mae Hong Son Province, passing Pai district, Pang Mapha district and Mueang Mae Hong Son district. It enters Mae Hong ...
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.
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]
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 ...
Pai, at present [when?] it is well known as an important tourist destination of Mae Hong Son. It is therefore very popular with both Thai and foreign tourists especially young people and also being used as a location for filming movies such as Ruk Jung in 2006, Pai in Love and Kat Rattakarn's Ya Kuet Nak - MV in 2009, Timeline in 2014 etc. [ 1 ]
The Interior Ministry upgraded Mueang Mae Hong Son to a fourth-class city under Monthon Phayap on 10 May 1910. [1] It then consisted of the four districts, Mueang Mae Hong Son, Mueang Yuam (now Mae Sariang District), Pai, and Khun Yuam. In 1917, the district was renamed from Mueang to Muai To (ม่วยต่อ). [2]