Mueang Lamphun District

Mueang Lamphun เมืองลำพูน
Amphoe
Amphoe location in Lamphun Province Amphoe location in Lamphun Province
Coordinates:
Country	Thailand
Province	Lamphun
Area
• Total	479.8 km2 (185.3 sq mi)
Population (2005)
• Total	140,486
• Density	292.8/km2 (758/sq mi)
Time zone	THA (UTC+7)
Postal code	51000
Geocode	5101

Mueang Lamphun (Thai: เมืองลำพูน; IPA: [mɯ̄aŋ lām.pʰūːn]) is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Lamphun Province, northern Thailand.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Mae Tha and Pa Sang of Lamphun Province, San Pa Tong, Hang Dong, Saraphi of Chiang Mai Province, Ban Thi of Lamphun and Mae On of Chiang Mai again.

The main river of the district is the Ping River.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 17 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 158 villages (muban). The town (thesaban mueang) Lamphun covers the whole tambon Nai Mueang. There are three more subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon) - Umong and Rim Ping cover the complete same-named tambon, and Ban Paen parts of tambon Ban Paen and Nong Nam. There are further 12 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh.
1.	Nai Mueang	ในเมือง	-	14,068
2.	Mueang Nga	เหมืองง่า	10	14,067
3.	Umong	อุโมงค์	11	13,558
4.	Nong Chang Khuen	หนองช้างคืน	6	3,925
5.	Pratu Pa	ประตูป่า	9	5,832
6.	Rim Ping	ริมปิง	10	7,088
7.	Ton Thong	ต้นธง	11	10,982
8.	Ban Paen	บ้านแป้น	9	6,445
9.	Mueang Chi	เหมืองจี้	14	9,298
10.	Pa Sak	ป่าสัก	18	11,797
11.	Wiang Yong	เวียงยอง	8	6,096
12.	Ban Klang	บ้านกลาง	12	8,195
13.	Makhuea Chae	มะเขือแจ้	20	15,249
16.	Si Bua Ban	ศรีบัวบาน	12	9,010
17.	Nong Nam	หนองหนาม	8	4,876

See also

• Chiang Mai Metropolitan Area

External links

• amphoe.com (Thai)