Fang or "Wiang Fang" ("wiang" is a walled city or town) is a town in the northern Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, also known as Thesaban Wiang Fang, the capital of Fang District. It is 154 km north of Chiang Mai, among the highest mountains in the country.
According to the Yonok chronicle, Mueang Fang was built in 641 by King Lawa Changkarat. Later King Mengrai the Great reigned in Fang before building Wiang Kum Kam and Chiang Mai of the Lanna Kingdom for one year around 1268. It seems that Mengrai used Mueang Fang for the base to invade Hariphunchai.
Etymologyedit
The landscape of Fang looked like the seed of a fang tree (Caesalpinia sappan). The town was named after the tree.
Geographyedit
Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Mu 1, 10 Tambon San Sai, Mu 7 (Ban Mea Jai) Tambon Wiang, Mu 2, 4 Tambon Wiang, and Mu 2 Tambon Wiang.
Administrationedit
The town is subdivided into 12 boroughs ("chumchon"), which include five villages (muban) of the Wiang subdistrict - Mu 2, 3, 4, 5, and 9.
No.
Name
Thai name
1.
Ton Nun
ชุมชนต้นหนุน
2.
Pan Naram
ชุมชนปัณณาราม
3.
Chaeng Hua Rin
ชุมชนแจ่งหัวริน
4.
Phra Nang Sam Phio
ชุมชนพระนางสามผิว
5.
Suan Dok
ชุมชนสวนดอก
6.
Chedi Ngam
ชุมชนเจดีย์งาม
7.
Pa Bong
ชุมชนป่าบง
8.
Thep Amnuai
ชุมชนเทพอำนวย
9.
Ton Hang
ชุมชนต้นฮ่าง
10.
San Pa Nai
ชุมชนสันป่าไหน่
11.
Phai Lom
ชุมชนไผ่ล้อม
12.
Phai Tong
ชุมชนไผ่ทอง
Educationedit
The school structure is divided into four key stages: the first three years in elementary school, Prathom 1–3, are for ages 6–8; the second level, Prathom 4–6 are for children 9–11; the third level, Matthayom 1–3, is for ages 12–14. The upper secondary level of schooling consists of Matthayom 4–6 for ages 15–17 and is divided into academic and vocational streams. There are academic upper secondary schools, vocational upper secondary schools, and comprehensive schools offering academic and vocational tracks. Students who choose the academic stream usually intend to enter a university. Vocational schools offer programs that prepare students for employment.
Thana Technology International College Chiang Mai (private)
Climateedit
Fang has a tropical wet and dry climate (Köppen climate classificationAw). Winters are fairly dry and warm. Temperatures rise until April, which is average around year at 25 °C (77 °F). The monsoon season runs from late-April through October, with heavy rain and somewhat cooler temperatures during the day, although nights remain warm.
^"Climatological Information for Fang, Thailand". World Weather Online. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
External linksedit
Fang travel guide from Wikivoyage
April 30, 2024
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