Mae Chai (Mae Chai)
Mae Chai (แม่ใจ, ) is a small town and subdistrict (tambon) in Mae Chai District, in Phayao Province, Thailand. It is the principal town in the district. The town is split with tambon Si Thoi. As of 2005, it has a population of 5,094 people. It is in the northwestern part of the province not far from the border with Lampang Province. It lies along National Road 1 (Phahon Yothin Road), and is connected by road to Phayao in the south. To the north along the highway are Pa Faek and then Mae Yen across into Chiang Rai Province. The tambon has 10 villages under its jurisdiction. It lies partly within Mae Puem National Park. Mae Chai River is the river running through the area.
In the 1950s, the area was reported to be heavily forested but it saw an extraordinary growth in rice production in the 1990s. The tambon also has great conditions with temperature and rainfall for highland wheat production, which has been exploited in villages such as Pha Daeng with improved technology. Red kidney beans are also grown in the area.
In the 1950s, the area was reported to be heavily forested but it saw an extraordinary growth in rice production in the 1990s. The tambon also has great conditions with temperature and rainfall for highland wheat production, which has been exploited in villages such as Pha Daeng with improved technology. Red kidney beans are also grown in the area.
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Tai peoples migrated from southwestern China to mainland Southeast Asia from the 11th century. Indianised kingdoms such as the Mon, Khmer Empire and Malay states ruled the region, competing with Thai states such as the Kingdoms of Ngoenyang, Sukhothai, Lan Na and Ayutthaya, which also rivalled each other. European contact began in 1511 with a Portuguese diplomatic mission to Ayutthaya, which became a regional power by the end of the 15th century. Ayutthaya reached its peak during the 18th century, until it was destroyed in the Burmese–Siamese War. Taksin quickly reunified the fragmented territory and established the short-lived Thonburi Kingdom. He was succeeded in 1782 by Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, the first monarch of the current Chakri dynasty. Throughout the era of Western imperialism in Asia, Siam remained the only nation in the region to avoid colonization by foreign powers, although it was often forced to make territorial, trade and legal concessions in unequal treaties. The Siamese system of government was centralised and transformed into a modern unitary absolute monarchy in the reign of Chulalongkorn. In World War I, Siam sided with the Allies, a political decision made in order to amend the unequal treaties. Following a bloodless revolution in 1932, it became a constitutional monarchy and changed its official name to Thailand, becoming an ally of Japan in World War II. In the late 1950s, a military coup under Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat revived the monarchy's historically influential role in politics. Thailand became a major ally of the United States, and played an anti-communist role in the region as a member of the failed SEATO, but from 1975 sought to improve relations with Communist China and Thailand's neighbours.
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THB | Thai baht | ฿ | 2 |
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EN | English language |
TH | Thai language |