Official Name: | Mae Ai |
Native Name: | แม่อาย |
Native Name Lang: | th |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Thailand |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Chiang Mai |
Subdivision Type2: | Seat |
Subdivision Name2: | Mae Ai |
Subdivision Type3: | Tambon |
Subdivision Name3: | 7 |
Subdivision Type4: | Muban |
Subdivision Name4: | 99 |
Established Title: | District established |
Established Date: | 1967 |
Population Total: | 73537 |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Postal code |
Blank Info Sec1: | 50280 |
Blank Name Sec2: | Geocode |
Blank Info Sec2: | 5010 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Coordinates: | 20.0314°N 99.2869°W |
Mae Ai (th|แม่อาย, pronounced as /th/) is the northernmost district (amphoe) of Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand.
The minor district (king amphoe) Mae Ai was created on 15 August 1967, when the three tambons Mae Ai, Mae Sao, and Mae Na Wang were separated from Fang district.[1] It was upgraded to a full district on 28 June 1973.[2]
Neighboring districts are (from the southwest clockwise) Fang of Chiang Mai Province, Shan State of Myanmar, Mae Fa Luang, Mueang Chiang Rai, and Mae Suai of Chiang Rai province.
The important rivers are the Kok and Fang Rivers.
Mae Ai is divided into seven sub-districts (tambons), which are further divided into 93 administrative villages (mubans).
No. | Name | Thai | Villages | Pop.[3] | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Mae Ai | Thai: แม่อาย | 13 | 9,699 | |
2. | Mae Sao | Thai: แม่สาว | 16 | 12,020 | |
3. | San Ton Mue | Thai: สันต้นหมื้อ | 12 | 6,348 | |
4. | Mae Na Wang | Thai: แม่นาวาง | 17 | 14,206 | |
5. | Tha Ton | Thai: ท่าตอน | 15 | 19,902 | |
6. | Ban Luang | Thai: บ้านหลวง | 10 | 7,215 | |
7. | Malika | Thai: มะลิกา | 10 | 4,285 |
There is one sub-district municipality (thesaban tambon) in the district:
There are six sub-district administrative organizations (SAO) in the district: