Mueang Pan district

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| official_name = Mueang Pan

| native_name = เมืองปาน

| native_name_lang= th

| settlement_type = District

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| map_caption = District location in Lampang province

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| subdivision_name = Thailand

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Lampang

| subdivision_type2 = Seat

| subdivision_name2 = Mueang Pan

| subdivision_type3 = Tambon

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| subdivision_type4 = Muban

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| established_title = District established

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| population_total = 34494

| population_as_of = 2005

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| blank_name_sec1 = Postal code

| blank_info_sec1 = 52240

| blank_name_sec2 = Geocode

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| timezone = ICT

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Mueang Pan ({{langx|th|เมืองปาน}}, {{IPA|th|mɯ̄a̯ŋ pāːn|pron}}) is a district (amphoe) in the northern part of Lampang province, northern Thailand.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Wiang Pa Pao of Chiang Rai province, Wang Nuea, Chae Hom, and Mueang Lampang of Lampang Province, and Mae On and Doi Saket of Chiang Mai province.

The Phi Pan Nam Mountains dominate the landscape of the district.

History

The minor district (king amphoe) Mueang Pan was established on 15 July 1981, when the four tambons Mueang Pan, Chae Son, Ban Kho, and Thung Kwao were split off from Chae Hom district.{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=98|issue=148 ง|pages=3040|script-title=th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งท้องที่อำเภอแจ้ห่ม จังหวัดลำปาง ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอเมืองปาน|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2524/D/148/3040.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427183020/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2524/D/148/3040.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 27, 2012|date=September 8, 1981|language=Thai}} On 9 May 1992 it was upgraded to a full district.{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=109|issue=45 ก|pages=27–29|script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอสอยดาว อำเภอโพนสวรรค์ อำเภอบางขัน อำเภอหว้านใหญ่ อำเภอเมืองปาน อำเภอภูหลวง อำเภอโคกศรีสุพรรณ และอำเภอสำโรง พ.ศ. ๒๕๓๕|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2535/A/045/27.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214095908/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2535/A/045/27.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 14, 2012|date=April 9, 1992|language=Thai}}

Administration

The district is divided into five subdistricts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 53 villages (mubans). There are no municipal (thesaban) areas. There are five tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No. ! Name ! Thai name ! Villages ! Pop.
\|1.	Mueang Pan	เมืองปาน	8	5,646
\|2.	Ban Kho	บ้านขอ	13	8,160
\|3.	Thung Kwao	ทุ่งกว๋าว	13	9,394
\|4.	Chae Son	แจ้ซ้อน	12	7,201
\|5.	Hua Mueang	หัวเมือง	7	4,093

References

External links

[http://www.amphoe.com/menu.php?mid=1&am=558&pv=51 amphoe.com]

Mueang Pan