Samoeng district

Neighbouring districts are (from the north clockwise) Mae Taeng, Mae Rim, Hang Dong, Mae Wang, Mae Chaem, and Galyani Vadhana of Chiang Mai Province and Pai of Mae Hong Son province.

Most years, air quality in Samoeng declines in March–April due to field burning and forest fires. In April 2019, Samoeng's air quality declined to levels heretofore unseen. To blame were forest fires in the hills surrounding the valley. Readings by the Chiang Mai Air Quality Health Index (CMAQHI) showed air quality index (AQI) scores in Samoeng's tambon Yang Moen had exceeded 500, the highest level the AQI can record.{{cite news |title=Air pollution surpasses measurable levels|url=https://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30367095 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403220638/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30367095 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 3, 2019 |accessdate=2019-04-30 |work=The Nation |date=2019-04-04}}{{cite news |last1=Rujivanarom |first1=Pratch |title=Rise in temperatures linked to air pollution, say experts |url=https://www.nationthailand.com/detail/national/30368565 |access-date=30 April 2019 |work=The Nation |date=30 April 2019}} The AQI measures a spectrum of air pollutants including PM2.5, PM10, and carbon dioxide. PM2.5 is particulate matter (PM) with a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometres, or about 3% the diameter of a human hair. It can lodge in the lungs and enter blood vessels, leading to respiratory and cardiovascular disease.{{cite news |last1=Wipatayotin |first1=Apinya |title=Chiang Mai air pollution worst in the world |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1643388/chiang-mai-air-pollution-worst-in-the-world |accessdate=30 April 2019 |work=Bangkok Post |date=13 Mar 2019}}

The district was originally created in 1902 as a minor district (king amphoe). It was upgraded to a full district in 1908,{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=25|issue=15|pages=447–448|script-title=th:แจ้งความกระทรวงมหาดไทย|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2451/015/447_1.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516195325/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2451/015/447_1.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 16, 2012|date=12 Jul 1908|language=Thai}} downgraded to a minor district in 1938,{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=55|issue=ง|pages=2067|script-title=th:ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง ยุบอำเภอลงเป็นกิ่งอำเภอ|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2481/D/2067.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516194108/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2481/D/2067.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 16, 2012|date=12 Sep 1938|language=Thai}} and returned to its current designation as a full district in 1958.{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=75|issue=55 ก|pages=321|script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาจัดตั้งอำเภอกระสัง อำเภอกระนวน อำเภอบางกอกใหญ่ อำเภอขุนหาร อำเภอพนา อำเภอปากช่อง อำเภอวังเหนือ อำเภอวังชิ้น อำเภอแม่ทา อำเภอหนองหมู อำเภอสระแก้ว อำเภออมก๋อย อำเภอบางซ้าย อำเภอทับสะแก อำเภอบุณฑริก อำเภอลานสะกา อำเภอจอมบึง อำเภอท่ายาง อำเภอสามเงา อำเภอฟากท่า อำเภอบ้านเขว้า อำเภอชานุมาน อำเภอแม่พริก อำเภอท่าสองยาง อำเภอสะเมิง อำเภอหนองแขม อำเภอพระแสง พ.ศ. ๒๕๐๑|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2501/A/055/321.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406104814/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2501/A/055/321.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 6, 2012|date=22 Jul 1958|language=Thai}}

The district is divided into five sub-districts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 45 villages (muban). Samoeng Tai is a sub-district municipality (thesaban tambon), which covers parts of tambon Samoeng Tai. There are a further four tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

The Royal Project Agricultural Station Pang Da near Samoeng Tai{{cite news |title=Pang Da Royal Project |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/travel/sightseeing/22020/pang-da-royal-project |accessdate=17 July 2018 |work=Bangkok Post |date=n.d.}} conducts plant research, primarily on tropical fruit trees, temperate fruit trees such as the fig,{{cite news |last1=Sukpetch |first1=Ekkarat |title=Royal Food on Your Table |url=https://www.pressreader.com/thailand/the-nation/20171119/281487866646711 |accessdate=17 July 2018 |work=The Nation |date=2017-11-19}} flowers, beans, vetiver, rapid-growth trees, and medical cannabis.{{cite news |last1=Chuwiruch |first1=Natnicha |title=Thailand Wants to Have Its (Hash) Cake and Eat It Too |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-16/singapore-s-lead-over-malaysia-s-economy-is-shrinking-chart |accessdate=17 July 2018 |work=Bloomberg |date=17 July 2018}}

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