Official Name: | Mae Ramat |
Native Name: | แม่ระมาด |
Native Name Lang: | th |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Thailand |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Tak |
Subdivision Type2: | Seat |
Subdivision Type3: | Tambon |
Subdivision Type4: | Muban |
Established Title: | District established |
Population Total: | 44798 |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Postal code |
Blank Info Sec1: | 63140 |
Blank Name Sec2: | Geocode |
Blank Info Sec2: | 6304 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Coordinates: | 16.9831°N 98.5169°W |
Mae Ramat (Thai: แม่ระมาด, in Thai pronounced as /mɛ̂ː rā.mâːt/) is a district (amphoe) in the northwestern part of Tak province, western Thailand.
The area of Mae Ramat was occupied by Karen people for 100 years. Many people from northern provinces of Thailand moved to establish a new village there. Later the village grew bigger and became the Tambon Mae Ramat. The government upgraded the tambon to a minor district (king amphoe) in 1897. It was upgraded to a full district in 1951.
Neighboring districts are (from the northwest clockwise) Tha Song Yang of Tak Province, Omkoi of Chiang Mai province, Sam Ngao, Ban Tak, Mueang Tak and Mae Sot of Tak Province, and Kayin State of Myanmar.
Khun Phra Wo National Park (อุทยานแห่งชาติขุนพระวอ) is in Mae Ramat District.
The important river of the district is the Mae Ramat River.
The district is the site of the Ler Tor Royal Project. Ler Tor village is in a mountainous area at 500 metres to 1,200 m elevation. In the area there are more than 5,610 Pgakauyau or Karen people in six villages and 14 communities. Before the royal project introduced villagers to other cash crops, the villagers grew opium poppies.[1]
The district is divided into six sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 57 villages (mubans). There are two townships (thesaban tambon) in the district, Mae Ramat and Mae Chao Rao, each covering parts of the same-named tambon. There are a further six tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
1. | Mae Ramat | แม่ระมาด | ||
2. | Mae Charao | แม่จะเรา | ||
3. | Khane Chue | ขะเนจื้อ | ||
4. | Mae Tuen | แม่ตื่น | ||
5. | Sam Muen | สามหมื่น | ||
6. | Phra That | พระธาตุ |