Official Name: | Pa Sang |
Native Name: | ป่าซาง |
Native Name Lang: | th |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Thailand |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Lamphun |
Subdivision Type2: | Seat |
Subdivision Name2: | Pa Sang |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Type4: | Muban |
Established Title: | District established |
Population Total: | 55824 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Postal code |
Blank Info Sec1: | 51120 |
Blank Name Sec2: | Geocode |
Blank Info Sec2: | 5106 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Coordinates: | 18.5258°N 98.9392°W |
Pa Sang (Thai: ป่าซาง, in Thai pronounced as /pàː sāːŋ/) is a district (amphoe) of Lamphun province, northern Thailand.
Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) Mueang Lamphun, Mae Tha, Ban Hong and Wiang Nong Long of Lamphun Province, Doi Lo and San Pa Tong of Chiang Mai province.
Originally named Pak Bong after its central sub-district, the district was renamed Pa Sang in 1953.[1]
The district is home to a population of Yong people. They migrated from Muang Yong of Shan State of today's Myanmar to the northern part of Thailand in 1805 or in the early-Rattanakosin period. Yong women are known as skillful cloth weavers.[2]
Pa Sang district is divided into nine sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 90 administrative villages (mubans).
No. | Name | Thai | Villages | Pop.[3] | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Pak Bong | Thai: ปากบ่อง | 5 | 3,415 | |
2. | Pa Sang | Thai: ป่าซาง | 5 | 5,450 | |
3. | Mae Raeng | Thai: แม่แรง | 11 | 7,368 | |
4. | Muang Noi | Thai: ม่วงน้อย | 8 | 4,466 | |
5. | Ban Ruean | Thai: บ้านเรือน | 8 | 4,059 | |
6. | Makok | Thai: มะกอก | 9 | 5,361 | |
7. | Tha Tum | Thai: ท่าตุ้ม | 14 | 7,345 | |
8. | Nam Dip | Thai: น้ำดิบ | 17 | 9,592 | |
11. | Nakhon Chedi | Thai: นครเจดีย์ | 13 | 8,768 |
There are four sub-district municipalities (thesaban tambons) in the district:
There are four sub-district administrative organizations (SAO) in the district: