Official Name: | Ban Tun |
Settlement Type: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Thailand |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Phayao |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Mueang Phayao |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 5098 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Ban Tun (Thai: บ้านตุ่น, in Thai pronounced as /bâːn tùn/) is a village and tambon (sub-district) of Mueang Phayao District, in Phayao Province, Thailand.[1] In 2005 it had a population of 5,098 people.
Doi Luang, the highest point of the Phi Pan Nam Range is at the western end of the sub-district.[2]
Ban Dok Bua, a village in the sub-district, is home to two organic rice cooperatives. "Ban Dok Bua Organic Rice" product debuted in the health food market in 2013. The "Happy Rice Limited Partnership" was registered in 2014 and serves as a principal supplier of "khao kum" (also known as "khao luem phua") in the province. Due to its chemical-free rice farming, Ban Dok Bua rice producers won the Sustainable Community King's Cup award in 2010 and 2011.[3]