Official Name: | Piang Luang |
Native Name: | เปียงหลวง |
Settlement Type: | Tambon |
Pushpin Map: | Thailand |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Thailand |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Chiang Mai |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Wiang Haeng |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 16757 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Piang Luang (Thai: เปียงหลวง) is a tambon (subdistrict) of Wiang Haeng District, in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand.[1] In 2005 it had a population of 16,757 people. The tambon contains nine villages. The town lies near the border with Shan State, Burma.[2] During the 1960s to the 1980s, it was the headquarter of the Shan United Revolutionary Army.