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Daen Lao Range
The Daen Lao Range (, ; ) is a mountain range of the Shan Hills in eastern Myanmar (Burma) and northern Thailand. Most of the range is in , with its northern limit close to the border with China, and runs southwards across the Thai border, at the northern end of Thailand. Geologically in the Daen Lao Range, as in the other southern subranges of the Shan Hills, layers of are superimposed on hard rock. Geography The range extends east of the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doi Nang Non
Doi Nang Non (, ; 'Mountain of the Sleeping Lady') is a mountain range in the Thai highlands in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. It is a karstic formation with numerous waterfalls and caves rising at the southern end of the Daen Lao Range. Part of its area is managed as the Tham Luang–Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park (). Geography Doi Nang Non consists of a long hill tract that lies on the west side of the highway between Chiang Rai and Mae Sai. The greater part of the range is in Mae Sai District, extending west and southwest of Pong Pha along the border with Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has .... The mountain range is an unusual land feature when seen from certain angles as its silhouette takes the shape of a reclining woman with long hair. Its highest poi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yao People
The Yao people () or Dao () is a classification for various ethnic minorities in China and Vietnam. Their majority branch is also known as Mien. They originated in the areas around Changsha, which today is the capital of Hunan province. They speak a branch of the Hmong-Mien family of languages and share a strong genetic connection to the Hmong peoples. They are believed to have diverged from the Hmong around 5,800 years ago. They are one of the 56 officially recognized ethnic groups in China and reside in the mountainous southwest and south of the country. They also form one of the 54 ethnic groups officially recognized by Vietnam. They numbered 2,796,003 in the 2010 Chinese census and 891,151 in the 2019 Vietnamese census. An estimated 60,000 Yao of the Iu Mien branch reside in the United States, mostly in the Western coastal states. History China Origin myth The origins of the Yao can be traced back two millennia to Hunan around the Dongting Lake region. According to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akha People
The Akha are an ethnic group who live in small villages at higher elevations in the mountains of Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Yunnan Province in China. They made their way from China into Southeast Asia during the early 20th century. Civil war in Burma and Laos resulted in an increased flow of Akha immigrants and there are now 80,000 people living in Thailand's Northern Thailand, northern provinces of Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai. The Akha speak Akha language, Akha, a language in the Loloish languages, Loloish (Yi) branch of the Tibeto-Burman languages, Tibeto-Burman family. The Akha language is closely related to Lisu language, Lisu and it is thought that it was the Akha who once ruled the Baoshan, Yunnan, Baoshan and Tengchong plains in Yunnan before the invasion of the Ming Dynasty in 1644. Origins Scholars agree with the Akha that they originated in China; they disagree, however, about whether the original homeland was the Tibetan borderlands, as the Akha claim, or farther so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wa People
The Wa people ( Wa: Vāx; , ; ; ''Wáa'') are a Southeast Asian ethnic group that lives mainly in Northern Myanmar, in the northern part of Shan State and the eastern part of Kachin State, near and along Myanmar's border with China, as well as in China's Yunnan Province. Historically, the Wa have inhabited the Wa States, a territory that they have claimed as their ancestral land since time immemorial. It is a rugged, mountainous area located between the Mekong and the Salween River, with the Nam Hka flowing across it. The Wa traditionally practiced subsistence agriculture by cultivating rice, peas, beans, poppies and walnuts. They bred water buffaloes, which they used mainly for sacrificial purposes. Generally, the traditional customs of the Wa, as well as their lifestyle, are very similar to those of the Naga people further to the Northwest. The Wa people speak the Wa language which is part of the Mon-Khmer group of languages. Many of the Wa are animists and a small prop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hill Tribe (Thailand)
Hill tribe (, ; Northern Thai language, Northern Thai: จาวดอย, คนดอย, ; 'mountain people/folk') is a term used in Thailand for all of the various ethnic groups who mostly inhabit the high mountainous Northern Thailand, northern and Western Thailand, western regions of Thailand, including both sides of the border areas between northern Thailand, Laos and Myanmar (Burma), the Phi Pan Nam Range, the Thanon Range, the latter a southern prolongation of the Shan Hills, as well as the Tenasserim Hills in Western Thailand. These areas exhibit mountainous terrain which is in some areas covered by thick forests, while in others it has been heavily affected by deforestation. In 1959, the government of Thailand established the Hill Tribe Welfare Committee under the Ministry of the Interior (Thailand), Ministry of the Interior; nine ethnic groups (Akha people, Akha, Hmong people, Hmong, Mal people, Htin, Iu Mien people, Iu-Mien, Karen people, Karen, Khmu people, Khamu, Lah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doi Mae Salong
Doi Mae Salong () is a hill of the Daen Lao Range, Dan Lao range in Chiang Rai province, Thailand, 6 km from the border with Burma. This mountain rises in Mae Fa Luang district. Its summit is near the town of Santikhiri, which is built on the ridge. The town is largely inhabited by ethnic Chinese people, Chinese originating from settlement by the paramilitary remnants of the Kuomintang army who Kuomintang in Burma, were expelled from Burma in 1961. History Republic of China Military Academy, The Kuomintang army from China relocated to settle in Santikhiri, SantiKhiri in 1961 with approximately 15,000 soldiers. By 1969, they were formally integrated into the Thai military as the CIF (Chinese Irregular Forces) and fought for the Thai government against communist insurgents in Thailand, ultimately achieving victory. In recognition of their contributions, in 1982, the Thai government granted them the right to reside in Doi Mae Salong and extended Thai citizenship to them. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santikhiri
Mae Salong (, ), officially known as Santikhiri (), is a village in the Thai highlands on Doi Mae Salong mountain of the Daen Lao Range, in Amphoe Mae Fa Luang, Mae Fa Luang District, Chiang Rai Province, the northernmost province of Thailand. The area has an Alpine climate, alpine-like landscape and climate, and is known for its Hill tribe (Thailand), hill tribe villages, tea plantations, and cherry blossoms. Mae Salong's early history centered on the Golden Triangle (south-east Asia), Golden Triangle's opium trade, in which its distinctive population – the "Kuomintang in Burma, lost army" of the Republic of China Army's 93rd Division – became involved. At the conclusion of the Chinese Civil War in 1949, some remnants of the anti-communist Kuomintang (KMT) forces refused to surrender, including the 278th Regiment of the 93rd Division and the 709th Regiment of the 237th Division (led by General Li Kuo-hui). The troops fought their way out of Yunnan in south-western Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doi Ang Khang
Doi Ang Khang () is a mountain in Fang District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. It is part of the Daen Lao Range The Daen Lao Range (, ; ) is a mountain range of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doi Tung
Doi Tung (ดอยตุง) is a mountain in the Thai highlands of Mae Fa Luang District, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. Location While not the highest elevation of the province, the 1,389 m high Doi Tung rises steeply close to the Thailand-Myanmar border. It is the highest point of the Doi Nang Non, a subrange of the Daen Lao Range, in the area known as "Golden Triangle". Description Most of the bedrock of the mountain is limestone and granite. The vegetation below 1,000 m is mostly deciduous forest, and the vegetation above this height is evergreen. The population of Doi Tung is about 11,000 people, consisting of various tribes including Akha, Lahu, Tai Lue, and Lawa. Wat Phra That Doi Tung is on top of the hill. According to the chronicles, this Buddhist place of worship dates back to the year 911. It is an important pilgrimage spot for the devout. Economy Coffee plantations cover an area of 15 km2. There are 3.5 million coffee trees on Doi Tung. Almost half o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiang Rai Province
Chiang Rai (, ; , ) is one of Thailand's seventy-six Provinces of Thailand, provinces that lies in Northern Thailand#Regional classification of northern Thailand, upper northern Thailand and is Thailand's northernmost province. It is bordered by the Shan State of Myanmar to the north, Bokeo province of Laos to the east, Phayao province, Phayao to the south, Lampang province, Lampang to the southwest, and Chiang Mai province, Chiang Mai to the west. The province is linked to Houayxay, Laos by the Fourth Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge that spans the Mekong. Geography The average elevation of the province is . The north of the province is part of the so-called ''Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia), Golden Triangle'', where the borders of Thailand, Laos and Burma converge, an area which prior to the rise of agricultural production of coffee, pineapple, coconuts, and banana plantations, was unsafe because of drug smuggling across the borders. The Mekong River forms the boundary with Laos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
