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Pong Pha () is a ''
tambon ''Tambon'' (, ) is a local governmental unit in Thailand. Below district (''amphoe'') and province ('' changwat''), they form the third administrative subdivision level. there were 7,255 tambons, not including the 180 ''khwaeng'' of Bangkok, whi ...
'' (subdistrict) of Mae Sai District, in
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 ...
,
Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...
. In 2017 it had a population of 16,476 people.


Geography

The subdistrict is on the border of
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 ...
, formed by the Doi Nang Non mountain range. Tham Luang–Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park with the Tham Luang Nang Non cave is in the subdistrict.


Administration


Central administration

The ''tambon'' is divided into 12 administrative villages (''
muban Muban (; , ) is the lowest Administrative divisions of Thailand, administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet (place), hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74 ...
s'').


Local administration

The area of the subdistrict is covered by the subdistrict administrative organization (SAO) Pong Pha (องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลโป่งผา).


References


External links


Thaitambon.com on Pong Pha
Tambon of Chiang Rai province {{ChiangRai-geo-stub