Amphoe Chae Hom
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Chae Hom is a district (amphoe
Amphoe
An amphoe is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as district, amphoe make up the provinces, and are analogous to a county seat...

) of Lampang Province
Lampang Province
Lampang is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chiang Rai, Phayao, Phrae, Sukhothai, Tak, Lamphun and Chiang Mai. The old name of Lampang is Khelang Nakhon.-Geography:...

, northern Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Wang Nuea
Amphoe Wang Nuea
Wang Nuea is the northernmost district of Lampang Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Mae Chai and Mueang Phayao of Phayao Province, Ngao, Chae Hom and Mueang Pan of Lampang Province, Wiang Pa Pao and Phan of Chiang Rai Province.-History:Till 1904 the district Chae...

, Ngao
Amphoe Ngao
-Geography:Neighboring districts are : Mae Mo, Chae Hom and Wang Nuea of Lampang Province, Mueang Phayao and Dok Khamtai of Phayao Province, and Song of Phrae Province.-History:...

, Mae Mo
Amphoe Mae Mo
Mae Mo is a district in the eastern part of Lampang Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are : Mae Tha, Mueang Lampang, Chae Hom and Ngao of Lampang Province, Song and Long of Phrae Province....

, Mueang Lampang
Amphoe Mueang Lampang
Mueang Lampang is the capital district of Lampang Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are : Mueang Pan, Chae Hom, Mae Mo, Mae Tha, Ko Kha and Hang Chat of Lampang Province, Mae Tha of Lamphun Province, and Mae On of Chiang Mai Province.-Administration:The district is...

 and Mueang Pan
Amphoe Mueang Pan
Mueang Pan is a district in the northern part of Lampang Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Wiang Pa Pao of Chiang Rai Province, Wang Nuea, Chae Hom and Mueang Lampang of Lampang Province, and Mae On and Doi Saket of Chiang Mai Province.-History:The minor district ...

 of Lampang Province.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 7 subdistricts (tambon
Tambon
Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2009 there are 7255 tambon, not including the 169 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains 8-10 tambon...

), which are further subdivided into 58 villages (muban
Muban
Muban is the lowest administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as village, they are the subdivision of tambon. As of 2008, there are 74944 administrative villages in Thailand. As of the 1990 census, the average village consisted of 144 households or 746 persons.A muban does not...

). Chae Hom is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambon Chae Hom. There are further 7 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
No. Name Thai name Villages Inh.
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

1. Chae Hom แจ้ห่ม 10 8,903
2. Ban Sa บ้านสา 7 5,299
3. Pong Don ปงดอน 8 5,188
4. Mae Suk แม่สุก 11 7,400
5. Mueang Mai เมืองมาย 5 3,332
6. Thung Phueng ทุ่งผึ้ง 6 4,121
7. Wichet Nakhon วิเชตนคร 11 8,214

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