Don Mueang
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- This article is about Don Mueang district, for the Don Mueang airport see Don Mueang International Airport.
Don Mueang is one of the 50 districts (Khet) of Bangkok
Bangkok
Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
, 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...
. It is bounded by (from north clockwise): Amphoe Mueang
Amphoe Mueang Pathum Thani
Mueang Pathum Thani is the capital district of Pathum Thani Province, central Thailand.-History:In the past, the district was called Bang Kadi district after the name of central tambon, as required by the Law of 1897. The district office was located on the east bank of the Chao Phraya river. The...
and Amphoe Lam Luk Ka
Amphoe Lam Luk Ka
Lam Luk Ka is a district of Pathum Thani Province, central Thailand.-History:The name Lam Luk Ka originates from a fertile pond in the district named Bueng Lam Luk Ka. When the government created the district Lam Luk Ka in 1904, they cut the word Bueng off.-Geography:The district is located in a...
of Pathum Thani Province; Sai Mai
Sai Mai
Sai Mai is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bounded by : Amphoe Lam Luk Ka of Pathum Thani Province; Khlong Sam Wa, Bang Khen, Lak Si and Don Mueang of Bangkok.-History:...
, Bang Khen
Bang Khen
Bang Khen is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bounded by other Bangkok districts : Sai Mai, Khlong Sam Wa, Khan Na Yao, Bueng Kum, Lat Phrao, Chatuchak, Lak Si, and Don Mueang.-History:...
and Lak Si
Lak Si
Lak Si is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bounded by : Don Mueang, Bang Khen and Chatuchak of Bangkok; Amphoe Mueang and Amphoe Pak Kret of Nonthaburi Province.-History:...
of Bangkok; and Amphoe Pak Kret
Amphoe Pak Kret
Pak Kret is a district in the northeastern part of Nonthaburi province, central Thailand.-Geography:The district is located in the northeast of the province...
of Nonthaburi Province
Nonthaburi Province
Nonthaburi is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Pathum Thani, Bangkok and Nakhon Pathom....
.
History
Don Mueang was once part of Bang Khen but it became a district in its own right in 1989. Later in 1997, the southern part of Don Mueang was split out to establish a new district Lak Si. The old name for the area was Don I Yiao (ดอนอีเหยี่ยว) meaning plateauPlateau
In geology and earth science, a plateau , also called a high plain or tableland, is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain. A highly eroded plateau is called a dissected plateau...
of eagle
Eagle
Eagles are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other. Most of the more than 60 species occur in Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just two species can be found in the United States and Canada, nine more in...
s and vulture
Vulture
Vulture is the name given to two groups of convergently evolved scavenging birds, the New World Vultures including the well-known Californian and Andean Condors, and the Old World Vultures including the birds which are seen scavenging on carcasses of dead animals on African plains...
s due to its geography and abundance of those birds. The new name was given by King Vajiravudh
Vajiravudh
Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramentharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua , or Phra Bat Somdet Phra Ramathibodi Si Sintharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua , or Rama VI was the sixth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, ruling from 1910 until his death...
when the Royal Thai Air Force
Royal Thai Air Force
The Royal Thai Air Force or RTAF is the air force of the Kingdom of Thailand. Since its establishment in 1913, as one of the earliest air forces of Asia, the Royal Thai Air Force had engaged in many major and minor battles. During the Vietnam war era, the air force has been developed with USAF-aid...
base was established there.
Places
- Don Mueang International Airport
- Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force BaseDon Muang Royal Thai Air Force BaseDon Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base is located approximately 25 miles north of Downtown Bangkok.It is the main operating and command base for the Royal Thai Air Force...
- Royal Thai Air Force Museum
Administration
The district is sub-divided into 3 sub-districts (KhwaengKhwaeng
Khwaeng is an administrative subdivision used in the 50 districts of Bangkok. As of 2009 there are 169 khwaeng in all. A khwaeng is roughly equivalent to a tambon in other provinces of Thailand. With the creation of the special administrative area of Bangkok in 1972 the tambon within the area of...
).
| 1. | Si Kan | สีกัน | |
| 2. | Don Mueang | ดอนเมือง | |
| 3. | Sanam Bin | สนามบิน |
District Council
The District Council for Don Mueang has eight members, who serve four-year terms. Thailand local elections, 2006Thailand local elections, 2006
Elections for local councils in Bangkok were held in 2006.The first batch of elections took place on 30 April 2006 for all seats on the district councils of 14 districts in the north and east of the city....
were last held on April 30, 2006. The results were:
- Chart Thai PartyChart Thai PartyThai Nation Party , also known as Chart Thai, was a conservative political party in Thailand. It was dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on December 2, 2008, along with the People's Power Party and the Matchima party, for having violated electoral laws in the Thai general election, 2007...
- 7 seats - Thai Rak ThaiThai Rak ThaiThe Thai Rak Thai Party was a Thai political party that was officially banned on May 30, 2007, by the Constitutional Court of Thailand due to violations of electoral laws during the 2006 legislative elections. From 2001 to 2006, it was the ruling party under Prime Minister and its founder Thaksin...
Party - 1 seat
Economy
Orient Thai AirlinesOrient Thai Airlines
Orient Thai Airlines Co., Ltd. is an airline with its head office in Khlong Toei, Bangkok, Thailand. It operates charter and scheduled services in Southeast Asia. Its main base is Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok...
and subsidiary One-Two-GO Airlines have their head office in Don Mueang. Airports of Thailand
Airports of Thailand
Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited is a large Thai public company, which handles several national airports. Its headquarters are in Don Mueang District, Bangkok....
has its head office in Don Mueang.