Amphoe Tha Song Yang

Tha Song Yang ; ท่าสองยาง
Province:	Tak
Surface:	1,920.38 km²
Residents:	63,932 (2012)
Population density :	32 U / km²
ZIP :	63150
Geocode :	6305
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Amphoe Tha Song Yang ( Thai อำเภอ ท่าสองยาง ) is a county ( amphoe - administrative district) in Tak Province . The Tak Province is located in the northern region of Thailand .

etymology

Tha Song Yang means a landing place on the river, which is surrounded by two Yang trees ( Dipterocarpus sp. , Wing fruit family ). The name comes from the old district administration by the river, where there was a yang tree on each side of the river.

geography

Amphoe Tha Song Yang is located in the far northwest of the Tak Province and borders the Mae Hong Son and Chiang Mai provinces as well as Myanmar .

Tha Song Yang District is located in the extreme northwest of the province of Tak and borders from the northwest clockwise as seen in the Amphoe Sop Moei in Mae Hong Son province , Amphoe Omkoi the province Chiang Mai and Amphoe Mae Ramat in Tak Province. To the west on the opposite bank of the Moei River lies the Kayin State of Myanmar .

An important waterway in the district is the Maenam Moei (Moei River) .

history

Tha Song Yang was formerly a small district ( King Amphoe ) in Mae Sariang District (Mae Hong Son Province) and was called Ban Mae Moei ( บ้าน แม่ เมย ) or Ban Mae Tawo ( บ้าน แม่ ตะ วอ ) at that time . The district administration was in Tambon Tha Song Yang.

In 1948 the area was incorporated into Mae Sot County, Tak Province. The following year the county government moved to Tambon Mae Tan. Eventually, Tha Song Yang was upgraded to an Amphoe in 1958 .

Mae La refugee camp

Mae La (Maela) is a refugee camp in Thailand. The camp has existed since 1984 in Tha Song Yang Amphoe, Dawna Range area and currently houses 30,000 refugees . The refugee camp is the largest Burmese refugee camp. Over 90% are ethnic Karen .

Attractions

National parks :
- Mae Moei National Park (Thai: อุทยานแห่งชาติ แม่ เมย ) 185.28 km² park, opened in 1990, average height 680 meters, with numerous waterfalls and caves and a "Sea of Fog" ( จุด ชม ทะเล หมอก ) called viewpoint, which is often in the fog lies.

administration

Provincial Administration

Amphoe Tha Song Yang consists of six sub-districts ( tambon ) , which are further divided into 66 villages ( muban ) .

No.	Surname	Thai	Muban	Pop.
1.	Tha Song Yang	ท่าสองยาง	09	08,942
2.	Mae Tan	แม่ ต้าน	10	10,995
3.	Mae Song	แม่ สอง	16	15,389
4th	Mae La	แม่ หละ	12	08,060
5.	Mae Wa Luang	แม่ วะ หลวง	09	06,274
6th	Mae U-su	แม่ อุสุ	10	14,272

Local administration

Mae Tan (Thai: เทศบาล ตำบล แม่ ต้าน ) is a small town ( Thesaban # small town ) in the district, it consists of parts of the Tambon Mae Tan.

There are also six "Tambon Administrative Organizations" (TAO, องค์การ บริหาร ส่วน ตำบล - administrative organizations) for the tambon in the district that do not belong to any city.