Fang (town)


Fang, officially Wiang Fang Subdistrict Municipality, is a town in the northern Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, the capital of Fang District. It is north of Chiang Mai, among the highest mountains in the country.

History

According to the Yonok chronicle, Mueang Fang was built in 641 by King Lawa Changkarat. Later King Mengrai the Great reigned in Fang before building Wiang Kum Kam and Chiang Mai of the Lanna Kingdom for one year around 1268. It seems that Mengrai used Mueang Fang for the base to invade Hariphunchai.

Etymology

The landscape of Fang looked like the seed of a fang tree. The town was named after the tree.

Geography

Neighboring districts are Mu 1, 10 Tambon San Sai, Mu 7 Tambon Wiang, Mu 2, 4 Tambon Wiang, and Mu 2 Tambon Wiang.

Administration

The town is subdivided into 12 boroughs, which include five villages of the Wiang subdistrict - Mu 2, 3, 4, 5, and 9.
In the local administrative area, there are 5 villages and 5 communities as follows:

Villages (Muban)

  1. Mu 2
  2. Mu 3
  3. Mu 4
  4. Mu 5
  5. Mu 9

Communities

  1. Pa Bong Community
  2. Nong Ueng Community
  3. Suan Dok Community
  4. Ton Nun Community
  5. San Pa Nai Community

Education

Pre-elementary school

  1. Somrith Kindergarten
  2. Saiaksorn Kindergarten

Primary School

TessabanWiangfang School

Secondary school (Prathom 1 – Matthayom 3)

  1. Ban Wiang Fang School
  2. Saiaksorn School

High school (Prathom 1–Matthayom 6)

Rangsee Vittaya School

Climate

Fang has a tropical wet and dry climate. the wet season is hot, oppressive, and overcast and the dry season is warm and mostly clear. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from to and is rarely below or above. The hot season lasts for 2.0 months, from March 13 to May 15, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences extreme seasonal variation over the course of the year. A wet day is one with at least 1 millimeter of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. The chance of wet days in Fang varies very significantly throughout the year. The rainy period of the year lasts for 9.0 months, from March 7 to December 8, with a sliding 31-day rainfall of at least 13 millimeters. The month with the most rain in Fang is August, with an average rainfall of 233 millimeters.