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Capital: | Chiang Mai |
Area: | 20,107.0 km² Ranked 2nd |
Inhabitants: | 1,472,403 (2001) Ranked 7th |
pop. density: | 73 inh./km² Ranked 61st |
ISO 3166-2: | TH-50 | Map |
Chiang Mai (Thai เชียงใหม่) is the second-biggest province (changwat) of Thailand, located in the north of the country. Neighboring provinces are (from north-east clockwise) Chiang Rai, Lampang, Lamphun[?], Tak and Mae Hong Son. In the north it borders Myanmar.
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The seal of the province shows a white elephant in a glass pavilion. The white elephant is a royal symbol in Thailand, and it is depicted to remember the offering of a white elephant by King Rama II[?] to the ruler of Chiang Mai. The pavilion symbolizes that Buddhism prospered in Chiang Mai, especially when in 1477 the teachings of Buddha, the Tripitaka, were reviewed. The provincial flower and tree is the Flame of the Forest (Butea monosperma[?]). |
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