File:Panoramic_view_of_Chiang_Mai_City.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Chiang Mai is a major city located in northern Thailand that serves as the capital of Chiang Mai province. It is an important cultural and economic center in the region, known for its historical significance and role as a hub for tourism and commerce in northern Thailand.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- เทศบาลนครเชียงใหม่
- Country
- Thailand
- Located in
- Mueang Chiang Mai
- Population
- 354000
- Area
- 405
- Elevation
- 310
- Time zone
- UTC+07:00
- Capital of
- Chiang Mai
- Official website
- www.cmcity.go.th
- Image
- Panoramic view of Chiang Mai City.jpg
- Dialing code
- 52
Show 14 more facts
- twinned administrative body
- Manama
- Commons category
- Chiang Mai
- topic's main category
- Category:Chiang Mai
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Chiang Mai
- native label
- เทศบาลนครเชียงใหม่
- category for films shot at this location
- Category:Films shot in Chiang Mai
- category of associated people
- Category:People in Chiang Mai
- postal code
- 50300
- inception
- 1201-01-01
- heritage designation
- Tentative World Heritage Site
- different from
- Chiang Rai
- member of
- League of Historical Cities
- urban population
- 1198000
- P12749
- Wayne Odesnik
Sources (9)
via Wikidata · CC0
~38 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Chiang Mai is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the second-largest city in Thailand by urban population. It is 700 km (435 mi) north of Bangkok in a mountainous region called the Thai highlands, and has a population of approximately 127,000 within the city municipality and an urban population of about 1.2 million as of 2023.
The heart of the city is commonly defined by a square area about 1.6 km × 1.6 km. It is bordered by ancient red brick walls (now only remnants) and has a moat surrounding it.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chiang Mai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (12)
On the map
Available in 74 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- 中文
- 日本語
- Русский
- Português
- Italiano
- العربية
- हिन्दी
- Afrikaans
- Armenian
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Balinese
- Bangla
- Basque
- Belarusian
- Breton
Show 55 more
- Bulgarian
- Burmese
- Catalan
- Cebuano
- Central Kurdish
- Czech
- Danish
- Esperanto
- Estonian
- Fijian
- Filipino
- Finnish
- Hausa
- Hebrew
- Hungarian
- Kazakh
- Khmer
- Latin
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- Lombard
- Maithili
- Malay
- Malayalam
- Maltese
- Marathi
- Mongolian
- Nederlands
- Northern Frisian
- Norwegian
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Ossetic
- Polski
- Romanian
- Scots
- Serbian
- simple
- Slovenian
- Somali
- Svenska
- Tamil
- Tatar
- Tibetan
- Tiếng Việt
- Türkçe
- Ukrainian
- Urdu
- Uzbek
- Waray
- Western Panjabi
- Wu Chinese
- zh_yue
- فارسی
- ไทย
- 한국어
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0