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Chiang Mai

Index Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai (from เชียงใหม่, ᨩ᩠ᨿᨦ ᩲᩉ᩠ᨾ᩵) sometimes written as "Chiengmai" or "Chiangmai", is the largest city in northern Thailand. [1]

138 relations: Advanced Info Service, Air pollution, Akha people, Amphoe, Anawrahta, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Auto rickshaw, Bamar people, Ban Ho Mosque, Bangkok, Bank of Thailand Museum, British rule in Burma, Buddhist councils, Chao (monarchy), Chao Phraya River, Chiang Dao District, Chiang Hung, Chiang Mai Creative City, Chiang Mai Flower Festival, Chiang Mai Initiative, Chiang Mai International Airport, Chiang Mai National Museum, Chiang Mai Province, Chiang Mai railway station, Chiang Mai Rajabhat University, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai Zoo, Chiang Rai, Chin Haw, China, Church (building), Climate and Development Knowledge Network, Cycle rickshaw, Daen Lao Range, Dai people, Daniel McGilvary, Defensive wall, Doi Chiang Dao, Doi Inthanon, Doi Inthanon National Park, Doi Suthep, Expo 2020, Gurdwara, Harbin, Hindu temple, Hmong people, Ho trai, Horse racing, International Women of Courage Award, Inthakhin (pillar), ..., Japan, Karen people, Köppen climate classification, Khantoke, Khwaeng, Kingdom of Chiang Mai, Kunming, Lampang, Lan Na, Laos Mission, Lawa people, Lisu people, Loi Krathong, Mae Hong Son, Maejo University, Mangrai, Massage, Meetings, incentives, conferencing, exhibitions, Moat, Mongol Empire, Mosque, Mueang Chiang Mai District, Myanmar, Namdhari, Nāga, Night market, Northern Thai language, Northern Thailand, Pantip Plaza, Particulates, Payap University, Pha Daeng National Park, Phrae, Ping River, Provinces of Thailand, Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden, Rai (unit), Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna, Rodjaraeg Wattanapanit, Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiang Mai, Royal Flora Ratchaphruek, Royal Thai Mint, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Chiang Mai, Saitama Prefecture, Sikh, Sister city, Sky lantern, Soi, Songkran (Thailand), Songthaew, South Korea, Street food, Stupa, Sukhaphiban, Tai Tham script, Taksin, Thai alphabet, Thai lunar calendar, Thai massage, Thai temple art and architecture, Thailand, Thesaban, Thonburi Kingdom, Time in Thailand, Toungoo dynasty, Tourism Authority of Thailand, Tourism in Thailand, Tribal Museum, Tributary state, TripAdvisor, Tropical savanna climate, Uozu, Toyama, Vipassanā, Wa people, Ward (electoral subdivision), Wat, Wat Chedi Luang, Wat Chet Yot, Wat Chiang Man, Wat Ku Tao, Wat Phra Singh, Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, Wat Suan Dok, Wat Umong, Wiang Kum Kam, World Health Organization, Yunnan, Zinme Yazawin. Expand index (88 more) »

Advanced Info Service

Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited, branded and most commonly referred to as AIS, is Thailand's largest GSM mobile phone operator with 39.87 million customers as of Q3 2016.

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Air pollution

Air pollution occurs when harmful or excessive quantities of substances including gases, particulates, and biological molecules are introduced into Earth's atmosphere.

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Akha people

The Akha are an indigenous hill tribe who live in small villages at higher elevations in the mountains of Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and Yunnan Province in China.

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Amphoe

An amphoe (sometimes also amphur, อำเภอ) is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand.

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Anawrahta

Anawrahta Minsaw (အနော်ရထာ မင်းစော,; 11 May 1014 – 11 April 1077) was the founder of the Pagan Empire.

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional intergovernmental organization comprising ten Southeast Asian countries that promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, military, educational, and sociocultural integration amongst its members, other Asian countries, and globally.

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Auto rickshaw

An auto rickshaw is a motorized development of the traditional pulled rickshaw or cycle rickshaw.

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Bamar people

The Bamar (also historically the Burmese and Burmans) are the dominant ethnic group in Myanmar.

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Ban Ho Mosque

Hedaytul Islam (Ban Ho) Mosque (มัสยิดเฮดายาตูลอิสลามบ้านฮ่อ), near the Chiang Mai Night Bazaar, is one of the biggest mosques in the province, and also one of the seven Chinese mosques in Chiang Mai.

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Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Thailand.

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Bank of Thailand Museum

Bank of Thailand Museum is a museum in Bangkok, Thailand.

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British rule in Burma

British rule in Burma, also known as British Burma, lasted from 1824 to 1948, from the Anglo-Burmese wars through the creation of Burma as a Province of British India to the establishment of an independently administered colony, and finally independence.

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Buddhist councils

Since the death of the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, Buddhist monastic communities have periodically convened to settle doctrinal and disciplinary disputes and to revise and correct the contents of the sutras.

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Chao (monarchy)

Chao is a title of the Lannathai royal family members.

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Chao Phraya River

The Chao Phraya (แม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา, or) is the major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the centre of the country.

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Chiang Dao District

Chiang Dao (เชียงดาว) is a district (amphoe) of Chiang Mai Province in northern Thailand.

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Chiang Hung

Chiang Hung or Keng Hung (เมืองหอคำเชียงรุ่ง; Mueang Ho Kham Chiang Rung) was one of the states of Shans under the suzerainty of Burma and China.

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Chiang Mai Creative City

Chiang Mai Creative City (เชียงใหม่เมืองสร้างสรรค์) is an initiative to develop Chiang Mai into a creative city.

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Chiang Mai Flower Festival

Chiang Mai, Thailand, known as the "rose of the north" hosts this three-day festival in February, at the end of the cool season.

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Chiang Mai Initiative

The Chiang Mai Initiative (CMI) is a multilateral currency swap arrangement among the ten members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the People's Republic of China (including Hong Kong), Japan, and South Korea.

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Chiang Mai International Airport

Chiang Mai International Airport (ท่าอากาศยานเชียงใหม่) is an international airport serving Chiang Mai, the capital city of Chiang Mai Province in Thailand.

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Chiang Mai National Museum

The Chiang Mai National Museum is a national museum located in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand.

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Chiang Mai Province

Chiang Mai (เชียงใหม่,; ᨩ᩠ᨿᨦᩉᩲ᩠ᨾ᩵) is the second-largest province (changwat) of Thailand.

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Chiang Mai railway station

Chiang Mai railway station (SRT Code: CGM) (สถานีรถไฟเชียงใหม่ (ชม.)) is the 1st class station and the main railway station in Chiang Mai Province.

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Chiang Mai Rajabhat University

Chiang Mai Rajabhat University is a university in the north of Thailand under the Royal Thai Ministry of Education.

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Chiang Mai University

Chiang Mai University (CMU) (มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่) is a public research university in northern Thailand founded in 1964.

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Chiang Mai Zoo

Chiang Mai Zoo and Aquarium is a zoo on Huay Kaew Road, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, just west of Chiang Mai University.

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Chiang Rai

Chiang Rai (เมืองเชียงราย,; ᩮᨾᩥᩬᨦᨩ᩠ᨿᨦᩁᩣ᩠ᨿ: Mueang Jiang Hai; (ເມືອງຊຽງຮາຍ) is a city in Mueang Chiang Rai District, Chiang Rai Province. Chiang Rai is the northernmost large city in Thailand. It was established as a capital city in the reign of King Mangrai, in 1262 CE.

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Chin Haw

Chin Haw or Chin Ho (Thai: จีนฮ่อ) are Chinese people who migrated to Thailand via Burma or Laos.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Church (building)

A church building or church house, often simply called a church, is a building used for Christian religious activities, particularly for worship services.

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network

The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) is a £72 million (US$100 million) initiative, formed in 2010, that links developing countries with experts on climate change.

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Cycle rickshaw

The cycle rickshaw is a small-scale local means of transport; it is also known by a variety of other names such as bike taxi, velotaxi, pedicab, bikecab, cyclo, beca, becak, trisikad, or trishaw.

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Daen Lao Range

The Daen Lao Range (ทิวเขาแดนลาว,; Loi La) is a mountain range of the Shan Hills in eastern Burma and northern Thailand.

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Dai people

The Dai people (Kam Mueang:; Thai: ไท; Shan: တႆး; Tai Nüa: ᥖᥭᥰ) are one of several ethnic groups living in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture and the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture (both in southern Yunnan, China), but by extension can apply to groups in Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, and Myanmar when Dai is used to mean specifically Tai Yai, Lue, Chinese Shan, Tai Dam, Tai Khao or even Tai in general.

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Daniel McGilvary

Daniel McGilvary (1828–1911) was an American Presbyterian missionary who played an important role in the expansion of Protestantism in Northern Siam.

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Defensive wall

A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors.

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Doi Chiang Dao

Doi Chiang Dao (ดอยเชียงดาว), also known as Doi Luang Chiang Dao (ดอยหลวงเชียงดาว), is a 2,175 m high mountain in Chiang Dao District of Chiang Mai Province, Thailand.

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Doi Inthanon

Doi Inthanon (ดอยอินทนนท์) is the highest mountain in Thailand.

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Doi Inthanon National Park

Doi Inthanon National Park (อุทยานแห่งชาติดอยอินทนนท์), nicknamed "the roof of Thailand", is in the Thanon Thong Chai Range, Chom Thong District, Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand.

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Doi Suthep

Doi Suthep (ดอยสุเทพ), is a mountain ("doi") west of Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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Expo 2020

Expo 2020 (إكسبو ٢٠٢٠) is a Universal Exposition to be hosted by Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, opening on October 20, 2020.

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Gurdwara

A gurdwara (ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ, or ਗੁਰਦਵਾਰਾ,; meaning "door to the guru") is a place of worship for Sikhs.

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Harbin

Harbin is the capital of Heilongjiang province, and largest city in the northeastern region of the People's Republic of China.

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Hindu temple

A Hindu temple is a symbolic house, seat and body of god.

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Hmong people

The Hmong/Mong (RPA: Hmoob/Moob) are an indigenous people in Asia.

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Ho trai

A ho trai (หอไตร) is the library of a Thai Buddhist temple.

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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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International Women of Courage Award

The International Women of Courage Award, also referred to as the U.S. Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award, is an American award presented annually by the United States Department of State to women around the world who have shown leadership, courage, resourcefulness, and willingness to sacrifice for others, especially in promoting women's rights.

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Inthakhin (pillar)

Inthakhin (อินทขีล; lit. "Indra's pillar") is the name of the Lak Mueang (the "city pillar") of Chiang Mai.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Karen people

The Karen, Kayin, Kariang or Yang people (ကညီကလုာ်, ကရင်လူမျိုး,; Per Ploan Poe or Ploan in Pwo Karen and Pwa Ka Nyaw or Kanyaw in Sgaw Karen; กะเหรี่ยง) refer to a number of individual Sino-Tibetan language speaking ethnic groups, many of which do not share a common language or culture.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Khantoke

A khantoke or khantok (ขันโตก) is a pedestal tray used as a small dining table by the Lanna people (of northern Thailand), Laotians, and by people from Isan (northeastern Thailand).

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Khwaeng

A khwaeng is an administrative subdivision used in the fifty districts of Bangkok and a few other city municipalities in Thailand.

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Kingdom of Chiang Mai

Kingdom of Rattanatingsa or Kingdom of Chiang Mai (นครเชียงใหม่; full name: รัตนติงสาอภินวปุรีสรีคุรุรัฎฐพระนครเชียงใหม่) was the vassal state of the Siamese Rattanakosin Kingdom in the 18th and 19th century before being annexed according to the centralization policies of Chulalongkorn in 1899.

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Kunming

Kunming is the capital and largest city of Yunnan province in southwest China.

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Lampang

Lampang, also called Nakhon Lampang (นครลำปาง) to differentiate from Lampang Province, is the third largest town in northern Thailand and capital of Lampang Province and the Lampang district.

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Lan Na

The Lan Na or Lanna Kingdom (95px,, "Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields"; อาณาจักรล้านนา,,; ອານາຈັກລ້ານນາ, ဇင္းမယ္ျပည္, or), also known as Lannathai, was an Indianized state centered in present-day Northern Thailand from the 13th to 18th centuries.

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Laos Mission

The Laos Mission (also, North Laos Mission, North Siam Mission) was founded in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand by the Rev.

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Lawa people

Lawa (ลัวะ or ละว้า) are an ethnic group in northern Thailand.

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Lisu people

The Lisu people (လီဆူလူမျိုး,;; ลีสู่; Lisu: or) are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group who inhabit mountainous regions of Burma (Myanmar), southwest China, Thailand, and the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

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Loi Krathong

Loi Krathong (ลอยกระทง) is a Siamese festival celebrated annually throughout the Kingdom of Thailand and in nearby countries with significant southwestern Tai cultures (Laos, Shan, Mon, Tanintharyi, Kelantan, Kedah and Xishuangbanna).

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Mae Hong Son

Mae Hong Son (แม่ฮ่องสอน) is a town (thesaban mueang) in north-west Thailand, capital of Mae Hong Son Province.

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Maejo University

Maejo University (also spelled Maecho University, มหาวิทยาลัยแม่โจ้) in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, is the oldest agricultural institution in the country.

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Mangrai

Mangrai (60px; มังราย; 1238–1311), also known as Mengrai (เม็งราย),The name according to historical sources is "Mangrai", and this is used in most modern scholarly applications.

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Massage

Massage is to work and act on the body with pressure.

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Meetings, incentives, conferencing, exhibitions

Meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) is a type of tourism in which large groups, usually planned well in advance, are brought together for a particular purpose.

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Moat

A moat is a deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water, that is dug and surrounds a castle, fortification, building or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence.

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Mongol Empire

The Mongol Empire (Mongolian: Mongolyn Ezent Güren; Mongolian Cyrillic: Монголын эзэнт гүрэн;; also Орда ("Horde") in Russian chronicles) existed during the 13th and 14th centuries and was the largest contiguous land empire in history.

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Mosque

A mosque (from masjid) is a place of worship for Muslims.

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Mueang Chiang Mai District

Mueang Chiang Mai is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Chiang Mai Province in northern Thailand.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia.

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Namdhari

Namdhari is an Indian religious group.

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Nāga

Nāga (IAST: nāgá; Devanāgarī: नाग) is the Sanskrit and Pali word for a deity or class of entity or being taking the form of a very great snake, specifically the king cobra, found in the Indian religions of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.

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Night market

Night markets or night bazaars are street markets which operate at night and are generally dedicated to more leisurely strolling, shopping, and eating than more businesslike day markets.

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Northern Thai language

Northern Thai (ภาษาถิ่นพายัพ, ภาษาไทยถิ่นเหนือ), Lanna (ล้านนา), or Kam Mueang (Northern Thai:,, Thai: คำเมือง) is the language of the Northern Thai people of Lanna, Thailand.

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Northern Thailand

Northern Thailand is geographically characterised by several mountain ranges, which continue from the Shan Hills in bordering Myanmar to Laos, and the river valleys which cut through them.

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Pantip Plaza

Pantip Plaza is an indoor IT shopping mall located on New Phetchaburi Road in Ratchathewi district, Bangkok, Thailand.

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Particulates

Atmospheric aerosol particles, also known as atmospheric particulate matter, particulate matter (PM), particulates, or suspended particulate matter (SPM) are microscopic solid or liquid matter suspended in Earth's atmosphere.

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Payap University

Payap University (มหาวิทยาลัยพายัพ), established in 1974, is a private institution founded by the Church of Christ in Thailand.

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Pha Daeng National Park

Pha Daeng National Park (อุทยานแห่งชาติผาแดง), formerly known as Chiang Dao National Park, is a national park in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand.

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Phrae

Phrae is a town (thesaban mueang) in northern Thailand, capital of Phrae Province.

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Ping River

The Ping River (แม่น้ำปิง), along with the Nan River, is one of the two main tributaries of the Chao Phraya River.

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Provinces of Thailand

Thailand is a unitary state that is divided into 76 provinces (จังหวัด) and two special administrative areas, one representing the capital Bangkok and another the city of Pattaya.

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Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden

The Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden (QSBG) in Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand was opened in 1993 and is maintained under the auspices of the Thai Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

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Rai (unit)

A rai (ไร่) is a unit of area, equal to 1 square sen or 1,600 square metres (40 m × 40 m or 0.16 hectares), and is used in measuring land area for a cadastre or cadastral map.

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Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna

Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna (RMUTL, มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีราชมงคลล้านนา) is a science and technology university in Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand.

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Rodjaraeg Wattanapanit

Rodjaraeg Wattanapanit is a Thai woman who co-founded the nonprofit organization Creating Awareness for Enhanced Democracy (CAFÉ), which encourages the unfettered exchange of thoughts.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiang Mai

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiang Mai (Dioecesis Chiangmaiensis, Thai: สังฆมณฑลเชียงใหม่) in northern Thailand is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Bangkok.

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Royal Flora Ratchaphruek

The Royal Flora Ratchaphruek was an international horticultural exposition held 1 November 2006 to 31 January 2007 in the Thai city Chiang Mai of Chiang Mai Province that drew 3,781,624 visitors.

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Royal Thai Mint

The Bureau of Royal Thai Mint, (สำนักกษาปณ์), is situated in Pathum Thani, Thailand.

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Sacred Heart Cathedral, Chiang Mai

The Sacred Heart Cathedral (อาสนวิหารพระหฤทัย) also called Chiang Mai Cathedral is the name given to a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church which is located in the city of Chiang Mai, in the province of the same name in the Asian country of Thailand.

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Saitama Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region.

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Sikh

A Sikh (ਸਿੱਖ) is a person associated with Sikhism, a monotheistic religion that originated in the 15th century based on the revelation of Guru Nanak.

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Sister city

Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.

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Sky lantern

A sky lantern, also known as Kongming lantern or Chinese lantern, is a small hot air balloon made of paper, with an opening at the bottom where a small fire is suspended.

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Soi

Soi (ซอย) is the term used in Thailand for a side-street branching off a major street (thanon, ถนน).

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Songkran (Thailand)

Songkran (เทศกาลสงกรานต์) is the Thai New Year's national holiday.

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Songthaew

A songthaew (two rows,,; ສອງແຖວ,; dua baris) is a passenger vehicle in Thailand and Laos adapted from a pick-up or a larger truck and used as a share taxi or bus.

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (대한민국; Hanja: 大韓民國; Daehan Minguk,; lit. "The Great Country of the Han People"), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying east to the Asian mainland.

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Street food

Street food is ready-to-eat food or drink sold by a hawker, or vendor, in a street or other public place, such as at a market or fair.

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Stupa

A stupa (Sanskrit: "heap") is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics (śarīra - typically the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns) that is used as a place of meditation.

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Sukhaphiban

Sukhaphiban (สุขาภิบาล; translated as "sanitary district") were administrative divisions of Thailand.

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Tai Tham script

The Tai Tham script, Lanna script (อักษรธรรมล้านนา) or Tua Mueang (ᨲ᩠ᩅᩫᨾᩮᩥᩬᨦ,, ᨲᩫ᩠ᩅᨵᨾ᩠ᨾ᩼, Tham, "scripture"), is used for three living languages: Northern Thai (that is, Kham Mueang), Tai Lü and Khün.

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Taksin

Taksin the Great (สมเด็จพระเจ้าตากสินมหาราช) or the King of Thonburi (สมเด็จพระเจ้ากรุงธนบุรี,;; Teochew: Dên Chao; Vietnamese: Trịnh Quốc Anh) (April 17, 1734 – April 7, 1782) was the only King of the Thonburi Kingdom.

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Thai alphabet

Thai alphabet (อักษรไทย) is used to write the Thai, Southern Thai and other languages in Thailand.

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Thai lunar calendar

The Thai lunar calendar (ปฏิทินจันทรคติ,,, literally, Specific days according to lunar norms), or Tai calendar, is a lunisolar Buddhist calendar.

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Thai massage

"Thai massage" or "Thai yoga massage" is an ancient healing system combining acupressure, Indian Ayurvedic principles, and assisted yoga postures.

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Thai temple art and architecture

Buddhist temples in Thailand are known as "wats", from the Pāḷi vāṭa, meaning an enclosure.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a unitary state at the center of the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula composed of 76 provinces.

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Thesaban

Thesaban (เทศบาล) are the municipalities of Thailand.

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Thonburi Kingdom

Kingdom of Thonburi (Thai: ธนบุรี) was a Siamese kingdom after the downfall of the Ayutthaya Kingdom by the Konbaung Burmese invader.

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Time in Thailand

Thailand follows UTC+7, which is seven hours ahead of UTC.

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Toungoo dynasty

The Toungoo dynasty (တောင်ငူမင်းဆက်,; also spelt Taungoo dynasty) was the ruling dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from the mid-16th century to 1752.

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Tourism Authority of Thailand

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) (การท่องเที่ยวแห่งประเทศไทย) is an organization of Thailand under the Ministry of Tourism and Sports.

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Tourism in Thailand

Tourism is a major economic contributor to the Kingdom of Thailand.

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Tribal Museum

The Tribal Museum is an ethnographic museum in the Mueang Chiang Mai District of Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand, showing the life of Thailand's minority hill tribes.

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Tributary state

A tributary state is a term for a pre-modern state in a particular type of subordinate relationship to a more powerful state which involved the sending of a regular token of submission, or tribute, to the superior power.

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TripAdvisor

TripAdvisor, Inc. is an American travel and restaurant website company providing hotel and restaurant reviews, accommodation bookings and other travel-related content.

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Tropical savanna climate

Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a type of climate that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories "Aw" and "As".

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Uozu, Toyama

is a city in the eastern part of Toyama Prefecture, Japan.

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Vipassanā

Vipassanā (Pāli) or vipaśyanā (विपश्यन) in the Buddhist tradition means insight into the true nature of reality.

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Wa people

The Wa people (Wa language: Vāx; ဝလူမျိုး;; ว้า) are an ethnic group that lives mainly in northern Myanmar, in the northern part of Shan State and the eastern part of Kachin State, near and along Burma's border with China, as well as in Yunnan, China.

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Ward (electoral subdivision)

A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes.

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Wat

A wat (វត្ត wōat; ວັດ vat; วัด) is a type of Buddhist temple and Hindu temple in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. The word wat is borrowed from Sanskrit vāṭa (Devanāgarī: वाट), meaning "enclosure".

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Wat Chedi Luang

Wat Chedi Luang (วัดเจดีย์หลวง, lit. temple of the big stupa or temple of the royal stupa) is a Buddhist temple in the historic centre of Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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Wat Chet Yot

Wat Chet Yot (วัดเจ็ดยอด, official name: Wat Photharam Maha Wihan - วัดโพธารามมหาวิหาร) is a Buddhist temple (Wat) in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand.

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Wat Chiang Man

Wat Chiang Man (วัดเชียงมั่น − sometimes also written as Wat Chiang Mun) is a Buddhist temple (Thai language: Wat) inside the old city (which is contained within the city walls and moat) of Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand.

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Wat Ku Tao

Wat Ku Tao (วัดกู่เต้า; "Temple of the Gourd Pagoda") is a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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Wat Phra Singh

Wat Phra Singh (full name: Wat Phra Singh Woramahaviharn; วัดพระสิงห์วรมหาวิหาร;;; 90px) is a Buddhist temple (Thai language: Wat) in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand.

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Wat Phra That Doi Suthep

Wat Phra That Doi Suthep (วัดพระธาตุดอยสุเทพ) is a Theravada wat in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand.

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Wat Suan Dok

Wat Suan Dok (วัดสวนดอก,, roughly "flower garden temple"), also known as Wat Buppharam (วัดบุปผาราม) is a Buddhist temple (Wat) in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand.

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Wat Umong

Wat Umong (complete name: Wat Umong Suan Puthatham) is a 700-year-old Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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Wiang Kum Kam

Wiang Kum Kam (เวียงกุมกาม; ᩅ᩠ᨿᨦᨠᩩᨾᨠᩣ᩠ᨾ) is an historic settlement and archaeological site along the Ping River, which was built by King Mangrai the Great as his capital before he moved it to Chiang Mai.

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World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO; French: Organisation mondiale de la santé) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health.

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Yunnan

Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country.

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Zinme Yazawin

Zinme Yazawin (ဇင်းမယ် ရာဇဝင်, lit. "Chronicle of Chiang Mai") is an 18th-century Burmese chronicle that covers the history of Lan Na under Burmese rule (1558–1775).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Mai

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