Mae Hong Son province

Mae Hong Son province
Mae Hong Son province
	"Mae Hong Son" in Thai language (top) and; Northern Thai with Tai Tham script (bottom)
Thai name
Thai	แม่ฮ่องสอน
RTGS	Mae Hong Son
Northern Thai name
Northern Thai	ᨾᩯ᩵ᩁᩬ᩵ᨦᩈᩬᩁ; (Mae Hong Son)

Mae Hong Son

แม่ฮ่องสอน
ᨾᩯ᩵ᩁ᩵ᩬᨦᩈᩬᩁ
Mae Hong Son แม่ฮ่องสอน ᨾᩯ᩵ᩁ᩵ᩬᨦᩈᩬᩁ
Province
	จังหวัดแม่ฮ่องสอน ᨧᩢ᩠ᨦᩉ᩠ᩅᩢᨯᨾᩯ᩵ᩁᩬ᩵ᨦᩈᩬᩁ
	From top: Wat Phrathat Doi Kong Mu; Bua tong (tree marigold) fields in Doi Mae-U-Kho, Khun Yuam; Spirit cave; Mae Hong Son Airport; Pang Oung, a romantic reservoir in Mueang Mae Hong Son; Mae Surin Falls, the highest waterfall in the northern Thailand
	Flag Seal
	Nickname(s): Mueang Sam Mok; (City of three mists)
	Motto(s): หมอกสามฤดู กองมูเสียดฟ้า ป่าเขียวขจี ผู้คนดี ประเพณีงาม ลือนามถิ่นบัวตอง ; ("Three-season mists. Towering (Phra That Doi) Kong Mu. Lush forests. Good people. Beautiful traditions. Famous home of the tree marigold.")
	Map of Thailand highlighting Mae Hong Son province
Country	Thailand
Capital	Mae Hong Son
Government
• Governor	Chucheep Pongchai; (since March 2024)
Area
• Total	12,765 km2 (4,929 sq mi)
• Rank	Ranked 7th
Population (2019)
• Total	284,138
• Rank	Ranked 70th
• Density	23/km2 (60/sq mi)
• Rank	Ranked 77th
Human Achievement Index
• HAI (2022)	0.5974 "low"; Ranked 76th
GDP
• Total	baht 13 billion; (US$0.4 billion) (2019)
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)
postal code	58xxx
calling code	052 & 053
ISO 3166 code	TH-58

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Mae Hong Son province (Burmese: မဲဟောင်ဆောင်; Thai: แม่ฮ่องสอน, pronounced [mɛ̂ː.hɔ̂ŋ.sɔ̌ːn]; Northern Thai: ᨾᩯ᩵ᩁᩬ᩵ᨦᩈᩬᩁ; Shan: မႄႈႁွင်ႈသွၼ်; formerly called Mae Rong Son), also spelled Maehongson, Mae Hong Sorn or Maehongsorn, is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (changwat). It lies in upper northern Thailand and is the westernmost province. Neighboring provinces are (clockwise from north) Shan State of Myanmar, Chiang Mai and Tak. To the west, the province borders Kayin State and Kayah State of Myanmar.

Mae Hong Son's nickname is "the city of three mists". It is hemmed in by the high mountain ranges of the Shan Hills and is the most mountainous province in Thailand, occupying 12,681 square kilometres (4,896 sq mi).^[5] The province is often covered with mist. Mae Hong Son town was originally established in the early 19th century as an elephant training camp as ordered by the then King of Chiang Mai. As of 2012^[update], Mae Hong Son was the poorest province in Thailand.^[6]

^ "ตารางที่ 2 พี้นที่ป่าไม้ แยกรายจังหวัด พ.ศ.2562" [Table 2 Forest area Separate province year 2019]. Royal Forest Department (in Thai). 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2021, information, Forest statistics Year 2019, Thailand boundary from Department of Provincial Administration in 2013{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^ รายงานสถิติจำนวนประชากรและบ้านประจำปี พ.ส.2562 [Statistics, population and house statistics for the year 2019]. Registration Office Department of the Interior, Ministry of the Interior. stat.bora.dopa.go.th (in Thai). 31 December 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
^ "ข้อมูลสถิติดัชนีความก้าวหน้าของคน ปี 2565 (PDF)" [Human Achievement Index Databook year 2022 (PDF)]. Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) (in Thai). Retrieved 12 March 2024, page 58{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^ "Gross Regional and Provincial Product, 2019 Edition". <>. Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC). July 2019. ISSN 1686-0799. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
^ Advancing Human Development through the ASEAN Community, Thailand Human Development Report 2014, table 0:Basic Data (PDF) (Report). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Thailand. pp. 134–135. ISBN 978-974-680-368-7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-01. Retrieved 17 January 2016, Data has been supplied by Land Development Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, at Wayback Machine.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^ "Richest 0.1% own half of nation's assets". The Nation. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2016.

[RFD-1] "ตารางที่ 2 พี้นที่ป่าไม้ แยกรายจังหวัด พ.ศ.2562" [Table 2 Forest area Separate province year 2019]. Royal Forest Department (in Thai). 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2021, information, Forest statistics Year 2019, Thailand boundary from Department of Provincial Administration in 2013{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

[TDD-2] รายงานสถิติจำนวนประชากรและบ้านประจำปี พ.ส.2562 [Statistics, population and house statistics for the year 2019]. Registration Office Department of the Interior, Ministry of the Interior. stat.bora.dopa.go.th (in Thai). 31 December 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.

[HAI_2565-3] "ข้อมูลสถิติดัชนีความก้าวหน้าของคน ปี 2565 (PDF)" [Human Achievement Index Databook year 2022 (PDF)]. Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) (in Thai). Retrieved 12 March 2024, page 58{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

[NESDB-2017-4] "Gross Regional and Provincial Product, 2019 Edition". <>. Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC). July 2019. ISSN 1686-0799. Retrieved 22 January 2020.

[AREA-5] Advancing Human Development through the ASEAN Community, Thailand Human Development Report 2014, table 0:Basic Data (PDF) (Report). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Thailand. pp. 134–135. ISBN 978-974-680-368-7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-01. Retrieved 17 January 2016, Data has been supplied by Land Development Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, at Wayback Machine.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

[nation-20140923-6] "Richest 0.1% own half of nation's assets". The Nation. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2016.

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