Amphoe Mueang Lampang

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Mueang Lampang
เมืองลำปาง

Statistics
Province:	Lampang
District office:	18°17′30″N, 99°30′18″E
Area:	1,156.6 km²
Inhabitants:	237,335 (2005)
Pop. density:	205.2 inh./km²
Geocode:	5201
Postal code:	52000
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Mueang Lampang (Thai: เมืองลำปาง) is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Lampang Province, northern Thailand.

[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Mueang Pan, Chae Hom, Mae Mo, Mae Tha, Ko Kha and Hang Chat of Lampang Province, Mae Tha of Lamphun Province, and Mae On of Chiang Mai Province.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 19 communes (tambon), which are further subdivided into 179 villages (muban). Lampang is a city (thesaban nakhon) covering the tambon Wiang Nuea, Suan Dok, Sop Tui and parts of tambon Hua Wiang, Phichai, Chomphu, Phrabat and Bo Haeo. The town (thesaban mueang) Khelang Nakhon covers the tambon Kluai Phae and Pong Saen Thong, and parts of tambon Phrabat and Chomphu. There are two more townships (thesaban tambon) - Bo Haeo and Phichai each cover parts of the same-named tambon. There are further 11 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh.
1.	Wiang Nuea	เวียงเหนือ	-	12,511
2.	Hua Wiang	หัวเวียง	-	8,842
3.	Suan Dok	สวนดอก	-	5,962
4.	Sop Tui	สบตุ๋ย	-	15,888
5.	Phrabat	พระบาท	9	21,483
6.	Chomphu	ชมพู	14	27,234
7.	Kluai Phae	กล้วยแพะ	5	9,709
8.	Pong Saen Thong	ปงแสนทอง	11	18,210
9.	Ban Laeng	บ้านแลง	11	7,462
10.	Ban Sadet	บ้านเสด็จ	14	11,497
11.	Phichai	พิชัย	16	21,822
12.	Thung Fai	ทุ่งฝาย	9	8,770
13.	Ban Ueam	บ้านเอื้อม	15	10,683
14.	Ban Pao	บ้านเป้า	12	7,330
15.	Ban Kha	บ้านค่า	8	6,099
16.	Bo Haeo	บ่อแฮ้ว	17	18,308
17.	Ton Thongchai	ต้นธงชัย	13	14,949
18.	Nikhom Phatthana	นิคมพัฒนา	14	5,125
19.	Bun Nak Phatthana	บุญนาคพัฒนา	11	5,451

Amphoe of Lampang
Amphoe:	Mueang Lampang - Mae Mo - Ko Kha - Soem Ngam - Ngao - Chae Hom - Wang Nuea - Thoen - Mae Phrik - Mae Tha - Sop Prap - Hang Chat - Mueang Pan