Mae Charim is a district (Amphoe

Amphoe

An amphoe is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as district, amphoe make up the provinces, and are analogous to a county seat...

) in the eastern part of Nan Province

Nan Province

Nan is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Uttaradit, Phrae and Phayao. To the north and east it borders Sainyabuli of Laos.-Geography:...

, northern Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

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History

Mae Charim was originally known as Bowa (บ่อว้า). The minor district (King Amphoe) Mae Charim was established on October 1 1969 with the three tambon Phong, Nong Daeng and Mo Mueang split off from Mueang Nan district

Amphoe Mueang Nan

Mueang Nan is the capital district of Nan Province, northern Thailand.-History:The district was Khwaeng Nakhon Nan, set up in 1899 by the Ministry of Interior. It was renamed to Mueang Nan district in 1917...

. It was upgraded to a full district on April 12 1977.

Geography

Neighboring are from the southwest clockwise Wiang Sa

Amphoe Wiang Sa, Nan Province

Wiang Sa is a district in the central part of Nan Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring are from the south clockwise Na Noi of Nan Province, Rong Kwang, Song of Phrae Province, Ban Luang, Mueang Nan, Phu Phiang and Mae Charim of Nan Province again...

, Phu Phiang, Santi Suk

Amphoe Santi Suk

Santi Suk is a district in the central part of Nan Province, northern Thailand.-History:The minor district Santi Suk was established on June 15 1981, when the two tambon Du Phong and Pa Laeo Luang were split off from Mueang Nan district. The third tambon Phong was assigned from Mae Charim...

 and Bo Kluea

Amphoe Bo Kluea

Bo Kluea is a district in the eastern part of Nan Province, northern Thailand.-History:The minor district Bo Kluea was established on February 15 1988 by splitting the two tambon Bo Kluea Nuea and Bo Kluea Tai from Pua district...

 of Nan Province. To the east is the Xaignabouli Province of Laos

Laos

Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 5 subdistricts (tambon

Tambon

Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2009 there are 7255 tambon, not including the 169 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains 8-10 tambon...

), which are further subdivided into 38 villages (muban

Muban

Muban is the lowest administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as village, they are the subdivision of tambon. As of 2008, there are 74944 administrative villages in Thailand. As of the 1990 census, the average village consisted of 144 households or 746 persons.A muban does not...

). Nong Daeng is a township (thesaban tambon) covering parts of the tambon Nong Daeng and Mo Mueang. There are further 4 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh. Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
2.	Nong Daeng	หนองแดง	10	4,229
3.	Mo Mueang	หมอเมือง	6	2,450
4.	Nam Phang	น้ำพาง	10	4,914
5.	Nam Pai	น้ำปาย	6	2,001
6.	Mae Charim	แม่จริม	6	2,200

The missing number 1 refers to tambon Phong which is now part of Santi Suk district.