Mueang Nan is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) 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

The district was Khwaeng Nakhon Nan, set up in 1899 by the Ministry of Interior. It was renamed to Mueang Nan district in 1917. Khun Yommana Nattikan was the first district officer.

Geography

Neighboring are from the north clockwise Tha Wang Pha

Amphoe Tha Wang Pha

Tha Wang Pha is a district in the central part of Nan Province, northern Thailand.-History:The minor district Tha Wang Pha was established on October 1 1962 with area split off from Pua district...

, 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...

, Phu Phiang, 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...

, Ban Luang

Amphoe Ban Luang

Ban Luang is a district in the western part of Nan Province, northern Thailand.-History:Originally the area was Tambon Suat of Mueang Nan district. It was created to be Ban Luang minor district on May 15, 1975, when the three tambon Pa Kha Luang, Suat and Ban Phi were split off from Mueang...

 of Nan Province and Pong

Amphoe Pong

-Geography:Neighboring districts are Song Khwae, Tha Wang Pha, Mueang Nan of Nan Province, Chiang Muan, Dok Khamtai, Chun and Chiang Kham of Phayao Province.-History:...

 of Phayao Province

Phayao Province

Phayao is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Nan, Phrae, Lampang and Chiang Rai. In the north-east it borders Xaignabouli of Laos.- Geography :...

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 11 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 107 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...

). Nan

Nan, Thailand

Nan is a town in Northern Thailand. It is located some 668 km north of Bangkok. Its population exceeds 24.000. It is situated in the centre of the province which bears its name, and of which it is the administrative capital. It covers the whole tambon Nai Wiang of Mueang Nan district, an area...

 is a town (thesaban mueang) and covers the complete tambon Nai Wiang. There are further 10 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai	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...
1.	Nai Wiang	ในเวียง
19,953
2.	Bo	บ่อ	10	4,390
3.	Pha Sing	ผาสิงห์	9	6,020
4.	Chaiya Sathan	ไชยสถาน	11	7,040
5.	Thuem Tong	ถืมตอง	8	3,333
6.	Rueang	เรือง	8	4,774
7.	Na Sao	นาซาว	6	3,580
8.	Du Tai	ดู่ใต้	15	8,118
9.	Kong Khwai	กองควาย	12	5,587
16.	Bo Suak	บ่อสวก	13	6,590
17.	Sanian	สะเนียน	15	11,793

Missing numbers are tambon which now form Phu Phiang district.

External links

• amphoe.com (Thai)