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Mueang Khong

Field	Value
official_name	Mueang Khong
native_name	เมืองคอง
settlement_type	Tambon
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Thailand
subdivision_type2	Province
subdivision_name2	Chiang Mai
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	Chiang Dao
area_total_km2	270
population_as_of	2005
population_total	4244
timezone	ICT
utc_offset	+7

Mueang Khong or Ban Mueang Khong (, , บ้านเมืองคอง, ) is a tambon (sub-district) of Chiang Dao district, in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand. In 2005 it had a population of 4,244 people.

History & presently

Mueang Khong is a tiny community in the surrounding of the Chiang Dao range. Its name meaning "city or town of Khong", since it has the Khong and Mae Taeng rivers flowing through the area. For Khong is a river that originated from neighbouring Wiang Haeng district, and flows confluence the Mae Taeng river at the end of the sub-district.

In the past, it was only a pass or overnight spot for people who traveled from somewhere else.

Nowadays, this community is well-known as another tourist attraction in the district. There are homestays, coffee shops, and paddy fields that are check-in and good photography spots for visitors. It has interestingly adapted itself for tourism.

Geography

Mueang Khong is 30 km (18 mi) from downtown Chiang Dao. It can be accessible via a steep hilly route as well as off-road route connecting to Huai Nam Dang, Wiang Kaen, and Mae Taeng districts.

The terrain is a plain that is surrounded by Chiang Dao range, with a total area of 270 km2 (100 sq mi), mostly paddy fields.

Neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise): Wiang Haeng of Chiang Mai, Mueang Ngai in its district, Mae Taeng of Chiang Mai, and Pai of Mae Hong Son.

Demography

Ethnic groups consist of Lanna people, Tai Yai, Lisu, Lahu, and Paganyaw Christian.

Economy

Mueang Khong has grown its own rice, which is why there are extensive paddy field for admiring during both the cropping and harvesting seasons.

Weaving baskets (Kuai in dialect) is an additional occupation of the locals when they are free from cultivation.

Administration

The tambon is divided into six administrative mubans (villages)

Name	Thai
1.	Ban Mai	บ้านใหม่
2.	Ban Wang Mario	บ้านวังมะริว
3.	Ban Nong Bua	บ้านหนองบัว
4.	Ban Luang	บ้านหลวง
5.	Ban Nam Ru	บ้านน้ำรู
6.	Ban Mae Plaem	url=https://www.thaitambon.com/tambon/500405	work=ThaiTambon	title=ข้อมูลตำบลเมืองคอง อำเภอเชียงดาว เชียงใหม่	trans-title=Information of Mueang Khong sub-district, Chiang Dao district, Chiang Mai	language=thai}}

Local food

Pla Klom Mon or just called Pla Mon (Scaphiodonichthys acanthopterus) are small freshwater fish in cyprinid family that are plentiful in the Khong river. This species of fish is deep fried with garlic, and it will so crispy that can eat all of it, considered as a local food that is unique to this community.

References

"ข้อมูลตำบลเมืองคอง อำเภอเชียงดาว เชียงใหม่". ThaiTambon.
Takool Komarakul Na Nakhorn (story) and Nophadol Kunbua (photographs), เมืองคองไออุ่นในอ้อมกอดดอยไกล (Living a cool slow life in Mueang Khong), Osotho, Vol. 60 Issue 5 (December 2019). {{in lang. th

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