Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai เชียงใหม่ ᨩ᩠ᨿᨦᩉ᩠ᨾᩲ᩵
City municipality
Chiang Mai City Municipality เทศบาลนครเชียงใหม่
From top, left to right: View of Chiang Mai City, Wat Phra Singh, Tha Phae Gate, Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, Wat Chiang Man
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Coordinates: 18°47′43″N 98°59′55″E
Country	Thailand
Province	Chiang Mai province
Amphoe	Mueang Chiang Mai
City municipality	29 March 1935
Districts	4 Nakornping District Kawila District Mengrai District Sriwichai District
Government
• Type	City municipality
• Mayor	Atsani Puranupakorn
Area
• City municipality	40.216 km2 (15.5274844 sq mi)
• Urban	405 km2 (156.371 sq mi)
• Rank	11th
Elevation	310 m (1,020 ft)
Population  (2019)
• City municipality	127,240 (Municipal area)
• Rank	8th
• Density	3,164/km2 (8,190/sq mi)
• Urban  (2022)	1,198,000 (Principal city area/เขตเมือง)
• Urban density	2,958/km2 (7,660/sq mi)
• Metro	(To be announced)
Time zone	UTC+07:00 (ICT)
Postal code	50000
Calling code	053 & 054
Airport	Chiang Mai International Airport
Inter-city rail	Northern Line
Website	cmcity.go.th

Chiang Mai is the biggest city in northern Thailand and the second biggest city in Thailand. The city's name is Thai for "new city" because it replaced Chiang Rai, meaning "old city", as the capital of the Lan Na Kingdom. It is the capital of Chiang Mai Province, the second-biggest province of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from northeast to northwest) Chiang Rai, Lampang, Lamphun, Tak, and Mae Hong Son. In the north it is next to Shan State of Myanmar.