Chiang
Mai city is Thailand's largest city after Bangkok and is considered
to be the capital of the whole northern region.
Similar
to other Thai provinces it is administratively divided into
Amphoes or districts, 22 in total as follows;
| Districts |
Postal
Code |
Districts |
Postal
Code |
| Muang
|
50000 |
Mae
Taeng |
50150
|
| Chiang
Dao |
50170 |
Omkoi
|
50310 |
| Chom
Thong |
50160 |
Phrao
|
50190 |
| Doi
Saket |
50220 |
Samoeng
|
50250
|
| Doi
Tao |
50260 |
San
Kamphaeng |
50130 |
| Fang
|
50110 |
San
Pa Tong |
50120 |
| Hang
Dong |
50230 |
San
Sai |
50210 |
| Hod
|
50240 |
Saraphi
|
50140 |
|
Mae Ai |
50280 |
Wiang
Haeng |
50350 |
| Mae
Chaem |
50270 |
Chai
Prakan |
50320 |
| Mae
Rim |
50180 |
Mae
Wang |
50360 |
The
gross provincial product (GPP) for 1996 was 78,380 million
baht. In 1996 the province was ranked ninth in the country
in terms of GPP. The GPP per capita for 1996 was 54,317 baht.
The minimum wage effective from 1998 is 140 baht per day.
Chiang Mai province is designated by the Board of Investment
(BOI) as a Zone 3 Development District.
 The
majority of Chiang Mai people (around 80%) earn a living through
agriculture and agricultural related activities and professions.
The second largest vocation is tourism and its directly and
indirectly related jobs. General commerce and industry - mainly
in the form of handicrafts and of processing agricultural
products - are the two other major professions in which the
Chiang Mai people are involved.
The
various hilltribe people are also agricultural; planting fields,
raising animals and hunting for a living. Since each tribe
has its own culture and language, they blanket the hills of
Chiang Mai with an interesting patchwork quilt of diverse
variety.
The
emblem of the province is the enshrined white elephant.
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