Place:Mae Hong Son, Thailand

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NameMae Hong Son
Alt namesMae Hong Sonsource: Wikipedia
Mae Hong Songsource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 645; Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 707
Maehongsonsource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 707
TypeProvince
Coordinates18.75°N 97.917°E
Located inThailand
See alsoNorthern,removed name of Region
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Ban Mae La Luang
Ban Sop Huai Hai
Khun Yuam
Mae Hong Son
Mae Sariang
Pai
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Mae Hong Son province (Burmese: မဲဟောင်ဆောင်; , ; Northern Thai: ; Shan: ; formerly called Mae Rong Son), also spelled Maehongson, Mae Hong Sorn or Maehongsorn, is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (changwat). It lies in upper northern Thailand and is the westernmost province. Neighboring provinces are (clockwise from north) Shan State of Myanmar, Chiang Mai and Tak. To the west, the province borders Kayin State and Kayah State of Myanmar. Mae Hong Son's nickname is "the city of three mists". It is hemmed in by the high mountain ranges of the Shan Hills and is the most mountainous province in Thailand, occupying . The province is often covered with mist. Mae Hong Son town was originally established in the early 19th century as an elephant training camp as ordered by the then King of Chiang Mai. , Mae Hong Son was the poorest province in Thailand.

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Mae Hong Son province was formerly part of Mawkmai State, one of the Shan States which had been founded in 1767 by Hsai Khiao, from a noble family of Chiang Mai.

As a result of the Anglo-Siamese Boundary Commission of 1892–1893, Mae Hong Son District was ceded to Siam, but the adjacent Möngmaü and Mehsakun trans-Salween Districts also claimed by Siam (as territories on the eastern side of the Salween River), were kept as part of British Burma.

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