An old and important community of Northern
Thailand, Phrae was founded after
Chiang Mai had been established as the capital
of the Lanna Thai kingdom. With one of the
largest reserves of teak forests in the
country, it is located on the banks of the
Yom River, 555 kilometres from Bangkok.
Covering an area about
6, 538 square kilometres and surrounded
on all sides by mountains with level plains
in the middle, Phrae is administratively
divided into the following districts:
Muang, Sung Men, Den Chai, Long, Wang
Chin, Song, Rong Kwang and Nong Muang
Khai.
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