Mae Sai

E173886

Mae Sai is a northern Thai town in Chiang Rai Province known as a major border crossing and trading hub with Myanmar.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mae Sai canonical 9
Mae Sai District 3
Mae Sai town center 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeStatus subdistrict municipality ⓘ
borderCheckpointType international land border checkpoint ⓘ
borderRiver Ruak River NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderWith Myanmar ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
connectedByHighway Pahonyothin Road ⓘ
Thai Route 1 ⓘ
country Thailand ⓘ
crossBorderCurrencyUsed Chinese yuan ⓘ
Myanmar kyat ⓘ
currencyUsed Thai baht ⓘ
governingCountryCapital Bangkok ⓘ
hasBorderTownAcross Tachileik ⓘ
hasFacility Thai immigration checkpoint ⓘ
bus terminal ⓘ
customs office ⓘ
hasInfrastructure bridge crossing the Ruak River to Tachileik ⓘ
hasNearbyAttraction Wat Phra That Doi Wao ⓘ
viewpoints over Myanmar border ⓘ
hasNearbyBorderPoint northernmost area of Thailand (in Mae Sai District) ⓘ
is major border crossing between Thailand and Myanmar ⓘ
trading hub with Myanmar ⓘ
knownFor cross‑border trade ⓘ
markets selling imported goods from Myanmar and China ⓘ
tourist shopping streets near the border ⓘ
languageMajority Thai ⓘ
localEthnicGroups Akha ⓘ
Lahu ⓘ
linked to: Lahu people

Tai Yai (Shan) ⓘ
linked to: Tai Yai
locatedIn Chiang Rai Province ⓘ
linked to: Chiang Rai

Mae Sai District ⓘ
linked to: Mae Sai

northern Thailand ⓘ
nearbyCountry Laos ⓘ
nearbyRegion Golden Triangle ⓘ
partOf Upper Northern Thailand region ⓘ
linked to: northern Thailand
primaryEconomicActivity tourism ⓘ
trade ⓘ
transport services ⓘ
provinceCapitalDistance approximately 60 kilometers north of Chiang Rai city ⓘ
role gateway to Myanmar for Thai overland travelers ⓘ
gateway to the Golden Triangle region ⓘ
timezone Indochina Time ⓘ
transportModeCommon bus ⓘ
minivan ⓘ
songthaew ⓘ
utcOffset +7 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thai–Myanmar border → hasCheckpoint → Mae Sai–Tachileik crossing ⓘ
linked to: Mae Sai
Mae Sai → locatedIn → Mae Sai District ⓘ
linked to: Mae Sai
Tachileik → hasBorderTown → Mae Sai ⓘ
Tachileik → roadConnectionTo → Mae Sai ⓘ
Thai Route 1 → terminusBLocation → Mae Sai District ⓘ
linked to: Mae Sai
Pahonyothin Road → terminusB → Mae Sai ⓘ
Pahonyothin Road → northernTerminusLocatedIn → Mae Sai District ⓘ
linked to: Mae Sai
Wat Phra That Doi Wao → accessibleFrom → Mae Sai town center ⓘ
linked to: Mae Sai