Amphoe Den Chai (Den Chai)
Den Chai (เด่นชัย, ) is a district (amphoe) in the southern part of Phrae province, northern Thailand.
In the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), Tai people working at the gemstone mine at Doi Pok Ka Long robbed Mueang Phrae. The king ordered Phraya Surasak Montri to redress the wrongdoing. Phraya Surasak Montri based his camp in Ban Den Thap Chai. After he resolved the issue, the name of the camp became the village name. Later the village was upgraded to a tambon.
During World War I an army base was in Den Chai, but was later merged with the Lampang army base in 1933. Today it is the cavalry base 12th, Phraya Chaiyabun camp.
Den Chai was created as a minor district (king amphoe) of Sung Men district on 24 January 1963. It was upgraded to a full district in 1965. Den Chai's importance grew when the Northern Line railway was built passing through the district.
In the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), Tai people working at the gemstone mine at Doi Pok Ka Long robbed Mueang Phrae. The king ordered Phraya Surasak Montri to redress the wrongdoing. Phraya Surasak Montri based his camp in Ban Den Thap Chai. After he resolved the issue, the name of the camp became the village name. Later the village was upgraded to a tambon.
During World War I an army base was in Den Chai, but was later merged with the Lampang army base in 1933. Today it is the cavalry base 12th, Phraya Chaiyabun camp.
Den Chai was created as a minor district (king amphoe) of Sung Men district on 24 January 1963. It was upgraded to a full district in 1965. Den Chai's importance grew when the Northern Line railway was built passing through the district.
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Tai peoples migrated from southwestern China to mainland Southeast Asia from the 11th century. Indianised kingdoms such as the Mon, Khmer Empire and Malay states ruled the region, competing with Thai states such as the Kingdoms of Ngoenyang, Sukhothai, Lan Na and Ayutthaya, which also rivalled each other. European contact began in 1511 with a Portuguese diplomatic mission to Ayutthaya, which became a regional power by the end of the 15th century. Ayutthaya reached its peak during the 18th century, until it was destroyed in the Burmese–Siamese War. Taksin quickly reunified the fragmented territory and established the short-lived Thonburi Kingdom. He was succeeded in 1782 by Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, the first monarch of the current Chakri dynasty. Throughout the era of Western imperialism in Asia, Siam remained the only nation in the region to avoid colonization by foreign powers, although it was often forced to make territorial, trade and legal concessions in unequal treaties. The Siamese system of government was centralised and transformed into a modern unitary absolute monarchy in the reign of Chulalongkorn. In World War I, Siam sided with the Allies, a political decision made in order to amend the unequal treaties. Following a bloodless revolution in 1932, it became a constitutional monarchy and changed its official name to Thailand, becoming an ally of Japan in World War II. In the late 1950s, a military coup under Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat revived the monarchy's historically influential role in politics. Thailand became a major ally of the United States, and played an anti-communist role in the region as a member of the failed SEATO, but from 1975 sought to improve relations with Communist China and Thailand's neighbours.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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THB | Thai baht | ฿ | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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EN | English language |
TH | Thai language |