| Doi Ian | |
|---|---|
| ดอยเอียน | |
Doi Ian seen from Tap Tao, east of Thoeng | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,174 m (3,852 ft) [1] |
| Listing | List of mountains in Thailand |
| Coordinates | 19°42′12″N100°19′19″E / 19.70333°N 100.32194°E Coordinates: 19°42′12″N100°19′19″E / 19.70333°N 100.32194°E [2] |
| Geography | |
  Doi Ian | |
| Parent range | Phi Pan Nam Range |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | unknown |
| Easiest route | drive from Thoeng, then hike |
Doi Ian (Thai : ดอยเอียน) is a mountain in Thailand, part of the Phi Pan Nam Range, located at the southeastern end of Chiang Rai Province limit near the point where the limit of this province meets with the northern end of Phayao Province and only 9 km from the border with Laos. [3]
Thai, Central Thai or Ayutthaya or Siamese, is the sole official and national language of Thailand and the first language of the Central Thai people and vast majority of Thai of Chinese origin. It is a member of the Tai group of the Kra–Dai language family. Over half of Thai vocabulary is derived from or borrowed from Pali, Sanskrit, Mon and Old Khmer. It is a tonal and analytic language, similar to Chinese and Vietnamese.
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a country at the center of the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula composed of 76 provinces. At 513,120 km2 (198,120 sq mi) and over 68 million people, Thailand is the world's 50th largest country by total area and the 21st-most-populous country. The capital and largest city is Bangkok, a special administrative area. Thailand is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Myanmar. Its maritime boundaries include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast, and Indonesia and India on the Andaman Sea to the southwest. Although nominally a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, the most recent coup in 2014 established a de facto military dictatorship.
The Phi Pan Nam Range, also Pee Pan Nam, is a 400 km (249 mi) long system of mountain ranges in the eastern half of the Thai highlands. It is mostly in Thailand, although a small section in the northeast is within Sainyabuli and Bokeo Provinces, Laos.
