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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.
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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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