Chom Thong District, Chiang Mai Province Doi Lo of Chiang Mai Province, Wiang Nong Long, and Ban Hong of Lamphun Province. The important river is the Ping. Doi Inthanon National Park is in this district. Chom Thong is divided into six sub-districts ("tambon"), which are further subdivided into 103 administrative villages ("muban"). There are six sub-district municipalities ("thesaban tambon") in the district: There is one sub-district administrative organization (SAO) in the district: Chom Thong District, Chiang Mai Province Chom Thong (, ) is a district ("amphoe") in the southern part of Chiang Mai Province in northern Thailand. According to the legend of "Wat" Phra That Si
Wat Phra That Doi Suthep placed by the king on the back of a white elephant which was released into the jungle. The elephant is said to have climbed up Doi Suthep, at that time called Doi Aoy Chang ("Sugar Elephant Mountain"), stopped, trumpeted three times, then dropped dead. This was interpreted as an omen. King Nu Naone immediately ordered the construction of a temple at the site. The name of the Temple (Wat Phra That Doi Suthep) actually explains what the temple has. "Phra" entails of an honorific Buddha image, and "That" means a relic. Combining the two tells that there is a relic