Doi Saket District district is named after 1,816 m high Doi Saket (ดอยสะเก็ด), a mountain of the Khun Tan Range on the east side of the district. The district is divided into 14 sub-districts ("tambon"), which are further subdivided into 110 villages ("muban"). Doi Saket is a township ("thesaban tambon"), which covers parts of "tambon" Choeng Doi and Luang Nuea. There are a further 13 tambon administrative organizations (TAO). Doi Saket District Doi Saket (, ; ) is a district ("amphoe") in the eastern part of Chiang Mai Province in northern Thailand. The district is predominantly a rural farming area, containing a mixture
Inthawichayanon a grandson of "Prince Khamfan", the 3rd ruler of Chiangmai. He was concerned about the preservation of the mountain forests in the Thai highlands. Before he died he ordered that his remains be kept at Doi Luang, the highest mountain of the Thanon Thong Chai Range, which was renamed Doi Inthanon after his death. In 1883, a rumour that Queen Victoria of Great Britain intended to adopt his daughter, Dara Rasmi, spread from Burma to Chiangmai and Bangkok, alarmed Siamese government of British desire in Lanna. The Siamese King sent his brother, Prince Prince Bijitprijakara, to Chiangmai to forward the