Doi Luang District Doi Luang District Doi Luang (, ) is a district ("amphoe") in the northern part of Chiang Rai Province, northern Thailand. The area of Doi Luang was separated from Mae Chan District and established as a minor district ("king amphoe") on 15 July 1996. On 15 May 2007, all 81 minor districts were upgraded to full districts. With publication in the "Royal Gazette" on 24 August, the upgrade became official. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Chiang Saen, Chiang Khong, Wiang Chiang Rung, and Mae Chan. The district is divided into three sub-districts ("tambon"), which are further subdivided into
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