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Amphoe Den Chai
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| Province: | Phrae |
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| Area: | 265.6 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 37,440 (2005) |
| Pop. density: | 141.0 inh./km² |
| Geocode: | 5405 |
| Postal code: | 54140 |
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Den Chai (Thai: เด่นชัย) is a district (Amphoe) in the southern part of Phrae Province, northern Thailand.
In the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), Tai people working for the jewel mine at Doi Pok Ka Long robbed Mueang Phrae. The king ordered Phraya Surasak Montri to solve the problems. Phraya Surasak Montri based his camp in Ban Den Thap Chai. When he won, the name of the camp became the village name. Later the village was upgraded to a tambon.
During World War I a field army base was located in Den Chai, but was later merged with the to Lampang army base in 1933. Nowadays it is the Cavalryman base 12th, Phraya Chaiyabun camp.
Den Chai was a minor district (King Amphoe) of Sung Men district. It was upgraded to a full district in 1963. Den Chai became more important when the government built northern railway passsing through the area of the district to up north.
Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Wang Chin, Long, Sung Men of Phrae Province, Mueang Uttaradit, Laplae of Uttaradit Province and Si Satchanalai of Sukhothai Province
The district is subdivided into 5 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 52 villages (muban). There are two townships (thesaban tambon) - Den Chai covers parts of tambon Den Chai, Mae Chua and Pong Pa Wai; Mae Chua covers further parts of tambon Mae Chua. There are further 5 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
| No. | Name | Thai name | Villages | Inh. | |
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| 1. | Den Chai | เด่นชัย | 11 | 12,506 | |
| 2. | Mae Chua | แม่จั๊วะ | 10 | 7,478 | |
| 3. | Sai Yoi | ไทรย้อย | 12 | 6,485 | |
| 4. | Huai Rai | ห้วยไร่ | 9 | 5,434 | |
| 5. | Pong Pa Wai | ปงป่าหวาย | 10 | 5,537 |
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| Amphoe: |
Mueang Phrae - Rong Kwang - Long - Sung Men - Den Chai - Song - Wang Chin - Nong Muang Khai |
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