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Fang or "Wiang Fang" is a town in the northern Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, also known as Thesaban Wiang Fang, the capital of Fang District. It is 154 km north of Chiang Mai, among the highest mountains in the country.HistoryAccording to the Yonok chronicle, Mueang Fang was built in 641 by King Lawa Changkarat. Later King Mengrai the Great reigned in Fang before building Wiang Kum Kam and Chiang Mai of the Lanna Kingdom for one year around 1268. It seems that Mengrai used Mueang Fang for the base to invade Hariphunchai.EtymologyThe landscape of Fang looked like the seed of a fang tree . The town was named after the tree.GeographyNeighboring districts are Mu 1, 10 Tambon San Sai, Mu 7 Tambon Wiang, Mu 2, 4 Tambon Wiang, and Mu 2 Tambon Wiang.AdministrationThe town is subdivided into 12 boroughs, which include five villages of the Wiang subdistrict - Mu 2, 3, 4, 5, and 9.EducationThe school structure is divided into four key stages: the first three years in elementary school, Prathom 1–3, are for ages 6–8; the second level, Prathom 4–6 are for children 9–11; the third level, Matthayom 1–3, is for ages 12–14. The upper secondary level of schooling consists of Matthayom 4–6 for ages 15–17 and is divided into academic and vocational streams. There are academic upper secondary schools, vocational upper secondary schools, and comprehensive schools offering academic and vocational tracks. Students who choose the academic stream usually intend to enter a university. Vocational schools offer programs that prepare students for employment.