Editing Northern Thailand (section)

{{Short description|Geographical region of Thailand}}
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{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Basic info  ---------------->| name                     = Northern Region
| other_name               = ภาคเหนือ
| settlement_type          = [[Regions of Thailand|Region]]
| image_skyline            = {{Photomontage
| photo1a                 = Intanon 03.jpg{{!}} Doi Inthanon National Park
| photo2a                 = ดอยผ้าห่มปก.jpg{{!}} Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park
| photo2b                 = Phra That Doi Suthep 01.jpg{{!}} Wat Phra That Doi Suthep
| photo3a                 = Friendship_Bridge_-_panoramio_(6).jpg{{!}} Fourth Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge
| photo3b                 = ภูชี้ฟ้า_501.jpg{{!}}Phu Chi Fa
| size                    = 270
| position                = center
| spacing                 = 2
| color                   = transparent
| border                  = 0
| foot_montage            = From upper-left to lower-right: [[Doi Inthanon National Park|Doi Inthanon]], [[Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park|Doi Pha Hom Pok]], [[Wat Phra That Doi Suthep]], [[Fourth Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge]] and [[Phu Chi Fa]]
| 
}}
| image_map                = Thailand_North_six_regions.png
| map_alt                  = 
| map_caption              = Northern Region in Thailand
| parts_type               = Provinces
| parts_style              = coll
| parts                    = {{nobold|9 Provinces}}
| p1                       = [[Chiang Mai Province]]
| p2                       = [[Lamphun Province]]
| p3                       = [[Lampang Province]]
| p4                       = [[Uttaradit Province]]
| p5                       = [[Phrae Province]]
| p6                       = [[Nan Province]]
| p7                       = [[Phayao Province]]
| p8                       = [[Chiang Rai Province]]
| p9                       = [[Mae Hong Son Province]]
| subdivision_type1        = Largest city
| subdivision_name1        = [[Chiang Mai]]
| subdivision_type2        = 
| subdivision_name2        = 
| unit_pref                = metric
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="RFD">{{cite web |url=https://www.forest.go.th |title=ตารางที่ 2 พี้นที่ป่าไม้ แยกรายจังหวัด พ.ศ.2562 |year=2019 |department=Royal Forest Department |language=th |trans-title=Table 2 Forest area Separate province year 2019 |access-date=6 April 2021 |postscript=, information, Forest statistics Year 2019, Thailand boundary from Department of Provincial Administration in 2013}}</ref>
| area_water_percent       = 
| area_rank                = 
| area_total_km2           = 96,077
| area_land_km2            = 
| area_water_km2           = 
| population_as_of         = 2019
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="TDD">{{cite web |url=http://stat.bora.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/ |website=stat.bora.dopa.go.th |language=th |script-title=th:รายงานสถิติจำนวนประชากรและบ้านประจำปี พ.ส.2562 |trans-title=Statistics, population and house statistics for the year 2019 |date=31 December 2019 |department=Registration Office Department of the Interior, Ministry of the Interior |access-date=26 February 2020}}</ref>
| population_total         = 12,119,572
| population_density_km2   = 66
| population_demonym       = 
[[Northern Thai people|Khon Muang]]
| blank1_name_sec2         = {{nowrap|[[Language]]}}
| blank1_info_sec2         = [[Thai language|Thai]] • [[Northern Thai language|Northern Thai]] • [[Lolo-Burmese]] • [[Karenic]] •  • [[Mienic]] • [[Palaungic]] • [[Southwestern Mandarin]] ''etc.''
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| demographics_type2       = GDP
| demographics2_footnotes  = <ref name="NESDB-2017">{{cite journal|title=''Gross Regional and Provincial Product, 2019 Edition''|journal=<> |date=July 2019|url=https://www.nesdc.go.th/ewt_dl_link.php?nid=5628&filename=gross_regional|access-date=22 January 2020|publisher=Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC)|language=en|issn=1686-0799}}</ref>
|demographics2_title1     = Total
|demographics2_info1      = US$41.9 billion (2019)
|demographics2_title2     = Per capita
|demographics2_info2      = 
| timezone1                = [[Time in Thailand|ICT]]
| utc_offset1              = +07:00
}}
'''Northern Thailand''', or more specifically '''[[Lan Na|Lanna]]''', is a region of Thailand. It is geographically characterized by several mountain ranges, which continue from the [[Shan Hills]] in bordering [[Myanmar]] to [[Laos]], and the river valleys that cut through them. Like most of [[Thailand]], it has a [[tropical savanna climate]], but its relatively high elevation and latitude contribute to more pronounced seasonal temperature variation, with cooler winters than the other regions. 

Historically, northern Thailand has been linked to the [[Haripuñjaya|Hariphunchai Kingdom]], which emerged as a powerful state in the region in the 7th century. This kingdom was related to the [[Dvaravati]] that existed from the 6th to 11th centuries. The Hariphunchai culture later influenced the development of the [[Lanna Kingdom]], which emerged in the 13th century and lasted until the 18th century.<ref>{{citation|last1=Tan |first1=Heidi |url=https://www.academia.edu/44396408|title=Enlightened Ways: The Many Streams of Buddhist Art in Thailand |publisher=Asian Art Museum of San Francisco |year=2012|pages=13|chapter=The Many Streams of Buddhist Art in Thailand}}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Smith |first1=John |title=State, Community, and Ethnicity in Early Modern Thailand, 1351-1767 |type=Ph.D. dissertation |publisher=University of Michigan |year=2019 |url=https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/151629/jsfsmith_1.pdf?sequence=1 |access-date=2023-04-08|page=40}}</ref>