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Roads of Chiang Maiᨩ᩠ᨿᨦᩉ᩠ᨾᩲ᩵ EN ไทย

Lanes and alleys

The hom and the soi. Where the city is lived rather than driven through.

The hom

Daibo Taku · CC BY 3.0

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The lanes between houses: residential streets, living streets and service lanes in OpenStreetMap's terms; hom in Kam Mueang, soi on the postal…

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The Nimman sois

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The numbered lanes off Nimmanhaemin Road, odd on the west side and even on the east. Soi 1 has held a festival since 1999. The lanes are counted on…

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How a soi gets its number

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A soi branches from a main road and is numbered along it, even numbers on one side and odd on the other, counting from the road's start; a lane off a…