Chiang Mai
Information

Electricity

          Electricity service in Chiang Mai province is provided in 22 districts, 2 sub-districts and 1,892 villages, comprising 92.61% of all villages. Villages without electricity are located in jungles, forest conservation areas and national parks. In 2004 there were 496,448 electricity consumers, a 10.98% increase on the preceding year. Total electricity consumption in the province was 1,630,46 million units, a 7.11% increase on the year before. The major consumer of electricity is offices and factories, using 878.99 million kilowatts per hour, followed by residential users, government offices and public utilities using 621.24, 100.60 and 29.63 million kilowatts per hour respectively.

Water

          There are 7 waterworks in the province capable of producing 49,546,800 cubic meters of water per year. In 2004, total water production was around 32,644,289 cubic meters. There were 76,939 consumers of mains water, an increase of 5,710 consumers over the preceding year.

Telecommunications

          In 2004 there were 251,501 fixed telephone lines in the province, an increase of 9,780 lines over the the previous year’s total of 211,405 lines. The ratio of telephone lines to inhabitants is 1:6.