page_title: Umphang District
section_title: Transportation
hierarchical_section_title: Umphang District / Transportation
caption_attribution_description: Typical curvy drive on route 1090 between Mae Sot and Umphang, Tak Province, Thailand.
context_page_description: Umphang is the southernmost district of Tak Province, Thailand, established by the Royal Decree Establishing Amphoe Umphang, BE 2502, which came into force on 6 May 1959.
  The district is on the Thai-Burmese border. It is also the name of the town center of the district. Neighboring districts are: Phop Phra District; Khlong Lan District, and Pang Sila Thong District of Kamphaeng Phet Province; Mae Wong District and Mae Poen District of Nakhon Sawan Province; Ban Rai District of Uthai Thani Province; and Thong Pha Phum District and Sangkhla Buri District of Kanchanaburi Province. The western edge of the district has a long boundary with Burma. Surrounded by national parks and wildlife reserves, it is one of the least accessible districts in Thailand. Nevertheless, it has one major tourist attraction, Thi Lo Su Waterfall, the largest waterfall in Thailand.
context_section_description: Highway 1090 (Mae Sot-Umphang) is the only road linking Umphang to other parts of Thailand. Another highway, Highway 1167, connects Umphang town to the Burmese border. Highway 1090, 164 km in total, has two lanes during much of the way and contains 1,219 curves, a number proudly displayed at numerous places in Umphang. It is one of the more unpleasant roads for those who suffer from motion sickness. The journey from Mae Sot takes from three to four hours. The journey from Bangkok takes about 12 hours.
  In the late-1970s, construction started on Highway 1117, (Khlong Lan-Umphang) a project that would have provided a connection from Amphoe Khlong Lan, Kamphaeng Phet Province. It was part of a military effort to combat communist insurgency in the region. The project was shelved in 1987 pending an environmental study. About 115 km of the highway beginning in Khlong Lan was constructed, leaving the last 28 km on the Umphang side where it stopped at Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary in 1990. Efforts to finish this project surfaced a few times, but was eventually rejected due to the virgin forest in the path of the road. Another project linking Umphang to Amphoe Sangkhla Buri, Kanchanaburi Province was proposed in 2004, but was immediately rejected. Highway 1117 would have shortened the journey from Bangkok by five hours, and by-passed Mae Sot entirely.
  There is a municipal airport in Umphang. Scheduled flights here were scrapped due to low demand.
caption: Curvy section of Highway 1090
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