Phayao
Sign in to savePhayao (; ,) is a city (thesaban mueang) in northern Thailand, capital of Phayao Province. For administrative purposes the city is divided into 15 sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 172 administrative villages.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Phayao
- Settlement.native_name
- พะเยา
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Phayao - City pillar shrine and walkway Jan 2024.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Phayao city pillar shrine
- Settlement.image_map
- Amphoe 5601.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Phayao Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Thailand
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Phayao Province
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_total
- 19118
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2005
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone1
- ICT
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +7
- Settlement.postal_code
- 56000
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Phayao (; ,) is a city (thesaban mueang) in northern Thailand, capital of Phayao Province. For administrative purposes the city is divided into 15 sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 172 administrative villages.
The town is on the shore of the Phayao Lake. It dates back to the semi-independent city-state (mueang), founded between 900 and 1,000 years ago.