Phayao

Phayao พะเยา ᩕᨻᨿᩣ᩠ᩅ
Town
เมืองพะเยา ᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ ᩕᨻᨿᩣ᩠ᩅ
Phayao city pillar shrine
Location in Phayao Province
Country	Thailand
Province	Phayao Province
Population  (2005)
• Total	19,118
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)
Area code	54

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Phayao (Thai pronunciation: [pʰā.jāw]) 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.

Phayao
"Phayao" in Thai language (top) and Northern Thai with Tai Tham script (bottom)
Thai name
Thai	พะเยา
RTGS	Phayao
Northern Thai name
Northern Thai	ᩕᨻᨿᩣ᩠ᩅ (Phayuao)

The town is on the shore of the Phayao Lake.^[1] It dates back to the semi-independent city-state (mueang), founded between 900 and 1,000 years ago.^[1]

As of 2005 Phayao had a population of 19,118. Phayao lies 726 km north of Bangkok.^[2]