Mueang Phayao is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Phayao Province

Phayao Province

Phayao is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Nan, Phrae, Lampang and Chiang Rai. In the north-east it borders Xaignabouli of Laos.- Geography :...

, northern Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

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Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Mai Chai

Amphoe Mae Chai

-History:The district Mae Chai was abolished on December 23 1917 and was incorporated into Mueang Phan district. It was recreated as a minor district on January 24 1963. It was upgraded to a full district on 28 July 1965...

 of Phayao Province, Pa Daet

Amphoe Pa Daet

Pa Daet is a district in the southern part of Chiang Rai Province, northern Thailand.-History:The area of Pa Daet was originally dense forest of Phan district. People from other places went there to hunt animals and settle new village. It was created as the minor district Pa Daet on June 1 1969,...

 of Chiang Rai Province

Chiang Rai Province

Chiang Rai is the northernmost province of Thailand. Neighbouring provinces are Phayao, Lampang and Chiang Mai. In the north it borders Shan State of Myanmar and Bokeo of Laos.-Geography:...

, Phu Kamyao, Dok Khamtai

Amphoe Dok Khamtai

-History:Originally created in 1832, the district was abolished on December 23, 1917 and incorporated into Phayao district. It was recreated as a minor district on January 24, 1963. It was finally upgraded back to a full district on July 27, 1965....

 of Phayao Province again, Ngao

Amphoe Ngao

-Geography:Neighboring districts are : Mae Mo, Chae Hom and Wang Nuea of Lampang Province, Mueang Phayao and Dok Khamtai of Phayao Province, and Song of Phrae Province.-History:...

 and Wang Nuea

Amphoe Wang Nuea

Wang Nuea is the northernmost district of Lampang Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Mae Chai and Mueang Phayao of Phayao Province, Ngao, Chae Hom and Mueang Pan of Lampang Province, Wiang Pa Pao and Phan of Chiang Rai Province.-History:Till 1904 the district Chae...

 of Lampang Province

Lampang Province

Lampang is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chiang Rai, Phayao, Phrae, Sukhothai, Tak, Lamphun and Chiang Mai. The old name of Lampang is Khelang Nakhon.-Geography:...

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History

1917 the district Phayao was renamed to Mueang Phayao. In 1938 the word Mueang was removed again, as only the capital districts of the provinces were supposed to have that name. With the creation of Phayao province in 1977, the district was named Mueang Phayao again.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 15 subdistricts (tambon

Tambon

Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2009 there are 7255 tambon, not including the 169 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains 8-10 tambon...

), which are further subdivided into 171 villages (muban

Muban

Muban is the lowest administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as village, they are the subdivision of tambon. As of 2008, there are 74944 administrative villages in Thailand. As of the 1990 census, the average village consisted of 144 households or 746 persons.A muban does not...

). The town (thesaban mueang) Phayao

Phayao

Phayao is a town in northern Thailand, capital of the Phayao Province. It covers the tambon Wiang and Mae Tam of Mueang Phayao district. As of 2005 it has a population of 19,118.The town is located the shore of the Phayao lake....

 covers the whole tambon Wiang and Mae Tam. There are further 13 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai		Inh. Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
1.	Wiang	เวียง		10,701
2.	Mae Tam	แม่ต๋ำ		7,929
4.	Mae Na Ruea	แม่นาเรือ		9,072
5.	Ban Tun	บ้านตุ่น		5,098
6.	Ban Tam	บ้านต๊ำ		7,310
7.	Ban Tom	บ้านต๋อม		13,308
8.	Mae Puem	แม่ปืม		9,269
10.	Mae Ka	แม่กา		17,629
11.	Ban Mai	บ้านใหม่		4,869
12.	Cham Pa Wai	จำป่าหวาย
8,482
13.	Tha Wang Thong	ท่าวังทอง		14,111
14.	Mae Sai	แม่ใส		6,451
15.	Ban Sang	บ้านสาง		4,433
16.	Tha Champi	ท่าจำปี		4,100
18.	San Pa Muang	สันป่าม่วง		3,056

Missing numbers belong to tambon which now form Phu Kamyao.

External links

• amphoe.com (Thai)