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.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.

Phayao lies 726 km north of Bangkok.

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