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Phayao
พะเยา ᩕᨻᨿᩣ᩠ᩅ | |
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| จังหวัดพะเยา · ᨧᩢ᩠ᨦᩉ᩠ᩅᩢᩕᨻᨿᩣ᩠ᩅ | |
From left to right, top to bottom : Wat Si Khom Kham, Phu Sang National Park, Phayao Lake, Wat Phra That Doi Yuak, Phaya Ngam Mueang Monument | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Motto(s): กว๊านพะเยาแหล่งชีวิต ศักดิ์สิทธิ์พระเจ้าตนหลวง บวงสรวงพ่อขุนงำเมือง งามลือเลื่องดอยบุษราคัม ("Kwan Phayao lake, the source of life. Sacred Phra Chao Ton Luang. Worship Pho Khun Ngam Mueang. Famed Doi Busarakham.") | |
 Map of Thailand highlighting Phayao province | |
| Country | Thailand |
| Capital | Phayao (town) |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Rattapol Naradisorn |
| • PAO President | Thawat Suttawong |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,189 km2 (2,390 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 35th |
| Population (2024)[2] | |
• Total |  454,764 |
| • Rank | 59th |
| • Density | 74/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 66th |
| Human Achievement Index | |
| • HAI (2022) | 0.6598 "somewhat high" Ranked 14th |
| GDP | |
| • Total | baht 36 billion (US$1.2 billion) (2019) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Postal code | 56xxx |
| Calling code | 054 |
| ISO 3166 code | TH-56 |
| Website | phayao |
Phayao (Thai: พะเยา, pronounced [pʰā.jāw]; Northern Thai: ᩕᨻᨿᩣ᩠ᩅ) is one of Thailand's seventy-seven provinces (changwat), and lies in upper northern Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from the east clockwise) Nan, Phrae, Lampang, and Chiang Rai. To the northeast it borders Xaignabouli in Laos.
| Phayao province | |
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| Thai name | |
| Thai | พะเยา |
| RTGS | Phayao |
| Northern Thai name | |
| Northern Thai | ᩕᨻᨿᩣ᩠ᩅ (Phayuao) |
- ^ "Table 2 Forest area Separate province year 2019". Royal Forest Department. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Official statistics registration systems". Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA). Retrieved 10 February 2025, year 2024 >provincial level >Excel File >no.56
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ "ข้อมูลสถิติดัชนีความก้าวหน้าของคน ปี 2565 (PDF)" [Human Achievement Index Databook year 2022 (PDF)]. Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) (in Thai). Retrieved 12 March 2024, page 47
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ "Gross Regional and Provincial Product, 2019 Edition". <>. Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC). July 2019. ISSN 1686-0799. Retrieved 22 January 2020.