Mayo is a district (Amphoe

Amphoe

An amphoe is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as district, amphoe make up the provinces, and are analogous to a county seat...

) of Pattani Province

Pattani Province

Pattani is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Narathiwat, Yala and Songkhla.-Geography:...

, southern 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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History

The area of Mayo was originally part of Yaring district

Amphoe Yaring

Yaring is a district of Pattani Province, southern Thailand. The Thai name is a corruption of the Malay Jaring .-Geography:Neighboring districts are Panare, Mayo, Yarang and Mueang Pattani...

. In 1900 the district was established, then named Rako (ราเกาะ). When in the following year the district office in tambon Mayo was opened the district was renamed after its central tambon.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Yaring

Amphoe Yaring

Yaring is a district of Pattani Province, southern Thailand. The Thai name is a corruption of the Malay Jaring .-Geography:Neighboring districts are Panare, Mayo, Yarang and Mueang Pattani...

, Panare

Amphoe Panare

-History:The name Panare comes from Pattani Malay language. Pata means Sea Beach, Tare means Otter Trawl. Thus Pata Tare means a beach for drying otter trawls in the air. With time the pronounce changed to Panare.-Geography:...

, Thung Yang Daeng

Amphoe Thung Yang Daeng

Thung Yang Daeng is a district of Pattani Province, southern Thailand.-History:The minor district Thung Yang Daeng was created on May 16 1977, when four tambon were split from Mayo district...

 and Yarang

Amphoe Yarang

-History:The old district office was located in Ban Ano Bulo, Tambon Yarang. However as the old location was flooded every year, the office was moved to Ban Bin Ya Limo on February 10, 1930...

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 13 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 58 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...

). Mayo is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers most parts of the tambon Mayo. There are further 10 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	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.	Mayo	มายอ	3	4,468
2.	Thanon	ถนน	4	3,495
3.	Trang	ตรัง	4	3,014
4.	Krawa	กระหวะ	5	3,220
5.	Lubo Yirai	ลุโบะยิไร	8	9,880
6.	La-nga	ลางา	7	6,146
7.	Kraso	กระเสาะ	5	3,490
8.	Ko Chan	เกาะจัน	5	4,562
9.	Pado	ปะโด	4	4,506
10.	Sakho Bon	สาคอบน	3	2,896
11.	Sakho Tai	สาคอใต้	4	1,885
12.	Sakam	สะกำ	4	3,880
13.	Panan	ปานัน	2	1,628

External links

• amphoe.com (in Thai)