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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Ko Yao
| native_name = เกาะยาว
| native_name_lang = th
| settlement_type = [[District]]
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| image_map = Amphoe 8202.svg
| map_caption = District location in [[Phang Nga province]]
| pushpin_map =
| pushpin_map_caption =
| subdivision_type = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name = Thailand
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Phang Nga Province|Phang Nga]]
| subdivision_type2 = Seat
| subdivision_name2 = Ko Yao Noi
| established_title = District established
| established_date = 1903
| population_total = 13155
| population_as_of = 20 September 2003
| population_density_km2 = {{formatnum:90.3|R}}
| area_total_km2 = {{formatnum:141.06|R}}
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Postal code]]
| blank_info_sec1 = 82160
| blank_name_sec2 = [[Geocode]]
| blank_info_sec2 = 8202
| timezone = [[Time in Thailand|ICT]]
| utc_offset = +7
| coordinates = {{coord|8|6|42|N|98|35|27|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}}
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

'''Ko Yao''' ({{langx|th|เกาะยาว}}, {{IPA|th|kɔ̀ʔ jāːw|pron}}) is a district (''[[amphoe]]'') in [[Phang Nga province]] in [[Thailand]]'s south.

==History==

===Early history===
Cave paintings discovered on Ko Yao Island, dating back over 2,000 years, provide evidence of historical influences on the communities in the southern mainland provinces of Thailand.

The initial inhabitants of Ko Yao were the [[Moken people]]s, often referred to as Sea Gypsies. In addition to the Moken, the region has seen the migration of various nomadic peoples from the [[Malay Peninsula]], believed to have settled on the islands between the 17th and 18th centuries. These groups include the [[Maniq people]], the [[Semang]], and other [[Negrito]] peoples. Historically, these groups were commonly referred to as ''Sakai'', a term that has since been deemed derogatory by the groups themselves and is no longer widely used in contemporary Thai society.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Taylor |first1=Paul Michael |title=Thailand's "Chow Pah Negritos" (Maniq) in 1897 and 1899: Smithsonian Records of W. L. Abbott's Expeditions to the Trang-Phatthalung Border Highlands |journal=Journal of the Siam Society |date=April 2015 |volume=103 |pages=161–182 |url=https://thesiamsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/JSS_103_0i_Taylor_ThailandsChowPahNegritos.pdf |access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nagata |first1=Shuichi |title=Subgroup 'names' of the Sakai (Thailand) and the Semang (Malaysia): A literature survey |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ase/advpub/0/advpub_0_0511290016/_pdf/-char/ja |journal=Anthropological Science |date=2006 |volume=114 |issue=1 |pages=45–57 |doi=10.1537/ase.00082|doi-access=free }}</ref>

The [[Mon people]], part of the Khmer [[ethnolinguistic]] group, established settlements in peninsular Thailand, including maritime states like [[Ligor]] (Nakhon Si Thammarat). Over the centuries, they intermingled with migrants from northern and southern regions of [[Malaysia]] and Thailand through commercial exchange and political interactions. This integration has resulted in the Mon ethnic lineage being a prominent component of the demographic makeup in southern Thailand, including the population of Ko Yao.

===20th century===
The minor district (''[[king amphoe]]'') Ko Yao was established in 1903 as a subordinate of [[Mueang Phang Nga district]]. On 1 January 1988 it was upgraded to a full district.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=104|issue=278 ก special|pages=33–37|script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอนามน อำเภอพระยืน อำเภอหนองบัวระเหว อำเภอบ้านเหลื่อม อำเภอจะแนะ อำเภอหนองหงส์ อำเภอนาโพธิ์ อำเภอเกาะยาว อำเภอแกดำ อำเภอสระโบสถ์ อำเภอโนนคูณ อำเภอควนโดน อำเภอไชยวาน อำเภอหนองแสง และอำเภอตาลสุม พ.ศ. ๒๕๓๐|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2530/A/278/33.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214095800/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2530/A/278/33.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 February 2012|date=December 31, 1987|language=Thai}}</ref>

==Geography==
The district covers several islands of the Ko Yao archipelago in [[Phang Nga Bay]], near the island of [[Phuket Province|Phuket]]. The two main islands are named [[Ko Yao Yai (island)|Ko Yao Yai]] and [[Ko Yao Noi]] ('big long island' and 'small long island'). The northern tips of the islands are part of [[Ao Phang Nga National Park]].

==Religion==
Ninety percent of the district's population (2018) of 18,000 are Muslims.<ref name="BP-20190103">{{cite news |last1=Svasti |first1=Pichaya |title=Going Green |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/lifestyle/social-and-lifestyle/1604482/going-green |accessdate=2019-01-03 |work=Bangkok Post |date=2019-01-03}}</ref> The Muslim religion was introduced in the 13th century by Arab traders.{{CN|date=January 2019}}

== Administration ==
The district is divided into three sub-districts ([[tambon]]s), which are further subdivided into 18 villages (''[[muban]]s''). Ko Yao itself has sub-district municipality (''[[thesaban tambon]]'') status, which covers parts of ''tambon'' Ko Yao Noi. There are a further three [[tambon administrative organization]]s (TAO).
{|
|- valign=top
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{|
! No.
! Name
! Thai
! Villages
! Pop.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dopa.go.th/xstat/p5182_01.html|publisher=Department of Provincial Administration|title=Population statistics 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120802120755/http://www.dopa.go.th/xstat/p5182_01.html|archivedate=2012-08-02}}</ref>
|-
||1.||Ko Yao Noi||เกาะยาวน้อย||99||4,833
|-
||2.||Ko Yao Yai||เกาะยาวใหญ่||4||2,609
|-
||3.||Phru Nai||พรุใน||7||5,713
|}
|| [[Image:Tambon 8202.png|150px|Map of tambons]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Ko Yao}}
*[http://www.amphoe.com/menu.php?am=394&pv=33&mid=1 amphoe.com] (Thai)

{{Amphoe Phang Nga}}

[[Category:Districts of Phang Nga province|Ko Yao]]
[[Category:Islands of Thailand]]

Ko Yao district - Revision history

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