Khao Chamao district
district in Rayong province, Thailand
Khao Chamao (Thai: เขาชะเมา, pronounced [kʰǎw t͡ɕʰā.māw]) is a district (amphoe) of Rayong province, eastern Thailand.
History
The minor district (king amphoe) was split off from Klaeng district on 31 May 1993.
On 15 May 2007, all 81 minor districts were upgraded to full districts. With publication in the Royal Gazette on 24 August the upgrade became official.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Bo Thong of Chonburi province, Kaeng Hang Maeo of Chanthaburi province, and Klaeng and Wang Chan of Rayong Province.
Administration
The district is divided into four sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 21 villages (mubans). There are no municipal (thesabans), but there are four tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
“Khao Chamao district” enters the record as district in Rayong province, Thailand. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Khao, Chamao and district can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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“Khao Chamao district” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Khao, Chamao and district provides the most credible route into that argument.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q179704. Authority coordinates are 12.975, 101.685. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1993 and 2007.
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This entry incorporates text from “Khao Chamao district” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.