Fai Kaeo

Fai Kaeo (Thai: ตำบลฝายแก้ว, pronounced [fˈa͡ɪ kˈiːə͡ʊ]) is a tambon (subdistrict) of Phu Phiang District, in Nan province, Thailand. In 2026, it had a population of 7,384 people.^[2]

Fai Kaeo was ruled under Burma from 1703 to 1707. Nan was abandoned for five years. In 1708, the Burmese authorities sent the person, whose name is Chao Fa Mueang Khong, a ruler of Burmese origin, to govern Nan. Chao Fa Mueang Khong appointed Mr.In, a resident of Fai Kaeo, to the position of Phra Na Sai. Later, the King of the Kingdom of Ava replaced Chao Fa Mueang Khong with Chao Fa Myoza.

From 1714 to 1716, Chao Fa Myoza worked with Mr.In to restore the city. Mr.In relocated his family from Ban Fai Kaeo to Ban Dong Chang Pha (present-day Ban Tha Lo) and encouraged the local population to engage in agriculture. The settlement expanded toward the Nan River. In the past, carts were used extensively to transport stone and sand from the river port along the Nan River. As people gradually settled permanently in the area, the locals named the settlement Fai Kaeo.^[3][4]

The tambon is divided into seventeen administrative villages (mubans).