{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Khao Chamao | native_name = เขาชะเมา | native_name_lang= th | settlement_type = District | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = Amphoe 2107.svg | map_caption = District location in Rayong province | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Thailand | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Rayong | subdivision_type2 = Seat | subdivision_name2 = Huai Thap Mon | subdivision_type3 = ''Tambon'' | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = ''Muban'' | subdivision_name4 = | established_title = District established | established_date = | population_total = 22432 | population_as_of = 2005 | population_density_km2 = {{formatnum:83.1|R}} | area_total_km2 = {{formatnum:269.95|R}} | leader_title = | leader_name = | blank_name_sec1 = Postal code | blank_info_sec1 = 21110 | blank_name_sec2 = Geocode | blank_info_sec2 = 2107 | timezone = ICT | utc_offset = +7 | coordinates = {{coord|12|58|30|N|101|41|6|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}} | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Khao Chamao''' ({{langx|th|เขาชะเมา}}, {{IPA|th|kʰǎw t͡ɕʰā.māw|pron}}) 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.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=110|issue=74 ง|pages=16|script-title=th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งเขตท้องที่อำเภอแกลง จังหวัดระยอง ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอเขาชะเมา|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2536/D/074/16.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126234014/http://ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2536/D/074/16.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 26, 2009|date=June 8, 1993|language=Thai}}</ref>
On 15 May 2007, all 81 minor districts were upgraded to full districts.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.manager.co.th/Politics/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9500000055625|publisher=Manager Online|script-title=th:แถลงผลการประชุม ครม. ประจำวันที่ 15 พ.ค. 2550|language=Thai|access-date=2007-09-14|archive-date=2011-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516212636/http://www.manager.co.th/Politics/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9500000055625|url-status=dead}}</ref> With publication in the ''Royal Gazette'' on 24 August the upgrade became official.<ref>{{cite journal| journal=Royal Gazette|volume=124|issue=46 ก|pages=14–21|script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอฆ้องชัย...และอำเภอเหล่าเสือโก้ก พ.ศ. ๒๕๕๐|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2550/A/046/14.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930165121/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2550/A/046/14.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 30, 2007|date=August 24, 2007|language=Thai}}</ref>
==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). {| ! No. ! Name ! Thai name ! Villages ! Pop. |- ||1.||Nam Pen||น้ำเป็น||7||7,025|| |- ||2.||Huai Thap Mon||ห้วยทับมอญ||8||7,419|| |- ||3.||Cham Kho||ชำฆ้อ||9||5,650|| |- ||4.||Khao Noi||เขาน้อย||5||2,338|| |}
==References== {{reflist}}
===Bibliography=== * <span id="Khao Chamao - Khao Wong National Park2013">Khao Chamao - Khao Wong National Park(October 27, 2013).Retrieve October 27, 2013, from https://web.archive.org/web/20130911180508/http://www.dnp.go.th/parkreserve/asp/style1/default.asp?npid=108&lg=2 </span> * <span id="Khao Chamao - Khao Wong National Park2013">Khao Chamao - Khao Wong National Park(October 27, 2013).Retrieve October 27, 2013, from http://www.naturethai.net/National-Park-in-Eastern-Thailand/Khao-Chamao-Khao-Wong-National-Park.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219132307/http://www.naturethai.net/National-Park-in-Eastern-Thailand/Khao-Chamao-Khao-Wong-National-Park.html |date=2013-12-19 }} </span>
==External links== *[http://www.amphoe.com/menu.php?mid=1&am=520&pv=48 amphoe.com] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20111030111010/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thailand/rayong-province/khao-chamao-khao-wong-national-park Khao Chamao/Khao Wong National Park] {{Amphoe Rayong}}
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