Ko Yo (, ) is an

island An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...

, located in the

Songkhla lake Songkhla Lake (, , ) is the largest natural lake in Thailand. It is on the Malay Peninsula in the southern part of the country. Covering an area of 1,040 km2 it borders the provinces of Songkhla and Phatthalung. Despite being called a lake, ...

in the area of Mueang Songkhla District, Songkhla Province in

southern Thailand Southern Thailand (formerly Southern Siam and Tambralinga) is the southernmost cultural region of Thailand, separated from Central Thailand by the Kra Isthmus. Geography Southern Thailand is on the Malay Peninsula, with an area of around , bo ...

Geography

Ko Yo is a small island in the middle of southern Songkhla lake, a part of Songkhla Province. Covering an area of , most of the area is mountains and hills, 10-151 meters high, with the northernmost part of the island being "Khao Bo" or "Khao Khae". From Khao Bo is connected to the south called "Khao Kuti", the highest point of the area about 151 meters. Neighbouring places are (from north clockwise):

Singhanakhon District Singhanakhon (, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the northern part of Songkhla province, southern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise): Mueang Songkhla, Hat Yai, Khuan Niang of Songkhla Province; Pak Phayun ...

, Mueang Songkhla District, Mueang Songkhla District, and

Hat Yai District Hat Yai (, ) is a district (''Districts of Thailand, amphoe'') of Songkhla province, southern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise): Khuan Kalong district, Khuan Kalong of Satun province; Rattaphum district, Ratt ...

, all of them are in Songkhla Province.

Administration

Ko Yo has the status of a ''

tambon ''Tambon'' (, ) is a local governmental unit in Thailand. Below district (''amphoe'') and province ('' changwat''), they form the third administrative subdivision level. there were 7,255 tambons, not including the 180 ''khwaeng'' of Bangkok, whi ...

'' (sub-district) in Mueang Songkhla District. Ko Yo is administered by the

Subdistrict Administrative Organization ''Tambon'' (, ) is a local governmental unit in Thailand. Below district (''amphoe'') and province ('' changwat''), they form the third administrative subdivision level. there were 7,255 tambons, not including the 180 ''khwaeng'' of Bangkok, whi ...

(SAO) Ko Yo (องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลเกาะยอ). It also consists of nine ''

muban Muban (; , ) is the lowest Administrative divisions of Thailand, administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet (place), hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74 ...

''s (village).

Transportation

Tinsulanonda Bridge Ko Yo is approximately 20 kilometers southwest of Mueang Songkhla District Office by land and 6 kilometers by water. The island connected to the mainland by Tinsulanonda Bridge, which is divided into two phases.

Demography

Most of the local population is of

Thai-Chinese Thai Chinese (also known as Chinese Thais, Sino-Thais) are persons of Chinese descent in Thailand. Thai Chinese are the largest mixed group in the country and the largest overseas Chinese community in the world with a population of approx ...

people who work in fishing and cultivation.

Tourism

Ko Yo that has recently become one of important tourist attractions in province of Songkhla. It is famous for its cotton-weaving industry called "Ko Yo Woven Cloth". ''

Parapocryptes ''Parapocryptes'' is a genus of gobies native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * '' Parapocryptes rictuosus'' (Valenciennes, 1837) * '' Parapocryptes serperaster ...

serperaster'', a species of

goby The Gobioidei are a suborder of percomorph fish. Many of these fishes are called gobies. It is by far the largest and most diverse order within the order Gobiiformes, and one of the most diverse groups of ray-finned fish in general. The subord ...

can be found locally and is cooked as a local delicacy.

Local products

*Ko Yo Woven Cloth *

Chempedak ''Artocarpus integer'', commonly known as chempedak or cempedak, is a species of tree in the family Moraceae, in the same genus as breadfruit and jackfruit. It is native to Southeast Asia. Cempedak is an important crop in Malaysia and is also pop ...

*Crispy

Barramundi The barramundi (''Lates calcarifer''), Asian sea bass, or giant sea perch (also known as dangri, apahap or siakap) is a species of catadromous fish in the family Latidae of the order Carangiformes. The species is widely distributed in the I ...

Skin

References

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