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| Capital: | Narathiwat |
| Area: | 4,475.0 kmē Ranked 50th |
| Inhabitants: | 662,350 (2000) Ranked 36th |
| Pop. density: | 148 inh./kmē Ranked 24th |
| ISO 3166-2: | TH-96 |
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The name Narathiwat means The residence of good people.
The province is located on the shore of the Gulf of Thailand on the Malay Peninsula.
Historically Pattani was the centre of the semi-independent Malay Pattani kingdom, but paying tribute to the Thai kingdoms of Sukhothai and Ayutthaya. After Ayutthaya fell in 1767 Pattani gained full independence, but under King Rama I it again came under Siam's control. In 1909, it was annexed by Siam as part of a treaty negotiated with the British EmpireThe British Empire in the early decades of the 20th century, held sway over a population of 400 500 million people (roughly a quarter of the world's population), and covered nearly 30 million square kilometres, (roughly two-fifths of the world's land area. Along with Yala, Narathiwat was originally part of Pattani, but they were split off and became province of their own. There is a separatist movement in Yala, which after being dormant for many years erupted again in 2004.
Narathiwat is one of the four Thai provinces which have a MuslimA Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. The word Muslim means one who submits and implies complete submission to the will of God ( Allah). Muslims believe that nature is itself Islamic, since it follows natural laws placed by God. Thus, a Muslim s majority, 82% are Muslim and only 17.9% are Buddhist. Also 80.4% speak the Malay languageThe Malay language also known locally as Bahasa Melayu is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people who are native to the Malay peninsula, southern Thailand, Singapore and parts of Sumatra. It is the official language of Malaysia and Brunei, and.
| The provincial seal shows a sailing boat with a white elephantA white elephant (also albino elephant is a rare kind of elephant. In Myanmar two have been found and caught, the second one in 2002 after an elephant finding team had searched for one month. In Thailand, white elephants are sacred and a symbol of royal p on the sail. The white elephant is a royal symbol of Thailand, and is put on the seal to commemmorate the animal called Phra Sri Nararat Rajakarini that was caught here and given to the king.
The provincial symbol is the longkong fruit ( Lansium domesticum ), the provincial tree is the Chengal ( Neobalanocarpus heimii ) and the provincial flower is Odontadenia macrantha . |
Narathiwat is subdivided into 13 districts ( AmphoeA amphoe (sometimes also amphur Thai: ) is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as district amphoe make up the provinces. Amphoe are further subdivided into tambon. Altogether Thailand has 795 districts and 81 minor), which are further subdivided into 77 communes ( tambonTambon ( Thai: ) is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district (amphoe) and province (changwat) they form the third administrative subdivision. As of the 2000 census there are 7254 tambon, not including the 154 kwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at) and 551 villages (mubaan).
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