Chanae ( th, จะแนะ, ) is a district (''

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'') in the southern part of

Narathiwat province Narathiwat ( th, นราธิวาส, Malay: Menara) is one of the southern provinces (''changwat'') of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from west clockwise) Yala and Pattani. To the south it borders the Malaysian state of Kelantan an ...

, southern

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History

''Tambons'' Dusong Yo and Chanae were separated from

Ra-ngae district Ra-ngae ( th, ระแงะ, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in Narathiwat province, southern Thailand. History Mueang Ra-ngae was divided from Pattani in the reign of King Rama I by Vice-King Boworn Maha Surasinghanat. The governor position ...

to create Chanae minor district (''

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'') on 15 July 1983. It was upgraded to a full district on 1 January 1988. ''Chanae'' is the

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Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise): Betong, and Than To of Yala province; Sisakhon, Ra-ngae, and Sukhirin of

and the state

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Demographics

In 1963, the Thai government launched the ''Nikhom Sang Ton Eng Pak Tai'' ('self-development community in the south') program to move families from Thailand's northeastern and central provinces to the Chanae and Sukhirin Districts of Narathiwat. A total of 5,633 families were relocated to Narathiwat, where each family was rewarded with 18

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of land.

Administration

Central administration

Chanae is divided into four sub-districts (''

tambon ''Tambon'' ( th, ตำบล, ) 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'' ...

s''), which are further subdivided into 31 administrative villages (''

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s'').

Local administration

There are four sub-district administrative organizations (SAO) in the district: * Chanae (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Chanae. * Dusongyo (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Dusongyo. * Phadung Mat (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Phadung Mat. * Chang Phueak (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Chang Phueak.

References

External links

amphoe.com
Districts of Narathiwat province {{Narathiwat-geo-stub