Cho-airong ( th, เจาะไอร้อง, ;
Pattani Malay
Kelantan-Pattani Malay (; ; in Pattani; in Kelantan) is an Austronesian language of the Malayic subfamily spoken in the Malaysian state of Kelantan and the neighbouring southernmost provinces of Thailand. It is the primary spoken language of ...
: แชย็อง, ) is a district (''
amphoe
An amphoe (sometimes also ''amphur'', th, อำเภอ, )—usually translated as "district"—is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Groups of ''amphoe'' or districts make up the provinces, and are analogous to countie ...
'') 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 Thailand.
History
Cho-airong was made a minor district (''
king amphoe
An amphoe (sometimes also ''amphur'', th, อำเภอ, )—usually translated as "district"—is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Groups of ''amphoe'' or districts make up the provinces, and are analogous to countie ...
'') on 31 May 1993, by separating three ''tambons'' 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 ...
. On 5 December 1996 it was upgraded to a full district.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise):
Mueang Narathiwat,
Tak Bai
Tak Bai ( th, ตากใบ, ) is a border town on Malaysia-Thailand Border, the capital of Tak Bai District, Narathiwat Province. Visitors can visit Malaysia by Pengkalan Kubur pass, Kelantan state.
Administratively it is a town (''thesaban m ...
,
Su-ngai Padi and
Ra-ngae.
Administration
Central administration
Cho-airong is divided into three 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 33 administrative villages (''
muban
Muban ( th, หมู่บ้าน; , ) is the lowest administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74,944 administrative mu ...
s'').
Local administration
There are three
sub-district administrative organizations (SAO) in the district:
* Chuap (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Chuap.
* Bukit (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Bukit.
* Maruebo Ok (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Maruebo Ok.
References
External links
amphoe.com
Districts of Narathiwat province
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