Sateng Nok ( th, สะเตงนอก, ) is a ''
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'' ...
'' (sub-district) of
Mueang Yala District, in
Yala Province,
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...
.
In 2017 it had a population of 31,725 persons.
Sateng Nok lies on the border with
Pattani Province in the north of Yala Province.
It sits astride Route 4082 off Route 4106, south of Khao Tum and north of
Krong Pinang District. The
Yala Railway runs through the centre of the urban area. The Tham Phab Khien Fa Panang Caves lie to the east of Sateng on the way to Budi. They contain some 500-year-old rock paintings. The area was flooded in November–December 2011 and several people lost their lives.
Administration
Central administration
The ''tambon'' is divided into 13 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
The area of the sub-district is covered by the town (''
thesaban mueang
Thesaban ( th, เทศบาล, , ) are the municipalities of Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities: city, town, and sub-district. Bangkok and Pattaya are special municipal entities not included in the ''thesaban'' system.
The mu ...
'') Sateng Nok (เทศบาลเมืองสะเตงนอก).
References
External links
Sateng Nok Sub-district administrative organization
Tambon of Yala Province
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