Yi-ngo District
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Yi-ngo ( th, ยี่งอ, ;
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 ...
: ยือรีงา, ) 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 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 ...
.


Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Bacho, Mueang Narathiwat, Ra-ngae, and Rueso.


History

Yi-ngo was originally a district in Sai Buri Province. In 1909 it was reassigned to Bang Nara Province, present-day Narathiwat Province.


Administration


Central administration

Yi-ngo district is divided into six 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 40 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 is one sub-district municipality (''
thesaban tambon 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 ...
'') in the district: * Yi-ngo (Thai: ) consisting of parts of sub-district Yi-ngo. There are six subdistrict administrative organizations (SAO) in the district: * Yi-ngo (Thai: ) consisting of parts of sub-district Yi-ngo. * Lahan (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Lahan. * Cho Bo (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Cho Bo. * Lubo Baya (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Lubo Baya. * Lubo Buesa (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Lubo Buesa. * Tapoyo (Thai: ) consisting of sub-district Tapoyo.


References


External links


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(Thai) Districts of Narathiwat province {{Narathiwat-geo-stub