Mueang Narathiwat is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Narathiwat Province

Narathiwat Province

Narathiwat is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Yala and Pattani. To the south it borders the Malaysian state of Kelantan. The southern railway line ends in this province that is one of the nation’s five provinces that borders Malaysia. The name of this...

, southern Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

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History

The area of Mueang Narathiwat was originally a village named Menara (เมอนารา or เมอนารอ), under Mueang

Mueang

Mueang were historical semi-independent city-states or principalities in present-day Thailand, Laos, parts of northern Vietnam and the Shan State of Myanmar. Smaller Mueang were subordinate to more powerful neighboring Mueang, which in turn were subordinate to the central king, as described in...

Sai Buri. Later it was upgraded to a Tambon and changed to be controlled by Mueang Ra-ngae. Tambon Manalo grew bigger and bigger, so the government moved the city hall from Tambon Tanyong Mat to Manalo. Then they upgraded Tambon Manalo to Mueang Bang Nara. King Vajiravudh

Vajiravudh

Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramentharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua , or Phra Bat Somdet Phra Ramathibodi Si Sintharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua , or Rama VI was the sixth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, ruling from 1910 until his death...

 (Rama VI) renamed the city to Narathiwat in 1915, however in 1917 the district was renamed from Mueang to the old name Bang Nara. In 1938 the district name was changed to Mueang Narathiwat district as the province name.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the southeast clockwise) Tak Bai

Amphoe Tak Bai

Tak Bai is a district in the southeastern part of Narathiwat Province, southern Thailand.-History:When the United Kingdom and Siam made the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, they agreed to use the Kolok River nearby Wat Chonthara Singhe as the boundary between British Malaya and Siam due to the...

, Cho-airong

Amphoe Cho-airong

-History:Cho-aiong was made a minor district on May 31, 1993, by separating three tambon from Ra-ngae district. On December 5, 1996 it was upgraded to a full district..-Geography:...

, Ra-ngae

Amphoe Ra-ngae

Ra-ngae is a district in the center of 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 was Phraya Ra-ngae. The old city office was located nearby Kelantan state...

, Yi-ngo

Amphoe Yi-ngo

-Geography:Neighboring districts are Bacho, Mueang Narathiwat, Ra-ngae and Rueso.-History:Yi-ngo was originally a district in the Sai Buri province...

, Bacho

Amphoe Bacho

Bacho is the northernmost district of Narathiwat Province, southern Thailand.-History:In 1908 the district was established as the minor district Champako , which was upgraded to a full district the following year. In 1917 the district was renamed to Bacho.The district was part of the province...

 of Narathiwat Province, Mai Kaen

Amphoe Mai Kaen

Mai Kaen is the southeasternmost district of Pattani Province, southern Thailand.-History:The minor district Mae Kaen was formed on November 15 1973 by splitting the two tambon Sai Thong and Mai Kaen from Sai Buri district...

 of Pattani Province

Pattani Province

Pattani is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Narathiwat, Yala and Songkhla.-Geography:...

 and the Gulf of Thailand

Gulf of Thailand

The Gulf of Thailand , also known in to Malays as Teluk Siam literally meant Gulf of Siam, is a shallow arm of the South China Sea.-Geography:...

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The important water resource is the Bang Nara River.

The Ao Manao-Khao Tanyong National Park is located within the district.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 7 subdistricts (tambon

Tambon

Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2009 there are 7255 tambon, not including the 169 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains 8-10 tambon...

), which are further subdivided into 57 villages (muban

Muban

Muban is the lowest administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as village, they are the subdivision of tambon. As of 2008, there are 74944 administrative villages in Thailand. As of the 1990 census, the average village consisted of 144 households or 746 persons.A muban does not...

). The town (thesaban mueang) Narathiwat

Narathiwat

Narathiwat is a town in southern Thailand, capital of the Narathiwat Province. The town covers the whole subdistrict Bang Nak of Mueang Narathiwat district. The town was established in 1936.-External links:...

 covers parts of tambon Bang Nak. The 6 remaining tambon are each led by a Tambon administrative organization (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh. Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
1.	Bang Nak	บางนาค
40,406
2.	Lam Phu	ลำภู	11	10,543
3.	Manang Tayo	มะนังตายอ	7	7,721
4.	Bang Po	บางปอ	8	9,844
5.	Kaluwo	กะลุวอ	7	8,382
6.	Kaluwo Nuea	กะลุวอเหนือ	12	13,575
7.	Khok Khian	โคกเคียน	12	18,173

External links

• amphoe.com (Thai)
• Ao Manao-Khao Tanyong National Park