Mueang Pattani is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Pattani Province

Pattani Province

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

, 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...

.

History

This area was the center of the Pattani Kingdom

Pattani kingdom

Pattani or Sultanate of Pattani was a Malay sultanate that covered approximately the area of the modern Thai provinces of Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and much of the northern part of modern Malaysia. The King of Patani is believed to have converted to Islam some time during the 11th century...

. In the reign of King Rama II

Buddha Loetla Nabhalai

Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramenthramaha Isarasundhorn Phra Buddha Loetla Nabhalai , or Rama II , was the second monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, ruling from 1809-1824. In 1809, Isarasundhorn succeeded his father Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, the founder of Chakri dynasty, as Buddha Loetla Nabhalai...

, the king ordered to divide the kingdom to 7 cities (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...

), Pattani, Yaha, Yaring, Nong Chik, Ra-ngae, Raman and Sai Buri. It was officially settled to be a district in 1901. Pattani was the central district of Monthon Pattani when King Rama V created the monthon

Monthon

A monthon |]], literally "circle") was a country subdivision of Thailand in the beginning of the 20th century. The Thai word 'monthon' is a translation of the word Mandala. These were created as a part of the thesaphiban bureaucratic administrative system, introduced by Prince Damrong Rajanubhab...

 in 1906.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) Yaring

Amphoe Yaring

Yaring is a district of Pattani Province, southern Thailand. The Thai name is a corruption of the Malay Jaring .-Geography:Neighboring districts are Panare, Mayo, Yarang and Mueang Pattani...

, Yarang

Amphoe Yarang

-History:The old district office was located in Ban Ano Bulo, Tambon Yarang. However as the old location was flooded every year, the office was moved to Ban Bin Ya Limo on February 10, 1930...

 and Nong Chik

Amphoe Nong Chik

-History:Nong Chik was one of the seven states into which the Pattani kingdom was split in the early 19th century to diminish the power of the often rebellious tributary kingdom. The capital was located in tambon Nong Mai...

. To the north is 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:...

.

The important water resource is the Tani river.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 13 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 66 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...

). Pattani

Pattani (town)

Pattani is a town in the far south of Thailand, near the boundary to Malaysia. It is the capital of the Pattani Province. The city has a population of 43,631...

 is a town (thesaban mueang) and covers the complete tambon Sabarang, Anoru and Chabang Tiko. There are further 10 Tambon administrative organizations (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.	Sabarang	สะบารัง
24,205
2.	Anoru	อาเนาะรู
11,640
3.	Chabang Tiko	จะบังติกอ
7,786
4.	Bana	บานา	11	18,409
5.	Tanyong Lulo	ตันหยงลุโละ	3	6,170
6.	Khlong Maning	คลองมานิง	4	2,986
7.	Kamiyo	กะมิยอ	7	4,297
8.	Barahom	บาราโหม	3	2,839
9.	Paka Harang	ปะกาฮะรัง	8	4,759
10.	Rusa Milae	รูสะมิแล	6	15,764
11.	Talubo	ตะลุโบะ	9	6,370
12.	Baraho	บาราเฮาะ	8	6,813
13.	Puyut	ปุยุด	7	6,264