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

Yala Province

Yala is the southernmost province of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Songkhla, Pattani and Narathiwat. Yala is the only land-locked province in the south of Thailand...

, 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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Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Khok Pho

Amphoe Khok Pho

-History:The area of the district originally belonged to Mueang Nong Chik, one of the seven provinces of Pattani kingdom. The district was established by splitting it from Nong Chik district, at first named Mueang Kao...

, Mae Lan

Amphoe Mae Lan

-History:The minor district Mae Lan was formed on April 1 1989 by splitting off three tambon from Khok Pho district. Becoming effective of September 7 1995 it was upgraded to a full district.-Geography:...

 and 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...

 of Pattani Province

Pattani Province

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

, Raman

Amphoe Raman

Raman is a district in the northeastern part of Yala Province, southern Thailand.-History:The name Raman is actually the Thai corruption of Reman , its original Malay name...

, Krong Pinang

Amphoe Krong Pinang

-Etymology:The name Krong Pinang is actually the Thai corruption of Kampung Pinang , its original Malay name means 'The Village of Pinang'...

 and Yaha

Amphoe Yaha

Yaha is a district in the western part of Yala Province, southern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Kabang of Yala province, Saba Yoi of Songkhla Province, Mueang Yala, Krong Pinang, Bannang Sata of Yala province again and the state Kedah of Malaysia.-Administration:The district is...

 of Yala province, and Saba Yoi

Amphoe Saba Yoi

Saba Yoi is the southeasternmost district of Songkhla Province, southern Thailand.-Etymology:The name Saba Yoi is actually the Thai corruption of Sebayu , its original name means 'wind' in Malay.-History:...

 of Songkhla Province

Songkhla Province

Songkhla is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Satun, Phatthalung, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Pattani and Yala. To the south it borders Kedah and Perlis of Malaysia....

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 14 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 81 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...

). Yala

Yala, Thailand

Yala is a city in the extreme south of Thailand near the Malaysian border, and is administrative capital of Yala Province. The 2005 estimated population was 65,000. The city covers the whole tambon Sateng of Mueang Yala district....

 is a city (thesaban nakhon) which covers the complete tambon Sateng. Lam Mai is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of the tambon Lam Mai. There are further 13 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. Sateng สะเตง 65,503 2. Budi บุดี 8 9,628 3. Yupo ยุโป 6 6,531 4. Lidon ลิดล 6 5,532 6. Yala ยะลา 3 3,072 8. Tha Sap ท่าสาป 6 6,580 9. Lam Mai ลำใหม่ 7 6,508 10. Na Tham หน้าถ้ำ 4 3,134 11. Lam Phaya ลำพะยา 7 5,175 12. Po Seng เปาะเส้ง 4 4,856 14. Phron พร่อน 6 4,813 15. Bannang Sareng บันนังสาเรง 6 6,489 16. Sateng Nok สะเตงนอก 13 26,479 18. Tase ตาเซะ 5 5,751

Missing numbers are tambon which now form Krong Pinang district.