Amphoe Chanae
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| Province: | Narathiwat |
| Area: | 607.2 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 31,336 (2005) |
| Pop. density: | 51.6 inh./km² |
| Geocode: | 9612 |
| Postal code: | 96220 |
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Chanae (Thai: จะแนะ) is a district (Amphoe) in the southern part of Narathiwat province, southern Thailand.
[edit] History
Tambon Dusong Yo and Chanae were separated from Ra-ngae district to create Chanae minor district (King Amphoe) on July 15th, 1983. It was officially upgraded to a full district on January 1st, 1988.
Chanae is the Malay name of a native Colocasia species.
[edit] Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Betong and Than To of Yala province, Sisakhon, Ra-ngae, Sukhirin of Narathiwat province and the state Kelantan of Malaysia.
[edit] Administration
The district is subdivided into 4 communes (tambon), which are further subdivided into 29 villages (muban). There are no municipal (thesaban) areas, and 4 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
| No. | Name | Thai name | Villages | Inh. | |
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| 1. | Chanae | จะแนะ | 10 | 11326 | |
| 2. | Dusong Yo | ดุซงญอ | 8 | 8814 | |
| 3. | Phadung Mat | ผดุงมาตร | 6 | 5500 | |
| 4. | Chang Phueak | ช้างเผือก | 5 | 5696 |
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| Amphoe of Narathiwat |  |
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Mueang Narathiwat - Tak Bai - Bacho - Yi-ngo - Ra-ngae - Rueso - Si Sakhon - Waeng - Sukhirin - Su-ngai Kolok - Su-ngai Padi - Chanae - Cho-airong |
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