Amphoe Ra-ngae

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Ra-ngae
ระแงะ
Statistics
Province:	Narathiwat
Area:	435.6 km²
Inhabitants:	144,259 (2005)
Pop. density:	331.2 inh./km²
Geocode:	9605
Postal code:	96130
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Ra-ngae (Thai: ระแงะ) is a district (Amphoe) in the center of Narathiwat Province, southern Thailand.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Administration
4 See also

[edit] 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. When the first governor escaped from the city, the next governor moved the office to Tambon Tanyong Mat. In 1906 when King Chulalongkorn established Monthon Pattani, Mueang Ra-ngae was one of the satellite cities of the monthon.

[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Yi-ngo, Mueang Narathiwat, Cho-airong, Su-ngai Padi, Sukhirin, Chanae, Si Sakhon, and Rueso.

The Namtok Sipo National Park is located in Ra-ngae.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 7 communes (tambon), which are further subdivided into 60 villages (muban). Tanyong Mat and Ma Rue Bo Tok both have township (thesaban tambon) status and cover parts of the same-named tambon.

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh.
1.	Tanyong Mat	ตันหยงมัส	12	18,726
2.	Tanyong Li Mo	ตันหยงลิมอ	8	7,657
6.	Bo Ngo	บองอ	10	14,009
7.	Ka Li Sa	กาลิซา	6	12,765
8.	Ba Ngo Sa To	บาโงสะโต	8	9,549
9.	Chaloem	เฉลิม	7	9,924
10.	Ma Rue Bo Tok	มะรือโบตก	9	11,629

Missing numbers are the tambon which now form Cho-airong district.

[edit] See also

Namtok Sipo National Park

Amphoe of Narathiwat
Amphoe:	Mueang Narathiwat - Tak Bai - Bacho - Yi-ngo - Ra-ngae - Rueso - Si Sakhon - Waeng - Sukhirin - Su-ngai Kolok - Su-ngai Padi - Chanae - Cho-airong