Amphoe Panare

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Panare
ปะนาเระ
Statistics
Province: Pattani
District office: 6°51′36″N, 101°29′29″E
Area: 144.1 km²
Inhabitants: 43,087 (2005)
Pop. density: 299.0 inh./km²
Geocode: 9404
Postal code: 94130
Map
Map of Pattani, Thailand highlighting Panare

Panare (Thai: ปะนาเระ) is a district (Amphoe) in Pattani Province, southern Thailand.

[edit] History

The name Panare comes from Pattani Malay language. Pata means Sea Beach, Tare means Otter Trawl. Thus Pata Tare means a beach for drying otter trawls in the air. With time the pronounce changed to Panare.

[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Sai Buri, Mayo and Yaring. To the north and east is the Gulf of Thailand.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 10 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 52 villages (muban). Panare is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers most of tambon Panare. There are further 10 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No. Name Thai name Villages Inh.
1. Panare ปะนาเระ 5 8,902
2. Tha Kham ท่าข้าม 4 2,152
3. Ban Nok บ้านนอก 6 4,086
4. Don ดอน 6 3,688
5. Khuan ควน 5 2,619
6. Tha Nam ท่าน้ำ 5 4,240
7. Khok Krabue คอกกระบือ 4 1,991
8. Pho Ming พ่อมิ่ง 4 2,790
9. Ban Klang บ้านกลาง 9 7,190
10. Ban Nam Bo บ้านน้ำบ่อ 4 5,429
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