Amphoe Yaha

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Yaha
ยะหา
Statistics
Province:	Yala
District office:	6°28′42″N, 101°8′6″E
Area:	500.0 km²
Inhabitants:	51,546 (2005)
Pop. density:	103.1 inh./km²
Geocode:	9505
Postal code:	95120
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Yaha (Thai: ยะหา) is a district (Amphoe) in the western part of Yala Province, southern Thailand.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Administration
4 External links

[edit] History

The area of Yaha was separated from Mueang Yala to create the district in 1907.

[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) 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.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 8 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 48 villages (muban). Yaha itself has township (thesaban tambon) status and covers parts of the tambon Yaha.

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh.
1.	Yaha	ยะหา	8	13,252
2.	La-ae	ละแอ	6	3,778
3.	Patae	ปะแต	9	10,980
4.	Baro	บาโร๊ะ	7	7,961
6.	Tachi	ตาชี	6	1,939
7.	Ba-ngoi Sinae	บาโงยซิแน	6	6,849
8.	Katong	กาตอง	6	6,787