Panare District

Panare
ปะนาเระ
—  Amphoe  —
Amphoe location in Pattani Province
Coordinates:
Country  Thailand
Province Pattani
Seat
Area
 • Total 144.1 km2 (55.6 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Total 43,131
 • Density 299.0/km2 (774.4/sq mi)
Time zone THA (UTC+7)
Postal code 94130
Geocode 9404

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

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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.

Geography

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

Administration

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

No. Name Thai Villages Inh.[1]
01. Panare ปะนาเระ 5 9,290
02. Tha Kham ท่าข้าม 4 2,093
03. Ban Nok บ้านนอก 6 4,079
04. Don ดอน 6 3,601
05. Khuan ควน 5 2,437
06. Tha Nam ท่าน้ำ 5 4,249
07. Khok Krabue คอกกระบือ 4 1,866
08. Pho Ming พ่อมิ่ง 4 2,844
09. Ban Klang บ้านกลาง 9 7,146
10. Ban Nam Bo บ้านน้ำบ่อ 4 5,526

References

  1. ^ "Population statistics 2008". Department of Provincial Administration. http://www.dopa.go.th/xstat/p5194_01.html. 

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