Amphoe Panare
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| Statistics | |
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| Province: | Pattani |
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| Area: | 144.1 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 43,087 (2005) |
| Pop. density: | 299.0 inh./km² |
| Geocode: | 9404 |
| Postal code: | 94130 |
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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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