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Yala Province
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| Capital: | Yala |
| Area: | 4,521.1 km² Ranked 48th |
| Inhabitants: | 415,537 (2000) Ranked 59th |
| Pop. density: | 92 inh./km² Ranked 47th |
| ISO 3166-2: | TH-95 |
| Governor: | Thira Mintharasak (since November 2006) |
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Yala (Thai: ยะลา) is the southernmost province (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north-west clockwise) Songkhla, Pattani and Narathiwat. Yala is the only land-locked province in the south of Thailand. The southern part borders Kedah and Perak of Malaysia.
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Yala Province is located on the Malay Peninsula.
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For more details on this topic, see South Thailand insurgency.
The name Yala is actually the Thai corruption of Jala, its original Malay name means 'net'. The province is also known as Jolor in Patani Malay language.
Historically Pattani Province was the centre of the semi-independent Malay Sultanate of Patani, but paying tribute to the Thai kingdoms of Sukhothai and Ayutthaya. After Ayutthaya fell in 1767, Sultanate of Patani gained full independence but under King Rama I it again came under Siam's control.
In 1909, it was annexed by Siam as part of Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 negotiated with the British Empire. Along with Narathiwat, Yala was originally part of Pattani Province but they were split off and became provinces of their own. There is a separatist movement in Yala, which after being dormant for many years erupted again in 2004.
Yala is one of the four provinces of Thailand where the majority of the population are Muslim, making up 68.9% of the population. Also 66.1% of the population are Malay. They speak the Patani Malay language. The Yala Malays are very similar in ethnicity and culture to the Malays of Kelantan, Malaysia.
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The provincial seal shows a miner with simple mining tools including hoes, crowbars, and baskets. Yala was originally a mining town with tin and tungsten ores.
The provincial tree is the Red Saraca (Saraca declinata), and the provincial flower is the Bullet Wood (Mimusops elengi). |
Yala is subdivided into 8 districts (Amphoe), which are further subdivided into 56 communes (tambon) and 341 villages (muban).
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- Province page from the Tourist Authority of Thailand
- (Thai) Website of the Province
- Yala provincial map, coat of arms and postal stamp
