Ra-ngae is a district (amphoe

Amphoe

An amphoe is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as district, amphoe make up the provinces, and are analogous to a county seat...

) in the center of Narathiwat Province

Narathiwat Province

Narathiwat is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Yala and Pattani. To the south it borders the Malaysian state of Kelantan. The southern railway line ends in this province that is one of the nation’s five provinces that borders Malaysia. The name of this...

, southern Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

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History

Mueang

Mueang

Mueang were historical semi-independent city-states or principalities in present-day Thailand, Laos, parts of northern Vietnam and the Shan State of Myanmar. Smaller Mueang were subordinate to more powerful neighboring Mueang, which in turn were subordinate to the central king, as described in...

Ra-ngae was divided from Pattani

Pattani kingdom

Pattani or Sultanate of Pattani was a Malay sultanate that covered approximately the area of the modern Thai provinces of Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and much of the northern part of modern Malaysia. The King of Patani is believed to have converted to Islam some time during the 11th century...

 in the reign of King Rama I by Vice-King

Uparaja

Uparaja or Ouparath, also Ouparaja , was a royal title reserved for the vice royal in the Buddhist dynasties in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos and Thailand as well as some of their minor tributary kingdoms.-Burma:...

 Boworn Maha Surasinghanat. The governor position was Phraya Ra-ngae. The old city office was located nearby Kelantan

Kelantan

Kelantan is a state of Malaysia. The capital and royal seat is Kota Bharu. The Arabic honorific of the state is Darul Naim, ....

 state. When the first governor escaped from the city, the next governor moved the office to Tambon Tanyong Mat. In 1906 when King Chulalongkorn established Monthon Pattani, Mueang Ra-ngae was one of the satellite cities of the monthon.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Yi-ngo

Amphoe Yi-ngo

-Geography:Neighboring districts are Bacho, Mueang Narathiwat, Ra-ngae and Rueso.-History:Yi-ngo was originally a district in the Sai Buri province...

, Mueang Narathiwat

Amphoe Mueang Narathiwat

Mueang Narathiwat is the capital district of Narathiwat Province, southern Thailand.-History:The area of Mueang Narathiwat was originally a village named Menara , under Mueang Sai Buri. Later it was upgraded to a Tambon and changed to be controlled by Mueang Ra-ngae...

, Cho-airong

Amphoe Cho-airong

-History:Cho-aiong was made a minor district on May 31, 1993, by separating three tambon from Ra-ngae district. On December 5, 1996 it was upgraded to a full district..-Geography:...

, Su-ngai Padi, Sukhirin

Amphoe Sukhirin

Sukhirin is a district in the southern part of Narathiwat Province, southern Thailand.-History:Tambon Mamong and Sukhirin were separated from Waeng district to create the minor district Sukhirin on March 1, 1977...

, Chanae

Amphoe Chanae

Chanae is a district in the southern part of Narathiwat province, southern Thailand.-History:Tambon Dusong Yo and Chanae were separated from Ra-ngae district to create Chanae minor district on July 15, 1983....

, Si Sakhon

Amphoe Si Sakhon

-History:Originally Tambon Sa Ko was a part of the Rueso district, but the development division of the Thai military settled in the area from 1963–1974, thus developing the infrastructure of Tambon Sa Ko. The interior ministry subsequently created Si Sakhon minor district consisting of the two...

, and Rueso

Amphoe Rueso

-Geography:Neighboring districts are Bacho, Yi-ngo, Ra-ngae and Si Sakhon of Narathiwat Province, and Bannang Sata and Raman of Yala Province.-History:...

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The Namtok Sipo National Park is located in Ra-ngae.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 7 subdistricts (tambon

Tambon

Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2009 there are 7255 tambon, not including the 169 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains 8-10 tambon...

), which are further subdivided into 60 villages (muban

Muban

Muban is the lowest administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as village, they are the subdivision of tambon. As of 2008, there are 74944 administrative villages in Thailand. As of the 1990 census, the average village consisted of 144 households or 746 persons.A muban does not...

). Tanyong Mat and Ma Rue Bo Tok both have township (thesaban tambon) status and cover parts of the same-named tambon.

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh. Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
1.	Tanyong Mat	ตันหยงมัส	12	18,726
2.	Tanyong Limo	ตันหยงลิมอ	8	7,657
6.	Bo-ngo	บองอ	10	14,009
7.	Kalisa	กาลิซา	6	12,765
8.	Ba-ngo Sato	บาโงสะโต	8	9,549
9.	Chaloem	เฉลิม	7	9,924
10.	Marue Botok	มะรือโบตก	9	11,629

Missing numbers are the tambon which now form Cho-airong district.

External links

• http://www.rangae.com Website of district
• amphoe.com
• Namtok Sipo National Park