Su-ngai Padi 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 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...

, 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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Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) 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:...

, Tak Bai

Amphoe Tak Bai

Tak Bai is a district in the southeastern part of Narathiwat Province, southern Thailand.-History:When the United Kingdom and Siam made the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, they agreed to use the Kolok River nearby Wat Chonthara Singhe as the boundary between British Malaya and Siam due to the...

, Su-ngai Kolok

Amphoe Su-ngai Kolok

Su-ngai Kolok is a district of Narathiwat Province, southern Thailand.-History:The minor district was created on January 1 1948, consisting of the three tambon Su-ngai Kolok, Puyo and Pasemat from Su-ngai Padi district and Muno from Tak Bai district...

, Waeng

Amphoe Waeng

Waeng is the southernmost district of Narathiwat Province, southern Thailand.-History:The district goes back to the district Tomo , which was a subordinate of Mueang Ra-ngae. The village grew bigger and bigger because of the gold mining there. 1935 a minor district covering the central part of...

, 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...

 and Ra-ngae

Amphoe Ra-ngae

Ra-ngae is a district in the center of Narathiwat Province, southern Thailand.-History:Mueang Ra-ngae was divided from Pattani in the reign of King Rama I by Vice-King Boworn Maha Surasinghanat. The governor position was Phraya Ra-ngae. The old city office was located nearby Kelantan state...

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 6 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 50 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...

). Paluru is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of the tambon Paluru. There are further 6 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

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.	Paluru	ปะลุรู	8	17,046
2.	Su-ngai Padi	สุไหงปาดี	12	7,991
3.	Todeng	โต๊ะเด็ง	5	6,912
4.	Sa Ko	สากอ	12	10,048
5.	Riko	ริโก๋	7	6,789
6.	Kawa	กาวะ	6	5,309

External links

• amphoe.com