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Narathiwat Province -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Narathiwat ((A native or inhabitant of Thailand) Thai นราธิวาส) is one of the southern (The proper sphere or extent of your activities) provinces (changwat) of (A country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula) Thailand. The province is located on the shore of the (An arm of the South China Sea between Indochina and the Malay Peninsula) Gulf of Thailand on the (A peninsula in southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Myanmar) Malay Peninsula. Narathiwat is subdivided into 13 districts ((Click link for more info and facts about Amphoe) Amphoe), which are further subdivided into 77 communes ((Click link for more info and facts about tambon) tambon) and 551 villages (mubaan). www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/na/narathiwat_province.htm   (645 words)

Narathiwat Narathiwat is the southernmost Thai coastal province facing the Gulf of Thailand and borders northeast Malaysia. Narathiwat is the province having beautiful natural sceneries of both forests and the seaside resorts. Narathiwat is currently divided into 12 districts, i.e., Muang, Rangae, Sungai Padi, Sungai Kolok, Ruso, Yi-ngo, Waeng, Bacho, Tak Bai, Si Sakhon, Sukhirin, Chanae and Sub District Cho Ai Rong bordering on Pattani to the north, Kalantan State of Malaysia to the south, Yala to the east and the Indian Ocean to the west www.tothailand.com /province/south/narathiwat/index.php   (167 words)

Narathiwat province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) The province is located on the shore of the Gulf of Thailand onthe Malay Peninsula. Narathiwat is one of the four Thai provinces which have a Muslim majority, 82% areMuslim and only 17.9% are Buddhist. Narathiwat is subdivided into 13 districts (Amphoe), which are furthersubdivided into 77 communes (tambon) and 551 villages (mubaan). www.therfcc.org /narathiwat-province-113831.html   (263 words)

Joint Ministerial Statement on the Current Poultry Disease Situation, Bangkok, Thailand, 28 January 2004 Siva Saengmanee, negotiated with the demonstrators, who insisted on their demand for the unconditional release of the six detainees, even though the authorities had already informed them that six men would be released on bail the next day (26 October 2004). At the same time, relatives of the six detainees, Narathiwat Muslim leaders, and community leaders were also invited to help negotiate and defuse the situation peacefully, but with no avail. 1.5 Subsequently, in the process of transporting the arrested demonstrators for further interrogation by the authorities to the Ingkayutthaboriharn army camp in Pattani province, 78 detainees died due to a cause generally identified at this stage as asphyxiation. www.thaiembdc.org /pressctr/pr/narathiwatsituation.html   (960 words)

Attarkiah - Narathiwat It is a coastal province located on the Gulf of Thailand, on Thailand's east coast, and it lies on the border with Malaysia. Narathiwat province does not attract the numbers of tourists that Thailand's other coastal provinces do, but that's not to say there are no tourist attractions here. Narathiwat is home to the largest open-air sitting Buddha statue in the south of Thailand, a three-hundred year old wood mosque as well as Taksin Ratchaniwat Palace. www.attarkiah.ac.th /attarenglishpage/narathiwat.htm   (515 words)

Province de Narathiwat - Wikipédia Narathiwat (Thai นราธิวาส) est une des provinces (changwat) de Thailande. Narathiwat, comme les quatre autres provinces du Sud, est majoritairement musulmane. Narathiwat est divisee en 13 districts (Amphoe), subdivisés en 77 communes (tambon) et 551 villages (mubaan). fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Province_de_Narathiwat   (287 words)

Asia Times Online :: Southeast Asia news and business from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam NARATHIWAT - Prime Minster Thaksin Shinawatra took the fight against insurgents operating in Thailand's southern provinces one step further on Wednesday after a series of bomb blasts rocked the region with the introduction of a drastic measure that could deny funds to villages whose administrations are believed to be sympathetic to militants. Thailand's three Muslim-majority southern border provinces of Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani have been the staging grounds for a violent separatist rebellion since early last year, with political, business and criminal disputes resulting in almost daily killings. Thaksin's tour of the southernmost provinces was scheduled to supervise government efforts to tackle unrest caused by suspected Muslim separatists. www.atimes.com /atimes/Southeast_Asia/GB18Ae02.html   (468 words)

Thailand set to impose state of emergency - Boston.com - Asia - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) NARATHIWAT, Thailand --Thai authorities prepared Monday to impose a state of emergency for insurgency-hit areas of the country's Muslim south, as violence continued unabated with two slayings and a bombing that wounded seven security personnel. The measure would be imposed in the provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat and parts of nearby Songkhla province, Cabinet Secretary Bowornsak Uwanno said. The southern provinces -- Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat -- are the only predominantly Islamic areas in Buddhist-majority Thailand, and southern Muslims complain of discrimination in jobs and education. www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2005/07/18/thailand_set_to_impose_state_of_emergency   (528 words)

ThaisNews.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) The Southernmost province of NARATHIWAT is preparing its officials in every province-level government agency for the great improvement of IT efficiency. NARATHIWAT Information Official, Mr Azib Useng, has disclosed that NARATHIWAT Governor PRACHA TERAT (ประชา เตรัตน์) said he was pushing a wireless network project in the country, in an effort to reduce the communication costs between the government agencies in the province. Mr Azib said that NARATHIWAT province was now ready to jump to the wireless platform in terms of financial readiness, but the working team and officials were lacking in IT-related knowledge. www.thaisnews.com /printfriendly.php?id=121339   (153 words)

Thailand - Narathiwat Province Hotel Restaurant Shopping Guesthouse Transport Narathiwat is one of the economic center of Southern. Narathiwat has 2 seasons as summer season and rainy season which the raining season on November to December. It was estabished in 1938 which Mud Sayid Klang is keep the bone of governer of the province "Praya Phuphapakdee". www.thailandday.com /Southernthailand/narathiwat.htm   (736 words)

Thailand official news and information - - Clarification on the Situation in Narathiwat Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) The Government exercised tremendous restraint in resolving the situation in Tak Bai District of Narathiwat Province in the South on 25 October 2004. Subsequently, in the process of transporting the arrested demonstrators for further interrogation at an army camp in Pattani Province, 78 detainees died due to a cause generally identified at this stage as asphyxiation. This was reflected in the turnout by the large number of protesters converging from a number of districts beyond Narathiwat in a very short span of time, together with the number of weapons seized by the authorities. thailand.prd.go.th /the_inside_view.php?id=428   (716 words)

ABC News: Fresh Violence Erupts in Southern Thailand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) The bomb exploded Thursday evening at a bar in the town of Sungai Kolok in Narathiwat province, on the border with Malaysia, killing at least two people and wounding 21 others, police said. Also, officials in Narathiwat's provincial capital defused a 22-pound time bomb minutes before it was set to explode at a food stall where residents gather to give offerings to Buddhist monks. Narathiwat is one of three southern Thai provinces hit by violence attributed to Islamic separatists. abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=206569   (775 words)

THAILAND: At least 84 people killed in Southern Thailand Narathiwat's public health chief, Dr Sirichai Phattharanuthaporn, confirmed at least six people were killed and more than 20 injured, one of whom was a police officer. As the southern provinces are under Marital Law provisions, the arrested people would be detained for seven days for questioning by the army in Pattani's Muang district. The Majority of areas in the three southern provinces-Pattani, Yala  and Narathiwat- are under martial law provisions. www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2004/838   (1457 words)

CDNN Diver Alert :: Travel Warning :: Phuket, Krabi, Khao Lak Thailand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) There have also been a number of explosions in both Narathiwat and Yala, in the latest incident on 9 December 2004, a series of three explosions occurred on rail tracks, no injuries were reported. In Narathiwat province there were two explosions on the morning of 6 December, followed by a further bomb on the evening of 7 December. Two bombs exploded in Narathiwat Province on 26 August 2004; one in a market place resulted in one death and at least 27 injured; a second damaged property, but caused no casualties. www.cdnn.info /alert/w050102/w050102.html   (3174 words)

Events in Narathiwat - International Ko-Lae Boat Races and Narathiwat Produce Fair 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Later in 1984, the Governor of Narathiwat Province received royal acceptance to organize Ko-Lae Boat Races for the King’s trophy. Famous produce of the province will also be on sale in the meantime as the province also celebrates Longkong Day and Krajud Day. Longkong is the famous fruit of the South, of the same family as the Langsat, with thicker skin and sweeter meat. www.dusit.com /hotel/pnn/event/event0114/print   (418 words)

Narathiwat Info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) The province of Narathiwat is set in the deep south of Thailand. The province covers an area of nearly 4500 sq km, which consists of mainly forested mountains. Within the province are many areas of scenic beauty, including the forests and beach resorts. www.traveller2000.com /province/narathiwat   (169 words)

Gateways to Indochina Trades and Travels Online Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) The majority of the population is Muslims, with the Yawi language used in speaking and writing (Yawi has roots from the spoken Malay language and uses consonants and alphabets of the Arabic language). It is on the eastern coast of the Malay Peninsula. Narathiwat has a tropical climate and has only 2 seasons; summer and rainy. www.thaiindochina.com /thailand_province_NARATHIWAT.html   (406 words)

Aljazeera.Net - Blasts hit Thai south before PM's visit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) All six of the wounded were hurt by a bomb that went off near a branch of state-owned Krung Thai Bank in the Ra-Ngae district of Narathiwat province, police said. A third bomb, believed to be detonated by mobile phone, exploded at a university in nearby Yala province, severely wounding one Buddhist lecturer and a female Muslim student, police said. Narathiwat is one of the three provinces in the far south near the Malaysian border where more than 500 people have been killed since January last year, with no end to the violence in sight. english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/A5019B31-6FF0-47BE-96E1-FCC8A41D4089.htm   (331 words)

News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) In Yala province, a senior policeman was also killed on Thursday, by gunmen on a motorbike. Late on Wednesday two people were shot dead near their home in Narathiwat, while at least one other man was killed in a separate incident. He was referring to warnings made by Islamic leaders of reprisal attacks for the 25 October deaths of 85 Muslim protesters outside a police station in Takbai, Narathiwat province. www.al-amana.org /article.php?id=735   (413 words)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Thailand : : Press Release / Speeches The Commission found that the decision to use Ingkayutthaboriharn Army Camp, Pattani Province, for holding the demonstrators taken in custody was appropriate. The former should provide remedies and give moral support to the latter to show that the authorities are not unresponsive to the incident, and that they are concerned for the well-being of the population as they have always been. Despite the fact that after their arrival at the Camp, some of these persons were found dead on the trucks, no warning or order was issued to the officers in charge of the remaining trucks waiting to off-load more persons, so as to minimise the foreseeable casualties. www.mfa.go.th /web/1839.php?id=11233   (3970 words)

News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Thai AirAsia CEO Tasapol Blackweld said the Bangkok-Narathiwat route is initiated with a view to make Narathiwat province a hub connecting travelers to the three border provinces. Narathiwat will soon become a major air transit point to help alleviate congestion at Haat Yai airport in Songkhla, he added. Narathiwat Governor Pracha Terat said the flight connection helps facilitate transport and tourism in the province and surrounding region considerably. www.fnweb.com /pda/news.asp?id=58160   (210 words)

Asian Labour News: Thailand: Teachers strike over violence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) The teachers, from Narathiwat province, have vowed not to reopen schools until security is improved. Thawat Sae-ngam, president of the teachers' union in Narathiwat province, said the 1,000 baht ($25) monthly allowance was not worth risking teachers' lives. Union leaders have called for co-operation from nearby provinces to back the strike action, but teachers in the other two southern provinces of Yala and Pattani decided not to join the strike due to lobbying by provincial governors. www.asianlabour.org /archives/002038.php   (360 words)

The Australian: Six hurt in Thai bomb blasts (archived)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Police were initially called to a house fire and as they were were about to leave the scene, the bomb, which was hidden near the house, went off, Ruso police station superintendent Colonel Watcharin Ammarapitak said. Thaksin was expected to leave Bangkok around midday today for a three-day tour of the southernmost provinces of Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani to supervise Government efforts to tackle unrest caused by suspected Muslim separatists. Narathiwat is one of the three provinces in the far south near the Malaysian border where more than 500 people have been killed since January last year and there has been no sign of an end to the violence. www.theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,12267146^1702,00.html   (298 words)

Narathiwat Province - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography Narathiwat Province - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography Province page from the Tourist Authority of Thailand (http://www.tourismthailand.org/province/province.php?id=4) The article about Narathiwat Province contains information related to Narathiwat Province, Geography, History, Demographics, Symbols, Administrative divisions, Unrest and References. www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Narathiwat_Province   (478 words)

Seven people killed in Thailand's south - World - www.smh.com.au Most of the deaths occurred in Narathiwat province where 78 Muslims suffocated or were crushed after they were piled into military trucks last week following a demonstration at Tak Bai township. Police said the railway workers were shot dead in Narathiwat province this morning, while a policeman was gunned down earlier in a neighbouring province. Yesterday a mother and her son were shot dead at their grocery shop in Narathiwat province, while another man was killed during an attack that left his son injured in the same province where police found the unidentified body of a man who had been shot dead, said police. www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/11/04/1099547325289.html?from=moreStories   (624 words)

Narathiwat province There are some separatist movements in the province, from which terrorist attacks occasionally erupt. Province page from the Tourist Authority of Thailand (http://www.tat.or.th/province/south/nara/index.htm) The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL. www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/na/Narathiwat_province.html   (182 words)

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