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  AllRefer.com - Pattani, Thailand (Thai Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
41,605), capital of Pattani prov., S Thailand, on the east coast of the Malay Peninsula, near the mouth of the Gulf of Thailand.
It is a port and the center of a region producing most of the spices grown in Thailand, as well as rubber and coconuts.
Pattani was a seat of the Sailendra power during the Sailendra domination of the Malay Peninsula and later was the center of a Malay state, which was drawn into the Thai orbit.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Pattani.html   (268 words)

  
  Pattani kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kingdom of Patani (Pattani) was a Malay state approximately covering the area of the modern Thai provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat.
Siam was led by Prince Surasi, son of Rama I, and Pattani by Sultan Muhammad.
The sultan was slain in battle, Pattani was defeated, and the region was gradually absorbed by Siam.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pattani_kingdom   (890 words)

  
 Pattani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
the region Pattani, which includes the above province.
the Monthon Pattani, an administrative subdivision in the early 20th century and follow-up to the kingdom
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pattani   (106 words)

  
 The Ultimate Pattani separatism Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
Pattani (or Patani in its correct Malay form) is the post 15th century rendition of Langkasuka, the oldest Malay Kingdom of the Malay Peninsular.
Pattani is the true cradle of Malay civilisation, with culture and artforms emulated to this day in other Malay states of modern day Malaysia.
Pattani was already a bustling entrepot with diplomatic ties to China, Japan and Srivijaya at a time when Malacca was still an uninhabited jungle-clad estuary.
www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Pattani_separatism   (1255 words)

  
 Thailand - Pattani
Beside considerable scenic beauty, Pattani is a province that is predominantly Muslim, hence, a Muslim influenced culture.
Pattani Central Mosque, located on the outskirts of the provincial capital, is the most beautiful and largest of Thailand's mosque, and a focal point of Thai Muslims.
Kruesae Mosque, 7km from Pattani town, was founded in the late 16th Century and, according to legend, it was never finished due to the curse of the Goddess Lim Ko Niao, recognized today in a thrilling annual festival celebrated during the 3rd Lunar month.
www.marimari.com /content/thailand/popular_places/southern/pattani/pattani.html   (237 words)

  
 Pattani, Thailand
Pattani is located on the east of the Gulf of Thailand.
Pattani is a small Province among the five so-called Southern Border Province.
The southern border province of Pattani has been hit anew by floods while the meteorological department Monday issued a new warning for more heavy rain in Thailand's eastern south.
www.lostinthailand.com /thailand/Pattani.html   (396 words)

  
 Fact Sheet | Department of Health (Heavy metals in Pattani River Basin)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Pattani River Basin covers an area including Yala and Pattani provinces, with the Pattani River as the main tributary with a length of 210 kilometers.
One known principal source of lead in the Pattani River is a group of abandoned tin mines in the watershed areas of Yalažs Bannang Sata District.
The lead level of piped water in Muang District, Yala and Pattani Province, as monitored from 1994-1997, did not exceed the permissible value of WHO drinking water quality standard and was considered safe for consumption purposes.
advisor.anamai.moph.go.th /factsheet/health1-1_en.htm   (914 words)

  
 Pattani, Southern Region of Thailand (Isaan)
Pattani was very famous in the old days as a town having a woman ruler.
Pattani Central Mosque is the place where religious ceremonies are performed by Thai Moslems.
Pak Nam Pattani is a 3 km distance from town.
www.thaiwebsites.com /provinces/pattani.htm   (531 words)

  
 Abstract   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
On February 26, 1998, the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperative, forced by the increasing movements of local fishermen in the south, issued the ministerial decree to prohibit the use of push-nets with the boat mechanics for catching all the fish in Pattani’s waters.
After years of hardship and struggling, the fisherfolk communities of Pattani are capable of thoroughly taking part in the weak mechanism of policy implementation at the local level.
Thus, the fisherfolk organization of Pattani and the Pilot Project have to show that they are badly determined to implement the program and they have enough resources to carry out the task.
mis-pattani.pn.psu.ac.th /registra/grade/temp/speech/Srisompop/pilotprojectfisherfolkarticle.html   (3466 words)

  
 Pattani Province in Southern Thailand
Pattani, formerly renowned as the town of a woman ruler and the biggest cannon called "Nang Phaya Tani", is located 1,055 kms.
Pattani is administratively divided into 12 districts: Amphoe Muang Pattani, Amphoe Kapho, Amphoe Khok Pho, Amphoe Mai Kaen, Amphoe Mayo, Amphoe Nong Chik, Amphoe Panare, Amphoe Sai Buri, Amphoe Thung Yang Dang, Amphoe Mae Lan, Amphoe Yarang, and Amphoe Yaring.
The mouth of the Pattani River, where the Prince of Songkhla University is situated, is 3 kms.
www.thaistudents.com /guidebook/provinces/pattani.html   (730 words)

  
 Pattani, Thailand -- Destination Travel Guides!
Pattani, formerly renowned as the town of a woman ruler and the biggest cannon called "Nang Phaya Tani", is located 1,055 kms.
Pattani is administratively divided into 12 districts: Amphoe Muang Pattani, Amphoe Kapho, Amphoe Khok Pho, Amphoe Mai Kaen, Amphoe Mayo, Amphoe Nong Chik, Amphoe Panare, Amphoe Sai Buri, Amphoe Thung Yang Dang Amphoe Mae Lan, Amphoe Yarang, and Amphoe Yaring.
Pattani Central Mosque The most beautiful and largest mosque in Thailand where religious ceremonies are performed by Thai Muslims is located on the outskirts of Pattani on the Pattani-Yala Highway.
www.thailand4you.info /frame/NorthF.cfm?cityID=Pattani   (586 words)

  
 Pattani - Encyclopedia.com
Pattani, Thailand, Chamber Expects Food Project to Continue Despite Violence.
All schools in southern Thailand's province of Pattani to be closed down.
13 held in Pattani temple desecration, monk and temple youth killings.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Pattani.html   (442 words)

  
 Bangkok Post, Thailand : Pattani River - Toxic sludge threatens communities
Pattani River in the deep South has been contaminated by arsenic and lead as a result of a toxic sludge run-off from a closed tin mine, posing a health risk to communities along the river, an environmental official said yesterday.
It is located in the upper reaches of the Pattani River, which serves as a lifeline to seven communities in Tambon Koh Talu and Bannang Sata district in Yala province.
Arsenic contamination in the Pattani River was recorded at 5.2 microgrammes per decilitre (ug/dl), lower than the standard of 10 ug/dl.
www.ecologyasia.com /news-archives/2003/jan-03/bangkokpost_030118_1.htm   (499 words)

  
 Betrayal after betrayal
The Malays of Southern Thailand are concentrated in the provinces of Pattani, Yala, Satun and Narathiwat.
The Pattani Malays were resisting the imposition of Thai laws and Bangkok's refusal to recognise traditional Malay and Islamic laws in the region.
Under General Songkhram's harsh decree Pattani Malays were not allowed to dress according to their Malay customs, were forced to use the Thai language, and in some cases even forced to take part in the public worship of Buddhist idols.
nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/29/17574/printer   (1290 words)

  
 Pattani Thailand
Pattani is an east-coast province in the south, adjacent to the Gulf of Thailand, with the area of approximately 1,940 square kilometres.
Due to its mountainous area and long seashore of about 170 kilometres, Pattani has been an important port and the centre of the administration, trading, and culture.
Pattani is administratively divided into 12 Amphoe: Muang Pattani, Yarang, Nong Chik, Khok Pho, Yaring, Panare, Mayo, Sai Buri, Kapho, Mai Kaen, Thung Yang Daeng, and Mae Lan.
www.thailandparadise.com /thailand-pattani.htm   (128 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Pattani police chief Paithoon Pattanasopon said three suspects were arrested shortly after the shooting.
One, identified only as Doloh, a Pattani native, confessed to the crime after the judge's mother identified him as one of the gunmen.
Prakru Silmongkol, 76, abbot of Wat Sampaochoey in Pattani's Panare district, said Her Majesty the Queen told him during a visit to his temple after the judge was killed that she did not understand why people had to act against others with such violence.
www.seasite.niu.edu /hartmann/TranslationProject/a41_60/a54.htm   (537 words)

  
 Ao Pattani (Pattani Bay)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
From the eastern side of the Pattani river mouth to Ban Bang Ta Wa, areas of intertidal mudflat, saltmarsh and shrimp ponds are part of the Prince of Songkhla University campus.
The Pattani Bay Conference, 24-26 March 1986, recommended the establishment of a data base at the P.S.U. Campus to cover all aspects of the bay (i.e.
Pattani is a major port for the offshore fishery in the Gulf of Thailand, one of the most economically important fishery zones in the entire Asian-Pacific Region.
www.arcbc.org.ph /wetlands/thailand/tha_ao_pat.htm   (1472 words)

  
 Pattani Hotels Travel - Pattani Attractions
Adherents of the Lim Ko Niao Goddess in the province fashion her image in a cashew nut tree (the same type of wood on with the Goddess hung herself) and place it in the shrine.
Pattani Central Mosque Located on Yarang Road on Yarang - Pattani route in Pattani Mucipality, this is the most beautiful and largest mosques in Thailand.
It is believed to be the location of the ancient kingdom of 'Lanka Suka', whose boundary covered the area of Songkhla, Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat of Thailand, Kalantan and Tarang Kanu of Malaysia, as recorded in Chinese, Java, Malaysian, and Arabic documents.
www.lostinthailand.com /thailand-guides/pattani-attractions.html   (2585 words)

  
 Pattani,Southern Thailand,Travel to Thailand, Visit Thailand, Hotels Thailand, Amazing Thailand - tourism in Thailand.
The general condition of the area is of low basin suitable for cultivation, bordering on Songkhla to the north, Narathiwat to the south, the Gulf of Thailand to the east and Yala to the west.
It is a new public park located on the left side of Pattani River, in Tambon Rusamilae, 1 km.
The mosque is located in the outskirt of Pattani on Pattani - Yala Highway being the most beautiful and largest in Thailand.
www.travelthailand.com /south/pattani/htm/pattani.htm   (702 words)

  
 THAILAND: troubled by terrorists
The Muslims are concentrated in the provinces of Songkhla, Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala at the southern end of Thailand.
The separatist activity was at its peak in the 1970s and 1980s and the government successfully defused the secessionist movement by granting greater religious freedom, tough security measures, improved communications and development measures.
On 6 February 2004, a gunman on a motorcycle killed a policeman in Narathiwat and a solider in Pattani was killed by two armed men on a motorcycle.
www.saag.org /papers10/paper925.html   (1899 words)

  
 TIME Asia Magazine: The Road to Jihad? -- May. 10, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The villagers are mourning the loss of Makasan's 63-year-old father, Mae Ai Halee, whom they buried just 12 hours previously in a nearby rubber plantation, his face and hands contorted from the pain of his death, his groin and chest riddled with bullets.
Pattani people are not responsible for what happens to you after this warning." The notice pointedly includes the tourist havens of Phuket and Krabi, a few hours' drive away.
Lukman, whose eyelids are outlined with a traditional makeup paste called kohl, a practice favored by some devout male Muslims, blames what he says is the brutality of the police and military for the upsurge of violent attacks by militants.
www.time.com /time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501040510-632144,00.html   (2042 words)

  
 Beaches in Thailand; Pattani, Thailand Beaches
Pattani is one of those provinces that is under visited by western tourists.
Pattani seems to have a coastline that is one continuous beach interrupted only by estuaries and canals.
And while much of the brown sand beach in Thailand is referred to as "gold" some of Pattani's beaches are a true golden color, almost buttery in appearance.
www.guidetothailand.com /thailand-beaches/beach-pattani.php   (492 words)

  
 Islam Online- News Section   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
PATTANI, Thailand, (IslamOnline.net and News Agencies) – Clashes between security forces and Muslims in southern Thailand on Wednesday, April 28, left at least 127 dead in the bloodiest day in the history of this troubled region.
The fight extended to mosques in the region of Pattani and people were killed in the mosques.
Both Yala and Narathiwat were originally part of Pattani, but were split off and became provinces of their own.
islamonline.net /English/News/2004-04/28/article03.shtml   (872 words)

  
 Islam Online- News Section   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
PATTANI, Thailand, (IslamOnline.net and News Agencies) – Clashes between security forces and Muslims in southern Thailand on Wednesday, April 28, left at least 127 dead in the bloodiest day in the history of this troubled region.
The fight extended to mosques in the region of Pattani and people were killed in the mosques.
Both Yala and Narathiwat were originally part of Pattani, but were split off and became provinces of their own.
www.islamonline.net /English/News/2004-04/28/article03.shtml   (873 words)

  
 Tsunami News for Pattani, Thailand
We were informed by weather inspectors in the southern province of Pattani that an...
The four southern Thai provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani, Songhkla and Yala are mainly...
house of Che Kumae Kute, chairman of the Mujahideen Islam Pattani, in northern...
danger.mongabay.com /earthquake/2004/Pattani.html   (839 words)

  
 Pattani Information : : Tourism Authority of Thailand
From Pattani Station, buses and taxis are available between Khok Pho and Amphoe Mueang which takes about 29 kilometres.
There are service of regular and air-conditioned buses of Transport Co., Ltd. The buses leave from the Southern Bus Terminal to Pattani.
Alternatively, visitors can use regular bus or taxi from Hat Yai to Pattani for about 104 kilometres and traveling time is approximately one hour and a half.
www.ehotelbooking.com /PATTANI/how_to_get_there.html   (229 words)

  
 Pattani Province
Pattani is a small province with 41,000 inhabitants.
Pattani also has a fair share of good beaches.
The major mountain in Pattani is the Saikhao, which is part of the San Kalakhiri Range.
members.tripod.com /~adventure_malaysia/thaifall/patani.htm   (272 words)

  
 Khaleej Times Online
The three southern provinces of Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat once formed Pattani, an independent Muslim sultanate populated by ethnic Malays.
Pattani was then carved up into three provinces, and administered from Bangkok.
Armed rebellions led by descendants of the Pattani sultans erupted in 1947 and 1948.
www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/opinion/2004/December/opinion_December6.xml§ion=opinion&col=   (928 words)

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