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  Encyclopedia: Yala-province
Songkhla (Thai สงขลา) is the one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand.
Tak (Thai ตาก) is one of the northern provinces (changwat) of Thailand.
Krabi (Thai กระบี่) is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand, at the shore of the Andaman Sea.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Yala_province   (2575 words)

  
 wiki/Yala province Definition / wiki/Yala province Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The name of the province is the same as that of the capital city, which is sometimes preceded with a Mueang (or Muang) to avoid confusion with the province.
Neighboring provinces are (from north-west clockwise) Songkhla Songkhla (Thai สงขลา) is the one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand.
Yala is one of the four provinces of Thailand where the majority of the population are Muslim A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam.
www.elresearch.com /wiki/Yala_province   (1491 words)

  
 Yala Province -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Yala is located on the (A peninsula in southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Myanmar) Malay Peninsula.
Yala is one of the four provinces of Thailand where the majority of the population are (A believer or follower of Islam) Muslim, making up 68.9% of the population.
Yala is subdivided into 7 districts ((Click link for more info and facts about Amphoe) Amphoe) and one minor district (King Amphoe), which are further subdivided into 56 communes ((Click link for more info and facts about tambon) tambon) and 341 villages (mubaan).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/Y/Ya/Yala_province.htm   (602 words)

  
 Online Your Service ! Online Your Site - Betong Town, Yala, Thailand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Yala is the southernmost province of Thailand, with an area of 4,521 square kilometres.
Yala is mostly mountains and covered with forests but has very little flat land.An Introduction to Yala Province Yala or Yolor which means "Fish Net" is the Southernmost province bordering Malaysia in Thailand.
Yala Province consits of 7 districts and 1 sub-sdistrict ; the capital Yala, Yaha, Raman, BunnangStar, Tran To, Betong, Kabang and sub-district Krong Pinang.
www.yala.biz /thailand_travel/thailand_travel_yala.htm   (1479 words)

  
 Travel Thailand - Information about all provinces of Thailand
Yala is the southern most province of Thailand with and area of 4,521 square kilometers.
Yala used to be a part of Pattani, which was a colony of the Thai Kingdom during the Sukhothai Regime.
There had been many governors in succession before Yala became a province of Thailand and that was before the announcement of the cancellation of the division into regions according to the order of the Kingdom of Siam in 1993.
www.travelthailand.net /provinces/yala   (443 words)

  
 Yala   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The word "Yala" comes from a folk word "yalor", meaning "fishing net" because at the original site of the town, Yalor, there was a mountain shaped like a fishing net.
Yala is the southern most province of Thailand with and area of 4,521 square kilometres.
Yala is mostly mountains and covered with forests but has very little flat land.
www.tothailand.com /province/south/yala/index.php   (185 words)

  
 Yala Province - Encyclopedia, History and Biography
Yala (Thai ยะลา) is the southernmost province (changwat) of Thailand.
Yala is subdivided into 7 districts (Amphoe) and one minor district (King Amphoe), which are further subdivided into 56 communes (tambon) and 341 villages (mubaan).
On November 7 2004, the Defence Minister of Thailand said that there were more than 700 casualties in south Thailand since the unrest began in January.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Yala_Province   (437 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Background   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ethiopia's annexation of Eritrea as a province 10 years later sparked a 30-year struggle for independence that ended in 1991 with Eritrean rebels defeating governmental forces; independence was overwhelmingly approved in a 1993 referendum.
Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809.
YALA was ousted in a bloodless coup in September 2003, and Henrique ROSA was sworn in as President.
www.phatnav.com /factbook/fields/2028.html   (16146 words)

  
 Search: Yala - FOX News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Yala was originally part of Pattani, but they were split off and became provinces of their own...
Yala is the southern most province of Thailand having Amphoe Betong as the southern most town, bordering on the Malaysia.
Yala is a "trekking peak" in the Langtang Region of Nepal...
search.foxnews.com /info.foxnws/redirs_all.htm?pgtarg=wbsdogpile&qcat=web&qkw=Yala   (501 words)

  
 Aljazeera.Net - Scores dead in southern Thailand unrest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The largely Muslim province of Yala is 1300km south of capital Bangkok.
One soldier died in one of the Yala attacks, which were led by groups of at least 20 fl-clothed men with guns, swords and machetes, he added.
Thailand's three southernmost provinces have been hit by a wave of shootings, bombings and arson attacks that have claimed at least 60 lives since a January raid on an army barrack.
english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/E698F783-538D-48D7-82BA-343DB48FE769.htm   (247 words)

  
 Station Information - Yala province
Yala (Thai ยะลา) is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand.
Yala used to be a part of the Pattani area.
After the fall of Ayutthaya in 1767 Pattani became independent, but king Rama I reclaimed it for Siam.
www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/y/ya/yala_province.html   (144 words)

  
 Yala Province in Southern Thailand
Yala, the southernmost province of Thailand, is located 1,084 kms.
Although Yala does not have any point bordered by the sea, its area abounds in perfect forest and boasts a large number of tourist attractions.
Yala occupies an area of 4,521 square kilometres and is administratively divided into 7 districts and 1 sub-district: Amphoe Muang Yala, Amphoe Bannang Sata, Amphoe Betong, Amphoe Kebang, Amphoe Raman, Amphoe Than To, Amphoe Yala, and King Amphoe Krong Pinang.
www.thailandguidebook.com /provinces/yala.html   (748 words)

  
 Provincia de Yala   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Yala (tailandés) es la provincia más situada más al sur (changwat) de Tailandia.
Yala históricamente era parte de Pattani, de un reino malay semi-independiente, pero de la parte de los reinos tailandeses de Sukhothai y de Ayutthaya.
Yala es una de las cuatro provincias de Tailandia donde está musulmán la mayoría de la población, haciendo encima de 68.9% de la población.
www.yotor.net /wiki/es/pr/Provincia%20de%20Yala.htm   (304 words)

  
 Yala province - SmartyBrain Encyclopedia and Dictionary
In Malay Language, the province is somethimes written as Jolor.
Historically Yala used to be part of Pattani, a semi-independent Malay kingdom, but part of the Thai kingdoms of Sukhothai and Ayutthaya.
There is a separatist movement in Yala, which occasionally prompts violence.
smartybrain.com /index.php/Yala_province   (288 words)

  
 Yala Thailand - hotels information and travel guide
Thailand's southemmost province, Yala is extremely mountainous, with lush forests, waterfalls and great cultural diversity.
Yala is 1,084 kilometres south of Bangkok by road.
Yala is 1,055 kilometres from Bangkok by rail.
www.thailand-guide.org /thailand/yala   (1039 words)

  
 Tsunami News for Yala, Thailand
Yala National Park and Matara were the worst affected places by the tsunami.
Yala National Park, which had been home to at least 250 elephants, was particularly hard-hit by the tsunami.
Animals in the Yala National Park in south Sri Lanka might have felt tell-tale signs of the tsunami three or four days ahead of the strike on December 26, and...
danger.mongabay.com /earthquake/2004/Yala.html   (2918 words)

  
 UNICEF - At a glance: Thailand - Schools under attack in southern Thailand
One of the elementary schools in Yala province which was destroyed by an arson attack in 2004.
YALA, Thailand, 16 August 2005 — Students returning to Ban School outside this provincial capital after a long summer break were looking forward to their first day back.
Police say that the overall frequency of violence in the southern provinces is on the rise, as approximately 200 people were killed and another 600 people injured as a result of violent incidents during the first six months of 2005.
www.unicef.org /infobycountry/Thailand_28007.html   (492 words)

  
 Bangkok Post Thursday 11 August 2005 - Fine dining, temples and tunnel hideout   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Yala is the only landlocked province of Thailand's far south yet ironically is home to one of the best seafood restaurants in the region.
Yala has long boasted that it is the cleanest town in Thailand, and while it is a sparkling spot, it is not exactly overflowing with sites of interest.
While Yala is known for its seafood, Betong has two culinary standouts _ kao yok is a streaky pork and taro construction similar in appearance to a Western meatloaf.
www.bangkokpost.com /en/110805_Horizons/11Aug2005_hori61.php   (925 words)

  
 Yala Info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The province of Yala is the most southern in Thailand.
It is the only land-locked province in the south and is rather more prosperous than its surrounding provinces.
Yala has many rubber plantations and processing plants, which has brought wealth to the province.
www.traveller2000.com /province/yala   (175 words)

  
 ABC News: Armed Thai Gangs Attack Police Station   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The organized assaults in Joh Irong district of Narathiwat province, and Sunday's deadly bombings in nearby Songkhla province, raised concerns an Islamic insurgency in the region was gaining momentum.
A department store and a hotel in the province were also bombed, and more than 70 people in all were wounded.
The bombings set off fears that Muslim insurgents who had previously restricted their attacks to the southernmost provinces of Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani were broadening their theater of operations.
abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=639994   (423 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / World / Asia / Three bombs wound 9 in Thai Muslim south   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
YALA, Thailand (Reuters) - Three bombs exploded in Thailand's restive Muslim south on Thursday, police said, wounding at least nine people in a region where more than 600 people have died in 17 months of violence.
An hour later, a second blast outside the home of the provincial chief judge in Yala province wounded five police officers, police said.
A third bomb hidden under a pickup truck parked near Yala's City Hall wounded a female passenger, a witness said.
www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2005/05/12/three_bombs_wound_9_in_thai_muslim_south   (213 words)

  
 Yala Province - A beautiful border town, southernmost in Siam
This park is situated in the heart of Yala town.
It is situated in the middle of circle in front of Yala City Hall.
At the top of the hill, there is a waterfall said to be a rest area of the governor of Raman at the time when southern Thai border area was divided into seven towns.
sunsite.au.ac.th /ThaiInfo/TourismInThailand/south/yala/interest.html   (1171 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | New attack in southern Thailand
One report says two police officers were slightly injured in the incident, which took place in Yala province.
Yala is one of three Muslim-dominated provinces in the south where martial law has been declared following a wave of violence since the weekend.
In the latest violence, 10 gunmen opened fire on Haiyaveng police station in Yala province, at 0230 local time on Wednesday (1930 GMT Tuesday).
news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/asia-pacific/3374839.stm   (378 words)

  
 Yala Province in Southern Thailand
Neighbouring Provinces: Pattani and Songkhla to the north, Narathiwat to the east, Malaysia to the west and south.
Suan Khwan Muang This beautiful public park in the municipal area comprises a ground for the doves cooing contest and a large lagoon with a sandy beach imitating a seaside landscape.
from Yala township on the Yala Betong route.
www.thaistudents.com /guidebook/provinces/yala.html   (748 words)

  
 Yala province
It was then split into three parts, and Yala got its own governor.
Province page from the Tourist Authority of Thailand (http://www.tat.or.th/province/south/yala/index.htm)
The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ya/Yala_province.html   (157 words)

  
 Aljazeera.Net - Two killed in Thailand's south   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
An attacker riding pillion shot a 37-year-old Buddhist traffic policeman as he drove to work in Pattani province and a Muslim official was shot dead while riding his motorcycle to collect electricity payments in nearby Yala province, police said.
Police declined to speculate on the motive for the killing in Yala, but said it was not a robbery since the 50-year-old official still had 10,000 baht ($245) cash on him.
A military report obtained by Reuters said the other two suspects, aged 31 and 39, were arrested while trying to attack an army patrol at a rubber plantation in Yala province with an explosive device which did not explode.
english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/C6C87639-86F9-417C-BF26-C896F1DB09AC.htm   (541 words)

  
 Thanhnien News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Late Tuesday, the bullet-ridden body of 35-year-old teacher Aroon Penhboon was found in the Thanto district of Yala province, said police Lt. Piyawuth Phongbaiboon.
The bloodshed in the provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat has left more than 500 people dead this year, and prompted more than 1,000 government-run primary and secondary schools to delay the start of their term by a week, the news agency noted.
Students in the Chanae district of Narithiwat province have been too scared to come to school at all because of the beheading of a Buddhist rubber plantation worker in the area, said Areesin Theparak, the province's top education official.
thanhniennews.com /print.php?catid=9&newsid=3170   (510 words)

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