Thung Yang Daeng district

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| official_name = Thung Yang Daeng

| native_name = ทุ่งยางแดง

| native_name_lang= th

| settlement_type = District

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| image_map = Amphoe 9406.svg

| map_caption = District location in Pattani province

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Thailand

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Pattani

| subdivision_type2 = Seat

| subdivision_name2 = Talo Maena

| subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict

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| subdivision_type4 = Muban

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| established_title = District established

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| population_total = 20203

| population_as_of = 2005

| population_density_km2 = {{formatnum:175.7|R}}

| area_total_km2 = {{formatnum:114.97|R}}

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| blank_name_sec1 = Postal code

| blank_info_sec1 = 94140

| blank_name_sec2 = Geocode

| blank_info_sec2 = 9406

| timezone = ICT

| utc_offset = +7

| coordinates = {{coord|6|37|3|N|101|25|33|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}}

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Thung Yang Daeng ({{langx|th|ทุ่งยางแดง}}, {{IPA|th|tʰûŋ jāːŋ dɛ̄ːŋ|pron}}) is a district (amphoe) of Pattani province, southern Thailand.

History

The minor district (king amphoe) Thung Yang Daeng was created on 16 May 1977, when four tambons were split off from Mayo district.{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=94|issue=44 ง|pages=2177|script-title=th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งท้องที่อำเภอมายอ จังหวัดปัตตานี ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอทุ่งยางแดง|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2520/D/044/2177.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419234328/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2520/D/044/2177.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 19, 2012|date=May 24, 1977|language=Thai}} On 4 July 1994 it was upgraded to a full district.{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=111|issue=21 ก|pages=32–35|script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอเปือยน้อย ... และอำเภอศรีวิไล พ.ศ. ๒๕๓๗|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2537/A/021/32.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930185742/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2537/A/021/32.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 30, 2007|date=June 3, 1994|language=Thai}}

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise): Raman of Yala province; Yarang, Mayo, Sai Buri, and Kapho of Pattani Province.

Administration

The district is divided into four sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 22 villages (mubans). There are no municipal (thesabans). There are four tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

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! Pop.

|1.Talo Maenaตะโละแมะนา42,983
|2.Phithenพิเทน77,481
|3.Nam Damน้ำดำ43,122
|4.Pakuปากู76,617

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