Thai.
Name of the
southernmost province (map)
on the Thai peninsula, as well as of its capital city, 1,084
kilometers south from
Bangkok and with a
population of roughly 69,000. The majority speaks
Yawi, a Malay dialect of which the name Yala,
meaning ‘net’,
is derived. The city is known as the
‘cleanest’ in Thailand,
winning it several prizes. Its population is a mix of Chinese and Thai, of whom
many are Muslim. The province borders
Malaysia and the southernmost point is 2,100 kms apart from Mae Sai,
Thailand's northernmost point. This province is mainly Islamic and the most thriving of the four,
mainly Muslim, provinces in the South. The province has seven
amphur and one
king amphur.
See also
Yala data file.
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