Yi-ngo is a district (amphoe

Amphoe

An amphoe is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as district, amphoe make up the provinces, and are analogous to a county seat...

) of Narathiwat Province

Narathiwat Province

Narathiwat is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Yala and Pattani. To the south it borders the Malaysian state of Kelantan. The southern railway line ends in this province that is one of the nation’s five provinces that borders Malaysia. The name of this...

, southern Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

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Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Bacho

Amphoe Bacho

Bacho is the northernmost district of Narathiwat Province, southern Thailand.-History:In 1908 the district was established as the minor district Champako , which was upgraded to a full district the following year. In 1917 the district was renamed to Bacho.The district was part of the province...

, Mueang Narathiwat

Amphoe Mueang Narathiwat

Mueang Narathiwat is the capital district of Narathiwat Province, southern Thailand.-History:The area of Mueang Narathiwat was originally a village named Menara , under Mueang Sai Buri. Later it was upgraded to a Tambon and changed to be controlled by Mueang Ra-ngae...

, Ra-ngae

Amphoe Ra-ngae

Ra-ngae is a district in the center of Narathiwat Province, southern Thailand.-History:Mueang Ra-ngae was divided from Pattani in the reign of King Rama I by Vice-King Boworn Maha Surasinghanat. The governor position was Phraya Ra-ngae. The old city office was located nearby Kelantan state...

 and Rueso

Amphoe Rueso

-Geography:Neighboring districts are Bacho, Yi-ngo, Ra-ngae and Si Sakhon of Narathiwat Province, and Bannang Sata and Raman of Yala Province.-History:...

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History

Yi-ngo was originally a district in the Sai Buri province. In 1909 it was reassigned to Bang Nara province, the present-day Narathiwat province.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 6 subdistricts (tambon

Tambon

Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2009 there are 7255 tambon, not including the 169 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains 8-10 tambon...

), which are further subdivided into 40 villages (muban

Muban

Muban is the lowest administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as village, they are the subdivision of tambon. As of 2008, there are 74944 administrative villages in Thailand. As of the 1990 census, the average village consisted of 144 households or 746 persons.A muban does not...

). Yi-ngo is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambon Yi-ngo. There are further 6 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh. Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
1.	Yi-ngo	ยี่งอ	7	8,724
2.	Lahan	ละหาร	8	7,464
3.	Cho Bo	จอเบาะ	9	7,603
4.	Lubo Baya	ลุโบะบายะ	6	4,102
5.	Lubo Buesa	ลุโบะบือซา	5	4,570
6.	Tapoyo	ตะปอเยาะ	5	8,222

External links

• amphoe.com (Thai)