AMPHOE PANARE

'Panare' () is a district (''Amphoe'') in Pattani Province, southern Thailand.

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History

Geography

Administration

History

The name Panare comes from Pattani Malay language. ''Pata'' means Sea Beach, ''Tare'' means Otter Trawl. Thus ''Pata Tare'' means a beach for drying otter trawls in the air. With time the pronounce changed to Panare.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Sai Buri, Mayo and Yaring. To the north and east is the Gulf of Thailand.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 10 subdistricts (''tambon''), which are further subdivided into 52 villages (''muban''). Panare is a township (''thesaban tambon'') which covers most of ''tambon'' Panare. There are further 10 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh.
1.	Panare	ปะนาเระ	5	8,902
2.	Tha Kham	ท่าข้าม	4	2,152
3.	Ban Nok	บ้านนอก	6	4,086
4.	Don	ดอน	6	3,688
5.	Khuan	ควน	5	2,619
6.	Tha Nam	ท่าน้ำ	5	4,240
7.	Khok Krabue	คอกกระบือ	4	1,991
8.	Pho Ming	พ่อมิ่ง	4	2,790
9.	Ban Klang	บ้านกลาง	9	7,190
10.	Ban Nam Bo	บ้านน้ำบ่อ	4	5,429