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| Capital: | Yala |
| Area: | 4,521.1 kmē Ranked 48th |
| Inhabitants: | 415,537 (2000) Ranked 59th |
| Pop. density: | 92 inh./kmē Ranked 47th |
| ISO 3166-2: | TH-95 |
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In Malay Language, the province is also written as Jolor.
Yala is located on the Malay Peninsula.
Historically Pattani was the centre of the semi-independent Malay Pattani kingdom, but paying tribute to the Thai kingdoms of Sukhothai and Ayutthaya. After Ayutthaya fell in 1767 Pattani gained full independence, but under King Rama I it again came under Siam's control. In 1909, it was annexed by Siam as part of a treaty negotiated with the British EmpireThe British Empire in the early decades of the 20th century, held sway over a population of 400 500 million people (roughly a quarter of the world's population), and covered nearly 30 million square kilometres, (roughly two-fifths of the world's land area. Along with Narathiwat, Yala was originally part of Pattani, but they were split off and became provinces of their own. There is a separatist movement in Yala, which after being dormant for many years erupted again in 2004.
Yala is one of the four provinces of Thailand where the majority of the population are MuslimA Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. The word Muslim means one who submits and implies complete submission to the will of God ( Allah). Muslims believe that nature is itself Islamic, since it follows natural laws placed by God. Thus, a Muslim s, making up 68.9% of the population. Also 66.1% of the population are Malay.
| The provincial seal shows a miner with simple mining tools including hoes, crowbars, and baskets. Yala was originally a mining town with tinThe word tin is often used to mean a can, even if it does not contain any tin metal. Tin is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Sn ( L. Stannum and atomic number 50. This silvery, malleable poor metal that is not easily oxidized i and tungstenThis article is about the chemical element. Tungsten may also refer to the Tungsten Handheld PDA. Tungsten (formerly Wolfram is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol W ( L. Wolframium and atomic number 74. A very hard, heavy, steel- ores.
The provincial tree is the Red Saraca ( Saraca declinata ), and the provincial flower is the Bullet Wood ( Mimusops elengi ). |