Official Name: | Kabang |
Native Name: | กาบัง |
Native Name Lang: | th |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Thailand |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Yala |
Subdivision Type2: | Seat |
Subdivision Name2: | Kabang |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistricts |
Subdivision Name3: | 2 |
Subdivision Type4: | Mubans |
Subdivision Name4: | 19 |
Established Title: | District established |
Established Date: | 1991 |
Population Total: | 23226 |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Postal code |
Blank Info Sec1: | 95120 |
Blank Name Sec2: | Geocode |
Blank Info Sec2: | 9507 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Coordinates: | 6.4275°N 101.0192°W |
Kabang (Thai: กาบัง, in Thai pronounced as /kāː.bāŋ/; Pattani Malay: กาแบ, in Thai pronounced as /kāː.bɛː/) is the westernmost district (amphoe) of Yala province, southern Thailand.
The name Kabang is a Thai corruption of kabae or kabe (Jawi: كاب), its original name in Patani Malay language. Kabae or kabe is a kind of Rambutan tree.
The area of Kabang district was separated from Yaha district to create a minor district (king amphoe) on 1 April 1991.[1] It was upgraded to a full district on 11 October 1997.[2]
Neighboring districts are (from the northwest clockwise): Saba Yoi of Songkhla province; Yaha of Yala province; and Kedah state of Malaysia.
Kabang is divided into two sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 19 administrative villages (mubans).
No. | Name | Thai | Villages | Pop.[3] | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Kabang | Thai: กาบัง | 8 | 13,626 | |
2. | Bala | Thai: บาละ | 11 | 9,600 |
There are two sub-district administrative organizations (SAO) in the district: