| Official Name: | Mueang Yala |
| Native Name: | เมืองยะลา |
| Native Name Lang: | th |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Thailand |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Yala |
| Subdivision Type2: | Seat |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sateng |
| Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrictss |
| Subdivision Name3: | 14 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Mubans |
| Subdivision Name4: | 80 |
| Established Title: | District established |
| Population Total: | 165005 |
| Population As Of: | 2014 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Postal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 95000 |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Geocode |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 9501 |
| Timezone: | ICT |
| Utc Offset: | +7 |
| Coordinates: | 6.5425°N 101.2831°W |
Mueang Yala (in Thai pronounced as /mɯ̄a̯ŋ já(ʔ).lāː/; Pattani Malay: ยาลอ, in Thai pronounced as /jāː.lɔː/) is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Yala province, southern Thailand.
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Khok Pho, Mae Lan and Yarang of Pattani province; Raman, Krong Pinang and Yaha of Yala province; and Saba Yoi of Songkhla province.
The main river is the Pattani River, which runs through the town of Yala.
Originally only known as Mueang district, the district was renamed Sateng in 1917 to share the name with the central sub-district.[1] In 1938, the district was renamed Mueang Yala to conform with the common name of the central districts of a province.[2]
Five sub-districts are scheduled to be split off to form the new district Lam Mai in 2015.[3]
Mueang Yala is divided into 14 sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 80 administrative villages (mubans).
| No. | Name | Thai | Villages | Pop.[4] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sateng | Thai: สะเตง | - | 61,250 | |
| 2. | Budi | Thai: บุดี | 8 | 10,700 | |
| 3. | Yupo | Thai: ยุโป | 6 | 6,829 | |
| 4. | Lidon | Thai: ลิดล | 5 | 5,876 | |
| 6. | Yala | Thai: ยะลา | 3 | 3,479 | |
| 8. | Thasap | Thai: ท่าสาป | 6 | 7,507 | |
| 9. | Lam Mai | Thai: ลำใหม่ | 7 | 7,015 | |
| 10. | Na Tham | Thai: หน้าถ้ำ | 4 | 3,241 | |
| 11. | Lam Phaya | Thai: ลำพะยา | 7 | 5,042 | |
| 12. | Poseng | Thai: เปาะเส้ง | 4 | 5,284 | |
| 14. | Phron | Thai: พร่อน | 6 | 5,263 | |
| 15. | Bannang Sareng | Thai: บันนังสาเรง | 6 | 7,414 | |
| 16. | Sateng Nok | Thai: สะเตงนอก | 13 | 30,395 | |
| 18. | Tase | Thai: ตาเซะ | 5 | 5,710 |
There is one city (thesaban nakhon) in the district:
There is one town (thesaban mueang) in the district:
There are four sub-district municipalities (thesaban tambons) in the district:
There are nine sub-district administrative organizations (SAO) in the district: