Chanae district
"Tambons" Dusong Yo and Chanae were separated from Ra-ngae district to create Chanae minor district ("king amphoe") on 15 July 1983. It was upgraded to a full district on 1 January 1988. "Chanae" is the Malay name of a native "Colocasia" species. Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise): Betong, and Than To of Yala province; Sisakhon, Ra-ngae, and Sukhirin of Narathiwat province and the state Perak of Malaysia. In 1963, the Thai government launched the "Nikhom Sang Ton Eng Pak Tai" ('self-development community in the south') program to move families from Thailand's northeastern and central provinces to the Chanae and Sukhirin Districts of Narathiwat. A total of 5,633 families were relocated to Narathiwat, where each family was rewarded with 18 rai of land. Chanae is divided into four sub-districts ("tambons"), which are further subdivided into 31 administrative villages ("mubans"). There are four sub-district administrative organizations (SAO) in the district:
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Chanae (, ) is a district ("amphoe") in the southern part of Narathiwat province, southern Thailand.