Yala
Province
Yala is the southern
most province of Thailand having Amphoe Betong as the southern most town,
bordering on the Malaysia. Yala is a big city with graceful looking township
area having a splendid city plan layout while its roads are large in size
having a grand government offices center and is the town of a gigantic
Reclining Buddha of Sivichaya period which is regarded one of the three
monuments of the South. There is yet at large number of tourist attractions
and places of interest in the province which is 1,084 kms., through the
highway route, from Bangkok and its main economy depends on rubber plant
production.
The main geographical area of
Yala is forest and mountain having very little area of plain and basin.
Its forestry area occupirs a space up to 2,012,500 rais thus causing much
rains through the whole year round. There are several rivers and canals,
but the important one is Pattani River having its origin in occupies a
total area of 4,521 square kilometres and being administratively divided
into six Amphoes; Maung, BAnnang Sata, Betong, Raman, Yaha, Than To, bordering
on the Malaysia to the south and west, Pattani and Songkhla to the norht,
and Narathiwat to the east.