Pattani Province Pattani was very famous in the old days as a town having
a woman ruler. The biggest cannon, ever casted in Thailand, has been casted
here and named "Nang Phraya Tani." The central mosque there is the most
beautiful one in Southern region being the center of Thai Moslems. Other
outstanding places are Wat Chang Hai, the monastery where Luang Po Tuat
had been living in a compus of Songkhla Nakharin University. Pattani is
located 1,055 kms. from Bangkok on the coast of the South China Sea of
the Pacific Ocean.
The general condition of the area is of low basin suitable for cultivation,
bordering on Songkhla to the north, Narathiwat to the south, the Gulf
of Thailand to the east and Yala to the west.
Som Det Phra Si Nakharin Park is a new public park located on the left
side of Pattani River, in Tambon Rusamilae, 1 km. from the township area.
Pattani Central Mosque This is the place where religious ceremonies are
performed by Thai Moslems. The mosque is located in the outskirt of Pattani
on Pattani-Yala Highway being the most beautiful and largest in Thailand.
|
| General
Information |
| Area
sq km |
1,940
|
|
|
Anual
rainfall mm (2002) |
1,528
|
| Forest
Land (1999) |
43
|
2.2 %
|
Days
of rain (2002) |
126
|
| Farm
Land (1999) |
1,222
|
63.0 %
|
Mean
Temperature High/Low (2002) |
32.8
/
23.5
|
| Unclassified
Land (1999) |
675
|
34.8 %
|
BOI
Zone |
3
|
| Population
/ sq. km (2003) |
327
|
|
Gross
provincial product rank (2001) |
34
|
|
|
| Population |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
1996 |
| Male |
49.4 %
|
49.4 %
|
49.3 %
|
49.3 %
|
49.3 %
|
49.3 %
|
49.3 %
|
49.3 %
|
| Female |
50.6 %
|
50.6 %
|
50.7 %
|
50.7 %
|
50.7 %
|
50.7 %
|
50.7 %
|
50.7 %
|
| Total |
634,619
|
627,955
|
618,268
|
612,127
|
608,276
|
599,219
|
590,735
|
582,120
|
|
|
| Household
income (baht) |
2002 |
2000 |
1998 |
1996 |
1994 |
| Average
monthly income |
9,702
|
9,759
|
10,737
|
6,876
|
5,030
|
| Average
monthly expenditures |
9,496
|
9,415
|
7,910
|
6,363
|
5,323
|
| Voluntary
reserves |
2.1 %
|
3.5 %
|
26.3 %
|
7.5 %
|
-
|
| Monthly
income / Person |
2,256
|
2,217
|
2,496
|
1,494
|
1,143
|
| Average
household size |
4.3
|
4.4
|
4.3
|
4.6
|
4.4
|
|
|
| Gross
provincial product |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
1996 |
1995 |
1994 |
| Agriculture |
50.8 %
|
54.3 %
|
55.0 %
|
57.1 %
|
56.9 %
|
54.1 %
|
55.4 %
|
56.1 %
|
| Manufacturing |
4.5 %
|
4.3 %
|
3.9 %
|
3.6 %
|
3.5 %
|
3.6 %
|
3.6 %
|
3.7 %
|
| Construction |
3.5 %
|
1.9 %
|
1.5 %
|
1.8 %
|
2.4 %
|
4.8 %
|
4.2 %
|
3.4 %
|
| Transport
& communication |
3.0 %
|
2.8 %
|
2.9 %
|
2.8 %
|
3.2 %
|
3.6 %
|
3.5 %
|
3.9 %
|
| Wholesale
& retail trade |
14.5 %
|
14.6 %
|
14.4 %
|
13.1 %
|
14.4 %
|
14.1 %
|
14.2 %
|
14.3 %
|
| Services |
11.1 %
|
10.2 %
|
10.1 %
|
9.1 %
|
8.5 %
|
8.2 %
|
7.9 %
|
7.7 %
|
| Others |
12.6 %
|
11.9 %
|
12.2 %
|
12.5 %
|
11.1 %
|
11.6 %
|
11.2 %
|
10.9 %
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total
(million baht) |
29,950
|
30,876
|
29,890
|
31,198
|
29,840
|
28,282
|
26,848
|
23,701
|
| GPP
per capita (baht) |
48,441
|
50,440
|
49,138
|
52,064
|
50,513
|
48,584
|
46,208
|
41,416
|
|
|
| Commercial
bank |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
1996 |
| No.
of offices |
16
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
13
|
13
|
14
|
13
|
| Deposits
(million baht) |
9,862
|
9,441
|
9,488
|
8,109
|
8,135
|
8,135
|
7,687
|
6,969
|
| Loans
(million baht) |
5,472
|
4,455
|
4,313
|
5,255
|
5,908
|
5,908
|
6,939
|
7,304
|
| Deposits
/ capita (baht) |
16,111
|
15,520
|
15,833
|
13,726
|
13,974
|
14,001
|
13,432
|
12,395
|
| Loans/deposits
ratio |
55.5 %
|
47.2 %
|
45.5 %
|
64.8 %
|
72.6 %
|
72.6 %
|
90.3 %
|
104.8 %
|
|
|
| Public
health |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
1996 |
1995 |
1994 |
1993 |
| No.
of hospitals |
14
|
13
|
13
|
13
|
11
|
12
|
14
|
13
|
13
|
| No.
of hospital beds |
859
|
732
|
725
|
705
|
630
|
624
|
618
|
528
|
528
|
| Avg.
Beds / Hospital |
61
|
56
|
55
|
54
|
57
|
52
|
44
|
40
|
40
|
| Capita
/ Hospital bed |
719
|
836
|
839
|
849
|
937
|
932
|
940
|
1,083
|
1,064
|
| No.
of physicians |
80
|
72
|
74
|
79
|
72
|
62
|
53
|
46
|
43
|
| Capita
/ Physician |
7,728
|
8,501
|
8,219
|
7,585
|
8,204
|
9,389
|
10,962
|
12,440
|
13,075
|
|
No. of dentists |
27
|
23
|
20
|
18
|
13
|
13
|
14
|
13
|
12
|
|
Capita / Dentist |
22,898
|
26,614
|
30,413
|
33,289
|
45,441
|
44,778
|
41,501
|
44,019
|
46,852
|
| No.
of nurses |
478
|
400
|
409
|
383
|
388
|
355
|
322
|
267
|
264
|
|
|
| Education |
2002 |
2000 |
1998 |
1996 |
1994 |
1993 |
| No.
of teachers |
-
|
5,268
|
5,434
|
5,086
|
5,339
|
5,038
|
| No.
of students |
-
|
118,673
|
116,758
|
109,701
|
105,373
|
98,114
|
| No.
of schools |
-
|
372
|
377
|
377
|
373
|
373
|
| No.
of classrooms |
-
|
4,039
|
4,039
|
3,996
|
4,036
|
3,875
|
| Ratio
: students / teacher |
-
|
22.5
|
21.5
|
21.6
|
19.7
|
19.5
|
| Ratio
: students / classroom |
-
|
29.4
|
28.9
|
27.5
|
26.1
|
25.3
|
|
|
| |
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