Narathiwat Province จังหวัดนราธิวาส

Narathiwat Province จังหวัดนราธิวาส is a province in South Thailand. It covers an area of 4,475 sq km (1,728 sq mi) and has a population of 663,000 (2011 estimate). Narathiwat Province is bordered by Pattani Province to the northwest, Yala Province to the west, and the state of Kelantan in Malaysia to the south. The town of Narathiwat is the provincial capital.

Narathiwat Province is located 1,140 km to the south of Bangkok. It is one of the less developed provinces of the country, and is still 75% forest clad. The Sankalakhiri mountain range is in the provinde, with the Budo-Sungai Padi National Park.

Narathiwat Province was historically part of the Sultanate of Pattani which paid tribute to the Kingdoms of Siam in Sukhothai and Ayutthaya. It briefly gained its independence in 1767 with the fall of Ayutthaya, but was re-absorbed into Siam 20 years later. The population of the province is predominantly Muslim, accounting for 82% of the population.

 Latest updates on Penang Travel Tips

Map of Roads in Penang

Looking for information on Penang? Use this Map of Roads in Penang to zoom in on information about Penang, brought to you road by road.

About this website

Dear visitor, thank you so much for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye and my hobby is to find out about places, write about them and share the information with you on this website. I have been writing this site since 5 January 2003. Originally (from 2003 until 2009, the site was called AsiaExplorers. I changed the name to Penang Travel Tips in 2009, even though I describe more than just Penang but everywhere I go (I often need to tell people that "Penang Travel Tips" is not just information about Penang, but information written in Penang), especially places in Malaysia and Singapore, and in all the years since 2003, I have described over 20,000 places.

While I try my best to provide you information as accurate as I can get it to be, I do apologize for any errors and for outdated information which I am unaware. Nevertheless, I hope that what I have described here will be useful to you.