Yala Province

Yala (Thai: ยะลา) is the soothrenmaist province (changwat) o Thailand. Neebourin provinces are (frae north-wast clockwise) Songkhla, Pattani an Narathiwat. Yala is the ae land-locked province in the sooth o Thailand. The soothren pairt haes mairches wi Kedah an Perak o Malaysie.

Yala ยะลา
Province
Seal
Map o Thailand heichlichtin Yala Province
Kintra	Thailand
Caipital	Yala
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Decharat Simsiri
Area
• Total	4521.1 km2 (1,745.6 sq mi)
Area rank	Rankit 48t
Population  (2011)
• Total	493,767
• Rank	Rankit 59t
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
• Density rank	Rankit 47t
HDI
• HDI (2009)	0.687 (medium) (70th)
Time zone	UTC+7 (Thailand Staundart Time)
Area code(s)	073
ISO 3166 code	TH-95
Vehicle registration	ยะลา, เบตง (Betong)

Etymology

The name Yala is actually the Thai transliteration o Jala (Jawi: جال), its oreeginal Malay name means 'net'. The province is forby kent as Jolor (Jawi: جولور) in Patani Malay leid.