Meanings of southernmost provinces in English

Thailand is dominated by Thai-speaking Buddhists, but its three southernmost provinces are home to mostly Malay-speaking Muslims.

Thailand's three southernmost provinces were part of an independent Malay Muslim sultanate until they were annexed in 1909.

The three southernmost provinces contribute about 10 percent of the rubber output of Thailand, the world's biggest exporter.

Troops killed four men in Thailand's restive Muslim southernmost provinces yesterday later claiming the dead men were insurgents.

The military has allowed 48 community radio stations in the three southernmost provinces to go back on air for Ramadan.

In the southernmost provinces Celtic blood and Romance speech prevailed, while farther north dwelt peoples of Teutonic extraction, who spoke Flemish and Dutch.

Until they were annexed in 1909, Thailand's three southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat were part of an independent Malay Muslim sultanate.

Hat Yai, the closest major city to the three southernmost provinces at the heart of the conflict, has already endured many deadly bomb attacks.

Saba Yoi is one of several Songkhla districts into which violence has spilled from the three southernmost provinces hit by a three-year separatist insurgency.

Thailand's three southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat were once part of an independent Malay Muslim sultanate until annexed by Thailand in 1909.

The 14-year conflict between Muslim insurgents and authorities in Thailand's three southernmost provinces has claimed more than 7,000 lives.

Bombings are common in the three southernmost provinces, where the insurgency has killed more than 6,500 people since 2004.

About 94 percent of the 1.7 million people in the three southernmost provinces are Muslim, the main religion in neighboring Malaysia.