Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani have a dominant Muslim population and have long complained of neglect and discrimination in the largely Buddhist nation.

亚拉、那拉提瓦和北大年都是穆斯林人口占主导地位的地区，他们一直抱怨在这个以佛教为主的国家受到忽视和歧视。

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Fire rages through a two - story school building in Narathiwat province, 1150 km south of Bangkok, in early hours of January 4, 2004.

1月4日，冲天大火正在曼谷以南1150公里的那拉提瓦府一个两层楼的学校燃烧。

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While Thailand's population is Buddhist,most people in the provinces of Yala,Narathiwat, Pattani and Songkhla are Muslim.

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The three provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat once formed the heart of an independent Malay Muslim sultanate.

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The three southern provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat were annexed to Siam, as Thailand was then known, more than a century ago.

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