Pattani Province is an Thailand subdivision which can found in the south, on the Malay Peninsula. North of the province is the Gulf of Thailand and the southern parts are dominated by the Sankalakhiri mountain range. Part of it is the Budo–Su-ngai Padi National Park where rare and endangered animals live like rhinoceroses, gibbons, tapirs, serows (kind of antilope) and the langurs (kind of monkey) the important animal in the region. Before 1974 this region was an safe haven of guerilla warriors to fight against the Thai government, but those day are probably over. Only to keep the people in line they have a loudspeaker system has been installed in the streets of the places in the province of Pattani. To brings government news from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m., because the government has done this to bring up Thai nationalism in the population. Also every morning and evening they played the Thai national anthem every to try get some respect, this oppressive action is mine opinion kind of futile eventually. Thailand is an buddhist country because Pattani is on the Malay Peninsula and the neighboring country Malaysia is predominantly islam, which has an influence on the area and reason of tensions. Pattani Province has an population of around 630 thousand and mostly of Malaysian descent which can give tensions too. So let's take an look at the flag.
The flag has two horizontal stripes an yellow and green one with an emblem in the center. I don't find information of the colors but i think it has to do with buddhism (yellow)
and islam (green), maybe i'am wrong. The center depict an 17the century cannon made in Pattani and they named it Phaya Tani, the largest cannon ever cast in present day Thailand. In the 17th century Pattani was an independent nation cast that cannon to defend itself from Saim, today we call it Thailand. Eventually Pattani became conquered and the cannon send to Bangkok as spoils of war, nowadays it's stands in front of the Ministry of Defence. An very politically awkward flag, do an gesture to Pattani bring that cannon back there.
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