The district is subdivided into 14 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 81 villages (muban). Yala is a city (thesaban nakhon) which covers the complete tambon Sateng. Lam Mai is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of the tambon Lam Mai. There are further 13 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).<small>Missing numbers are tambon which now form Krong Pinang district.</small>