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The south and the Islands are the southern region of Thailand. It includes many from Thailand the majority of the famous resources in both seaboard oriented toward the west of the Sea of Andaman, and in Gulf oriented toward southern the east of the coast of Thailand.
Southern Thailand is connected with Bangkok, the economic center of Thailand, by railroad track as well as highway. Also various regional airports are located in the largest towns. The main axis of the transportation of southern every Thailand is the Hat Yai, that evolved from a small village to the present city inside few decades.
The highway of Phetkasem is the most long road of Thailand, and Bangkok by the Isthmus flees of Kra and then in the western coast of the peninsula. Of Trang that crosses it to the oriental coast al Hat Yai, and then end in the border malaisa.
The southern railroad track connects also Bangkok al Hat Yai, and continues from there to Malaya and Singapore. Two smaller branches of the railroad track flee Thung the Song to Trang and Nakhon If Thammarat. |
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| Southern Thailand Administration |
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| Usually the south is identified with the 14 provinces |
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No.Province Name
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| SONGKHLA |
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| Statistics |
| Capital: |
Songkhla |
| Area: |
7,393.9 km?
Ranked 26th |
| Inhabitants: |
1,324,915 (2007)
Ranked 11th |
| Pop. density: |
179.2 inh./km?
Ranked 14th |
| ISO 3166-2: |
TH-90 |
| Governor: |
Sonthi Techanan
(since November 2006) |
http://www.songkhla.m-society.go.th/econtents.html |
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Songkhla is the one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from east clockwise) Satun, Phatthalung, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Pattani and Yala. To the south it borders Kedah and Perlis of Malaysia.
In contrast to most other provinces, the capital Songkhla is not the largest city in the province. The much newer city of Hat Yai, with a population of 194,000, is twice as big as Songkhla. This often leads to the misconception that Hat Yai is the provincial capital.
Both cities are part of Greater Hatyai-Songkhla Metropolitan Area
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The province is located on the Malay Peninsula, on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand. The highest elevation is the Khao Mai Kaeo at 821 meters.
In the north of the province is Songkhla lake, the biggest natural lake in Thailand. This shallow lake covers an area of 1,040 km?, and has a south-north extent of 78 kilometers. At its mouth on the Gulf of Thailand near the city of Songkhla, the water becomes brackish. A small population of Irrawaddy Dolphins live in the lake, but are in danger of extinction due to being accidentally caught in the nets of the local fishing industry.
Two national parks are located in the province. San Kala Khiri covers 214 km? of mountain highlands at the Thai-Malay border; Khao Nam Khang, also located at the boundary mountains, includes shelters of Chinese Communists guerilla until the 1980s
Within the city of Songkhla itself is the beach at the Samila cape, the most popular beach in the province. At this beach is the famous mermaid statue. The two islands Ko Nu and Ko Maew (Mouse and Cat island) not far from the beach are also a popular landmark, and a preferred fishing ground. According to the local legend, a cat, mouse and dog were traveling on a Chinese ship, where they tried to steal a crystal from the merchant. Swimming ashore with the crystal, both the cat and the mouse drowned and became the island, while the dog made it to the beach and died there to become the hill Khao Tang Kuan. The crystal turned into the white sandy beach. |
| Mermaid statue at Laem Samila |
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| The Na Songkhla family's residence, now used as the Songkhla National Museum |
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Administrative Divisions
Songkhla is subdivided into 16 districts (amphoe), which are further subdivided into 127 subdistricts (tambon) and 987 villages (muban).
The districts of Chana (Malay: Chenok), Thepa (Malay:Tiba) and Saba Yoi (Malay:Sebayu) were detached from Mueang Pattani and transferred to Songkhla during the thesaphiban reforms around 1900.[citation needed]
- Mueang Songkhla (Malay: Singgora)
- Sathing Phra
- Chana (Malay: Chenok)
- Na Thawi (Malay: Nawi)
- Thepha (Malay: Tiba)
- Saba Yoi (Malay: Sebayu)
- Ranot (Malay: Renut)
- Krasae Sin
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- Rattaphum
- Sadao (Malay: Sendawa)
- Hat Yai
- Na Mom
- Khuan Niang
- Bang Klam
- Singhanakhon
- Khlong Hoi Khong
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