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South Thailand - Southern Thailand
 
 
 

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.

 
Southern Thailand Administration
 
Usually the south is identified with the 14 provinces
 

No.Province Name

1. Chumphon   8. Phuket
2. Krabi   9. Ranong
3. Nakhon Si Thammarat   10. Satun
4. Narathiwat   11. Songkhla
5. Pattani   12. Surat Thani
6. Phang Nga   13. Trang
7. Phatthalung   14. Yala

 
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT
 
Statistics
Capital: Nakhon Si Thammarat
Area: 9,942.5 km?
Ranked 18th
Inhabitants: 1,519,811 (2000)
Ranked 5th
Pop. density: 153 inh./km?
Ranked 21st
ISO 3166-2: TH-80
Governor: Phanu Uthairat
(since 2008)

http://www.en.nakhontourism.org/

 

Nakhon Si Thammarat (often in short Nakhon is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand, at the eastern shore of the Gulf of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from south clockwise) Songkhla, Phatthalung, Trang, Krabi and Surat Thani.

The name of the province derives from its Pali-Sanskrit name Nagara Sri Dhammaraja (City of the Sacred Dharma King), or Bandar Sri Raja Dharma in Malay, which in Thai pronunciation becomes Nakhon Si Thammarat

 
 

The province is located on the shore of the Gulf of Thailand on the east side of the Malay Peninsula. The terrain is mostly rugged hilly forest area. It contains the highest elevation of southern Thailand, the Khao Luang with 1,835 m, now protected in the Khao Luang national park.

The area around Nakhon Si Thammarat was part (according to some scholars[who?] even the centre) of the Srivijaya kingdom from the 3rd century. The Ramkhamhaeng stele lists it among the areas within the realm of Sukhothai. After the fall of Sukhothai it fell it its successor, the Ayutthaya kingdom and was one of the tributary kingdoms or 1st class provinces.

With the thesaphiban administrative reforms the kingdom was more closely integrated into the Thai state and formed the Monthon Nakhon Si Thammarat. With the abolishment of the monthon system in 1932, the province covering only the central parts of the former kingdom became the top-level administrative subdivision of Thailand.

Nakhon Si Thammarat
City Pillar Shrine
   
 

Administrative Divisions

Nakhon Si Thammarat is subdivided into 23 districts (amphoe). The districts are further subdivided into 165 subdistricts (tambon) and 1428 villages (muban).

  1. Mueang Nakhon Si Thammarat
  2. Phrom Khiri
  3. Lan Saka
  4. Chawang
  5. Phipun
  6. Chian Yai
  7. Cha-uat
  8. Tha Sala
  9. Thung Song
  10. Na Bon
  11. Thung Yai
  12. Pak Phanang
  1. Ron Phibun
  2. Sichon
  3. Khanom
  4. Hua Sai
  5. Bang Khan
  6. Tham Phannara
  7. Chulabhorn
  8. Phra Phrom
  9. Nopphitam
  10. Chang Klang
  11. Chaloem Phra Kiat
 

 
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