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Province in Thailand
Songkhla
สงขลา
Province
Other transcription(s)
• Malay
Singgora(Rumi) سيڠݢورا(Jawi)
• Southern Thai
สงขลา (pronounced[sôŋ.kʰlâː])
From left to right, top to bottom : Hat Yai, Panorama of Songkhla from Tang Kuan Hill, Tinsulanon Stadium, Songkhla National Museum, Khao Nam Khang National Park, Hat Yai International Airport
Flag
Seal
Motto(s):
นกน้ำเพลินตา สมิหลาเพลินใจ เมืองใหญ่สองทะเล เสน่ห์สะพานป๋า ศูนย์การค้าแดนใต้ ("Dazzling water birds. Pleasant Samila (Beach). Great city of the two seas. Charm of Tinsulanonda Bridge. The commercial center of the South.")
Map of Thailand highlighting Songkhla province
Country
Thailand
Capital
Songkhla
Government
• Governor
Jessada Jitrat (since October 2021)
Area
[1]
• Total
7,394 km2 (2,855 sq mi)
• Rank
Ranked 26th
Population
(2018)[2]
• Total
1,432,628
• Rank
Ranked 11th
• Density
194/km2 (500/sq mi)
• Rank
Ranked 15th
Human Achievement Index
[3]
• HAI (2022)
0.6575 "somewhat high" Ranked 16th
GDP
[4]
• Total
baht 242 billion (US$8.0 billion) (2019)
Time zone
UTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code
90xxx
Calling code
074
ISO 3166 code
TH-90
Website
www.songkhla.go.th
Songkhla (Thai: สงขลา, pronounced[sǒŋ.kʰlǎː], Malay: Singgora) is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from west 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 359,813, is considerably larger, with twice the population of Songkhla (163,072). This often leads to the misconception that Hat Yai is the provincial capital.
^Advancing Human Development through the ASEAN Community, Thailand Human Development Report 2014, table 0:Basic Data (PDF) (Report). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Thailand. pp. 134–135. ISBN 978-974-680-368-7. Retrieved 17 January 2016, Data has been supplied by Land Development Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, at Wayback Machine.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)[dead link]
^"รายงานสถิติจำนวนประชากรและบ้านประจำปี พ.ศ.2561" [Statistics, population and house statistics for the year 2018]. Registration Office Department of the Interior, Ministry of the Interior (in Thai). 31 December 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
^"ข้อมูลสถิติดัชนีความก้าวหน้าของคน ปี 2565 (PDF)" [Human Achievement Index Databook year 2022 (PDF)]. Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) (in Thai). Retrieved 12 March 2024, page 71{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^"Gross Regional and Provincial Product, 2019 Edition". <>. Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC). July 2019. ISSN 1686-0799. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
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