Country Thailand Elevation 11 m (36 ft) Time zone ICT (UTC+7) Local time Monday 3:57 AM | Provinces Songkhla Province Population (2006) 75,048 Province Songkhla Province | |
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Amphoe Mueang Songkhla District Weather 26°C, Wind E at 8 km/h, 89% Humidity Points of interest Songkhla Aquarium, Laem Samila, Samila Beach, Songkhla Municipal Song Tha, Tangkuan Hill | ||
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Songkhla (Thai: สงขลา, [sǒŋ.kʰlǎː]), also known as Singgora or Singora (Pattani Malay: ซิงกอรา), is a city (thesaban nakhon) in Songkhla Province of southern Thailand, near the border with Malaysia. As of 2006 it had a population of 75,048. Songkhla lies 968 km south of Bangkok.
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- Map of Songkhla Mueang Songkhla District Songkhla Thailand
- songkhla most beautiful tourist attractions in thailand
- History
- Climate
- Population
- References
Map of Songkhla, Mueang Songkhla District, Songkhla, Thailand
Despite being smaller than the neighboring city Hat Yai, Songkhla is the capital of Songkhla Province as well as the Mueang Songkhla district (Songkhla town district).
Due to its location at the opening of Songkhla Lake to the Gulf of Thailand, Songkhla is a fishing town and also an important harbour. It is the major seaport on the east side of the Isthmus of Kra.
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History
On 8 December 1941 local time, hours before the 7 December (Hawaii time) attack on Pearl Harbor, the Imperial Japanese army landed here, invading Thailand. It then moved south towards Perlis and Penang as part of the Malayan campaign which culminated in the capture of Singapore.
Since 2003, Songhkla has been affected by Muslim insurgencies in neighboring Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala.
The municipality's mayor, Peera Tantiserane, was murdered there in 2012.
Climate
Songkhla has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification Am). Temperatures are very warm to hot throughout the year with only minor variation. There is a short dry season in February and March; the rest of the year is wet, with especially heavy rainfall from October to December.
Population
The majority of the population is Buddhist with a large proportion of Muslims, especially in the rural areas fringing the Malaysian border. These Muslims speak Yawi language, a Malay-related language which has some Thai influence especially loan words borrowed from the Thai language.
Songkhla's district (amphoe) has five Tambon Administrative Organizations (องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบล). Songkhla town takes up the whole of Bo Yang division.