Songkhla
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Songkhla (Thai: สงขลา, pronounced [sǒŋ.kʰlǎː]) is a ceety (thesaban nakhon) in the Songkhla Province o soothren Thailand, near the mairch wi Malaysie. As o 2006 it haed a population o 75,048. The ceety is a pairt o Greater Hatyai-Songkhla Metropolitan Aurie.
Despite bein smawer than the neighborin ceety Hat Yai, Songkhla is the caipital o Songkhla Province as well as the Mueang Songkhla destrict (Songkhla Toun destrict).
Due tae its location at the openin o the big Songkhla lake tae the Gulf o Thailand, Songkhla is a fishin toun an an' a' an important harbour. It is the major seaport on the east side o the Isthmus o Kra.
Songkhla wis whiles kent as Singgora or Singora (Ceety o Lions).
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History
[eedit | eedit soorce]On December 8, 1941, oors efter the bombin o Pearl Harbor, the Imperial Japanese Airmy landit here an proceedit sooth towards Perlis an Penang as pairt o the Malayan campaign which culminatit in the captur o Singapore.
Synee 2003 Songhkla haes been affectit bi the Muslim haurd-line militant insurgency in neighborin Narathiwat, Pattani, an Yala.[1]
Population
[eedit | eedit soorce]Awtho the majority is Buddhist, thare is a lairge proportion o Muslims in Songkhla, especially in the rural auries fringin the Malaysian border. Thir Muslims speak a Malay-based leid which haes some Thai influence in the form o wirds borraed frae the Thai leid.[2]
Songkhla's destrict (Amphoe) haes five Tambon Administrative Organizations (องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบล). Songkhla toun takes up the whole o Bo Yang diveesion.
No. | Name | Thai | Veelages | Inhab. | |
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1. | Bo Yang | บ่อยาง | - | 74,875 | |
2. | Khao Rup Chang | เขารูปช้าง | 10 | 38,662 | |
3. | Ko Taeo | เกาะแต้ว | 9 | 10,608 | |
4. | Phawong | พะวง | 8 | 24,130 | |
5. | Thung Wang | ทุ่งหวัง | 10 | 10,343 | |
6. | Ko Yo | เกาะยอ | 9 | 4,454 |
Notes
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Category:Songkhla (city). |
- http://www.songkhlamun.org Archived 2017-06-21 at the Wayback Machine Wabsteid o ceety (in Thai)
Coordinates: 7°12′22″N 100°35′48″E / 7.20611°N 100.59667°E