Songkhla

Laem Samila beach

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).

Naga Heid at Sang Thale Pairk, Laem Son On, Songkhla Ceety

History

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.

Population

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.

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.
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

Freemit airtins

• http://www.songkhlamun.org Archived 2017-06-21 at the Wayback Machine Wabsteid o ceety (in Thai)