Songkhla

Songkhla (, ) 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).

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.Saritdet Marukatat, Signs of new hope in South

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.Moshe Yegar, Between Integration and Secession

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-74,8752.Khao Rup Chang1038,6623.Ko Taeo910,6084.Phawong824,1305.Thung Wang1010,3436.Ko Yo94,454

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Freemit airtins

http://www.songkhlamun.org  Wabsteid o ceety 


Category:Songkhla Province
Category:Populatit places in Thailand
Category:Songkhla Lake