Songkhla
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This article is about the town Songkhla. For other uses, see Songkhla (disambiguation).
Songkhla (Thai: สงขลา) is a city (thesaban nakhon) in southern Thailand, near the border to Malaysia. As of 2006 it had a population of 75,048.
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 the big Songkhla lake to the Gulf of Thailand, Songkhla is a fishing town and also an important harbour.
Songkhla was sometimes known as Singgora (City of Lions).
In December 1941, the Imperial Japanese army landed here and towards the west as part of the Malayan campaign which culminated in the capture of Singapore.
[edit] External links
- http://www.songkhlamun.org Website of city (Thai only)
