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Hat Yai (Thai: หาดใหญ่, pronounced [hàːt jàj], also Haad Yai or Had Yai) is a city in southern Thailand near the Malaysian border and the fifth-largest city in Thailand with a population of 191,696 (2024) in the city municipality (thesaban nakhon / city proper) itself and an urban population of 406,513 (2024) in the entire district of Amphoe Hat Yai.
At longitude 100° 23' 55" E and latitude 06° 55' 46" N, 28 m above sea level, the airport is 9 km (6 mi) east of downtown Hat Yai and 43 km east of Songkhla city. Highway 4135 (Sanambin Panij Road) links to the airport.
The Peace Agreement of Hat Yai (1989) marked the end of the Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–1989). It was signed and ratified by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP), and the Malaysian and Thailand governments at the Lee Gardens Hotel in Hat Yai , Thailand , on 2 December 1989.
The district is divided into 13 sub-districts (), which are further subdivided into 98 villages ().The city (thesaban nakhon) Hat Yai covers tambon Hat Yai.There are four towns (thesaban mueang): Ban Phru covers parts of tambon Ban Phru, and Khlong Hae, Khuan Lang and Kho Hong each cover tambons of the same names.
Bahasa Indonesia; Italiano; ... Asian Highway 18 begins in Hat Yai and runs south along the east coast, crossing to Malaysia at Sungai Kolok.
Immigration is done on the Malay side. The other route from Hat Yai Junction goes further south to Pattani (Khok Pho), Yala, Tanyong Mat and Su-ngai Kolok. In the past, a railway line connected the town of Songkhla with Hat Yai, but it was closed in 1978 and is now partly dismantled and partly overgrown. [21]
Together with Hat Yai, Songkhla is part of the Greater Hat Yai-Songkhla Metropolitan Area (a conurbation with a population of around 800,000), the third largest metropolitan area in Thailand. At the opening of Songkhla Lake to the Gulf of Thailand , Songkhla is a fishing town and also an important harbour .
The southern coast of the province is protected in the Mu Ko Phetra National Park. The estuary of the Trang River together with the Hat Chao Mai Marine National Park [6] and Ko Libong Non-hunting Area are also registered Ramsar wetlands. The total forest area is 1,093 km 2 (422 sq mi) or 23.1 percent of provincial area. [7]