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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.
Following the bombings in Songkhla, an explosion in the basement of the Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel damaged that building and an adjacent McDonald's in Hat Yai, killing at least four and leaving 416 wounded, mainly from smoke inhalation. It was first reported to be the cause of a gas leak but later was attributed to a car bomb.
The blast damaged many vehicles as the bomb had been placed near the police station's parking area. Later, two more blasts hit near Hat Yai Junction Railway Station as well as close to the Robinson department store. A further bomb was found near the flats in Prince of Songkhla Hospital [1] but the bomb squad was able to defuse it in time.
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. There is further one township (thesaban tambon). Pha Tong covers parts of tambon Pha Tong. The non-municipal areas are ...
The 2006 Hat Yai bombings took place in Hat Yai, Songkhla Province, Thailand on 16 September 2006 and are believed to be part of the ongoing South Thailand insurgency. At least five people were killed and 82 were injured. [2] The attacks were similar to the 2005 Songkhla bombings.
Hat Yai Junction railway station is the setting of at least two Thai pop songs, including (Thai: สัญญาใจ; RTGS: sanya jai) 'Love Promise') by Narathip Kanchanawat of Chatree band, in 1980, and has been covered by many artists since then.
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.
Phuket was the notable exception, being the second-largest city in Southern Thailand after Hat Yai. In December 2024, the Thai government officially endorsed the four-city hosting proposal. [66] Later, FIVB confirmed the tournament was hosted in four separate cities on 11 December 2024. [60]