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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.
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.
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.
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.
From Trang, it crosses over to the east coast to Hat Yai, and ends at the Malaysian border. Two Asian highways run through southern Thailand: Asian Highway 2 runs mostly parallel to the railroad all the way from Bangkok. It crosses to Malaysia at Sadao, and continues on the west side of the peninsula.
The much newer city of Hat Yai, with a population of 359,813, is considerably larger, with twice the population of Songkhla (163,072). This often leads to the misconception that Hat Yai is the provincial capital.
Hat Yai monorail is a planned 18 kilometer-long elevated monorail consisted of 15 stations. As of 2016, the line is being studied by a university and the government. The design of the stations has been completed. The project will cost approximately 24.4 million baht to construct. [11] It is hoped that construction will begin in 2019.
As of 31 December 2018 there were 878 districts in Thailand. [1] This table lists those districts, and the provinces of Thailand and regions of Thailand in which they lie.