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Songkhla looking west from Khao Tangkuan, c. 1930. Songkhla's Nakhon Nok Rd., c. 1932. The name Songkhla means 'the city of lions' (not to be confused with Singapura) and is the Thai variant of "Singgora" (Malay and Jawi: سيڠڬورا). This refers to a lion-shaped mountain near the city of Songkhla.
The majority of the population of Mueang Songkhla is Thai with a significant number of Thai Malays. The main language spoken in this area is Southern and Central Thai dialect with local varieties of Songkhla Malay. Buddhism is the majority religion here with a sizable amount of Islam embraced by Thai Malays and a mixed ethnicity called Samsam.
Songkhla was the seat of an old Malay Kingdom with heavy Srivijayan influence. In ancient times (200–1400 CE), Songkhla formed the northern extremity of the Malay Kingdom of Langkasuka . The city-state then succeeded as the Sultanate of Singgora , it later became a tributary of Nakhon Si Thammarat , suffering damage during several attempts to ...
For this reason, the Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning, [2] and each province's Provincial Administrative Organization regularly revise and publish up-to-date city boundaries (Thai: เขตเมือง) to reflect population growth.
The nomination comprises the ancient towns of Phang Yang, Pha Kho, Si Yang, and Sathing Phra, which flourished between the 7th and 10th centuries, fortified settlements of Singora at Khao Daeng and Laem Son from the 17th century, and Songkhla Old Town at Bo Yang from the mid-19th century. The settlements illustrate the interaction of different ...
The small town of Danok (Thai: ด่านนอก, RTGS: dan nok), 13 km south of Sadao town in tambon Samnak Kham is the major border crossing between Thailand and Malaysia. The immigration, customs, quarantine and security checkpoint on the Malaysian side is called the Bukit Kayu Hitam ICQS checkpoint.
The Sultanate of Singora, sometimes known as Songkhla at Khao Daeng, was a port city in the deep south of Thailand and precursor of the present-day town of Songkhla. It was located near the southern tip of the Sathing Phra peninsula, on and around the foothills of Khao Daeng Mountain in Singha Nakhon . [ 1 ]
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