Hat Yai
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Hat Yai is a city located in Songkhla province in southern Thailand. It serves as an important commercial and transportation hub for the region.
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Key facts
- Chinese
- 合艾 ( Simplified )
- Country
- Thailand
- Province
- Songkhla
- District
- Hat Yai
- Subdistrict municipality
- 10 December 1935
- Town municipality
- 16 March 1949
- City municipality
- 24 September 1995
- Type
- City Municipality
- Mayor
- Sakhorn Thongmunee
- Municipality
- 21.00 km (8.11 sq mi)
- Land
- 20.50 km (7.92 sq mi)
- Water
- 0.50 km (0.19 sq mi) 2.38%
- Urban
Article
Hat Yai (Thai: หาดใหญ่, pronounced [hàːt̚ jàj]) is a city in southern Thailand near the Malaysian border. As of 2024, the municipality is the fifth-largest city in Thailand, with a population of 191,696 and an urban population of 406,513 in the entire district of Amphoe Hat Yai.
Hat Yai is the largest city in Southern Thailand and is part of the Hat Yai-Songkhla Metropolitan Area (with a population of about 650,000) which include 2 big districts (Hat Yai, Mueang Songkhla) and 3 small neighboring districts (Bang Klam, Khlong Hoi Khong, Na Mom, forming the largest metropolitan area in the south, and the fourth-largest metropolitan area of the country. The city is often mistaken for being the provincial capital. In fact, Songkhla is the capital and the center of administration and culture while Hat Yai is the business center.