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Phatthalung
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Key facts
- Southern thai
- พัทลุง ( pronounced [ pāt̚.tʰàʔ.lûŋ ] ) , เมืองลุง ( pronounced [ mɯ̀aːŋ.lûŋ ] )
- Country
- Thailand
- Capital
- Phatthalung
- Governor
- Ratthasat Chitchu
- Total
- 3,861 km (1,491 sq mi)
- Rank
- 56th
- Density
- 135/km (350/sq mi)
- Hai 2022
- 0.6242 "low", Ranked 63rd
- Time zone
- UTC+7 ( ICT )
- Postal code
- 93xxx
- Calling code
- 074
- Iso 3166 code
- TH-93
- Website
- phatthalung .go .th
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Phatthalung (Thai: พัทลุง, pronounced [pʰát̚.tʰā.lūŋ]) is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Nakhon Si Thammarat, Songkhla, Satun, and Trang. Phatthalung is essentially a landlocked province, one of the only two in southern Thailand, the other being Yala.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phatthalung” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.