Hat Yai
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Hat Yai (Thai หาดใหญ่) is a city in southern Thailand near the boundary to Malaysia. Geographical location Template:Coor dm. With a population of 187,920 (2000 census) Hat Yai is the biggest city of the Songkhla province, and is thus often mistaken as being the capital of the province. However Songkhla is the capital, unlike the other provinces where the capital is the biggest city of the province.
The city is served by the Hat Yai International Airport. It is also connected with the southern railway line from Bangkok, which continues through Malaysia to Singapore. Also parallel to the railway is the Asian highway 2.
Demographically, Hat Yai is notable for a higher proportion of Islamic and ethnic Chinese citizens than other cities of comparable size in the northern regions of Thailand.
The Prince of Songkhla University has its biggest campus in Hat Yai.
External links
- Wikitravel: Hat Yai (http://wikitravel.org/en/Hat_Yai)no:Hat Yai