Padang Besar
Padang Besa or Padang Besar is a border town on the Malaysia-Thailand border in the Sadao District, Songkhla Province, Thailand. Since 2004 the municipality has had town status and covers parts of the sub-district Padang Besa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 13,700 residents
- Description: town in Songkhla province, Thailand
- Also known as: “Padang Besa” and “Padang Besar, Thailand”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Padang Besar railway station and Padang Besar railway station.
Padang Besar railway station
Railway station
The Padang Besar railway station is a railway station located at and named after the town of Padang Besar, Perlis in Malaysia. The town is located at the Malaysia-Thailand border.
Padang Besar railway station
Railway station
Photo: TransAsiatrip, CC0.
Padang Besar railway station is a railway station located in Padang Besar Subdistrict, Sadao District, Songkhla. It is a class 1 railway station located 978 km from Thon Buri railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Padang Besar.
Padang Besar
Padang Besar is a border town in the north of Perlis, the northern-most state in Malaysia. The Padang Besar border crossing is the only direct rail link between Malaysia and Thailand, and a quieter and less direct road crossing than Bukit Kayu Hitam in Kedah.
Padang Besar
- Categories: thesaban mueang, border city, and locality
- Location: Padang Besar, Sadao, Songkhla Province, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
6.6669° or 6° 40′ 1″ northLongitude
100.3194° or 100° 19′ 10″ eastPopulation
13,700Elevation
66 metres (217 feet)Open location code
6PR2M889+PQOpenStreetMap ID
node 254072822OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
11071499Wikidata ID
Q2624333
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Thai—“Padang Besar” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “巴东勿刹”
- Chinese: “巴東勿剎”
- German: “Padang Besar”
- Thai: “เทศบาลเมืองปาดังเบซาร์”
- Thai: “ปาดังเบซาร์”
- Thai: “เมืองปาดังเบซาร์”
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