Southern Thailand
Southern Thailand includes many of Thailand's most famous resorts on both the west-facing Andaman Sea coastline, and the east-facing Gulf of Thailand coast south of Chumphon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Hat Yai and Surat Thani.
Hat Yai
Hat Yai is the fifth largest city in Thailand, the largest city in southern Thailand, and is in Songkhla Province on the Southern Gulf Coast. It's a popular tourist spot for Singaporeans, Indonesians, and especially Malaysians, as well as for Thais from neighbouring provinces.
Surat Thani
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Surat Thani is a city in Amphoe Mueang Surat Thani, Surat Thani Province, southern Thailand. It lies 651 km south of Bangkok. It is the capital of Surat Thani Province.
Khao Lak
Khao Lak is a 20 km long strip of coastal resorts in Phang Nga Province on the Andaman Sea beaches of Southern Thailand, about 100 km north of Phuket Town.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Central Gulf Coast and Krabi Province.
Central Gulf Coast
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The Central Gulf Coast incorporates many popular beach destinations in Southern Thailand.
Krabi Province
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Krabi is a province of southern Thailand, on the shore of the Andaman Sea. Neighbouring provinces are Phang Nga, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, and Trang. Phuket province lies to the west across Phang Nga Bay. Krabi town is the seat of the provincial government.
Phuket
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Phuket, pronounced "puh-KET", is Thailand's largest island. It is 48 km in length, 21 km at its widest, and is in Southern Thailand, on the west-facing Andaman Sea coastline, suspended from the southern tip of Phang Nga province by a pair of short but substantial road bridges.
Southern Gulf Coast
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The Southern Gulf Coast is a region in Southern Thailand that includes the provinces of Songkhla and Phatthalung, and the three deep southern provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat, and Yala.
Northern Andaman Coast
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The Northern Andaman Coast is a region in Southern Thailand.
Southern Andaman Coast
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The Southern Andaman Coast is a popular beachside region in Southern Thailand.
Southern Thailand
- Type: region of Thailand with 9,500,000 residents
- Description: region of Thailand
- Also known as: “Pak Tai”
- Neighbors: Southern Myanmar
- Location: Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
8.35° or 8° 21′ northLongitude of center
99.81° or 99° 48′ 36″ eastPopulation
9,500,000Wikidata ID
Q1069853
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Southern Thailand” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جنوب تايلاند”
- Belarusian: “Паўднёвы Тайланд”
- Catalan: “Sud de Tailàndia”
- Chinese: “南部地區”
- Chinese: “泰南”
- Chinese: “泰国南部地区”
- Chinese: “泰國南部地區”
- Czech: “Jižní Thajsko”
- Dutch: “Zuid-Thailand”
- Esperanto: “Suda Tajlando”
- Finnish: “Etelä-Thaimaa”
- French: “Thaïlande du Sud”
- French: “Thaïlande méridionale”
- Galician: “Rexión Sur”
- Galician: “Tailandia do Sur”
- Galician: “Tailandia Meridional”
- Georgian: “სამხრეთი ტაილანდი”
- German: “Südthailand”
- Hebrew: “דרום תאילנד”
- Hindi: “दक्षिणी थाईलैण्ड”
- Indonesian: “Thailand Selatan”
- Italian: “Thailandia del Sud”
- Japanese: “タイ南部”
- Japanese: “南タイ”
- Khmer: “ប្រទេសថៃភាគខាងត្បូង”
- Korean: “태국 남부”
- Lao: “ພາກໃຕ້ຂອງໄທ”
- Literary Chinese: “南部地區”
- Literary Chinese: “泰南”
- Literary Chinese: “泰國南土”
- Literary Chinese: “泰國南部”
- Lithuanian: “Pietų Tailandas”
- Malay: “Selatan Thailand”
- Malay: “Thailand Selatan”
- Malayalam: “തെക്കൻ തായ്ലാന്റ്”
- Northern Frisian: “Süüdthailun”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør-Thailand”
- Ossetian: “Хуссар Таиланд”
- Persian: “تایلند جنوبی”
- Persian: “جنوب تایلند”
- Persian: “ناحیه تایلند جنوبی”
- Polish: “Południowa Tajlandia”
- Portuguese: “Região Sul”
- Portuguese: “Sul”
- Russian: “Южный Таиланд”
- Shan: “မိူင်းထႆး ပွတ်းၸၢၼ်း”
- Slovak: “Južné Thajsko”
- Spanish: “Tailandia del Sur”
- Thai: “ปักษ์ใต้”
- Thai: “ภาคใต้”
- Turkish: “Güney Tayland”
- Ukrainian: “Південний Таїланд”
- Urdu: “جنوبی تھائی لینڈ”
- Vietnamese: “Miền Nam Thái Lan”
- Vietnamese: “Nam Thái Lan”
- Wu Chinese: “タイ南部--Southern Thailand”
- Wu Chinese: “南部地區”
- Wu Chinese: “泰国南部”
- Wu Chinese: “泰王国南部地区”
- Yue Chinese: “泰南”
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