Songkhla

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Songkhla สงขลา (Thai) Singgora (Malay) سيڠݢورا (Jawi)
City
Songkhla City
Seal
Songkhla Location in Thailand
Coordinates: 7°12′22″N 100°35′48″E / 7.20611°N 100.59667°E / 7.20611; 100.59667
Country	Thailand
Province	Songkhla
District	Mueang Songkhla
Government
• Type	City Municipality
• Mayor	Somsak Tantiseranet
Area
• Total	9.27 km2 (3.58 sq mi)
Elevation	11 m (36 ft)
Population  (2020)	61,758
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)
Area code	(+66) 74
Website	songkhlacity.go.th

Songkhla (Thai: สงขลา, pronounced [sǒŋ.kʰlǎː]), also known as Singgora or Singora (Pattani Malay: ซิงกอรอ, Singoro), is a city (thesaban nakhon) in Songkhla Province of southern Thailand, near the border with Malaysia. Songkhla lies 968 km (601 mi) south of Bangkok and as of 2020 had a population of 61,758.^[1]

Despite being smaller than the neighboring city Hat Yai, Songkhla is the capital of Songkhla Province as well as the Mueang Songkhla District (Songkhla town district). Together with Hat Yai, Songkhla is part of the Greater Hat Yai-Songkhla Metropolitan Area (a conurbation with a population of around 800,000), the third largest metropolitan area in Thailand.

At the opening of Songkhla Lake to the Gulf of Thailand, Songkhla is a fishing town and also an important harbour. It is the major seaport on the east side of the Isthmus of Kra.