Hat Yai

Hat Yai
หาดใหญ่
City of Hatyai
เทศบาลนครหาดใหญ่
Other transcription(s)
 • Chinese合艾 (Simplified)
Aerial view of Hat Yai
Aerial view of Hat Yai
Official seal of Hat Yai
Nickname: 
Big Mahat
Hat Yai is located in Thailand
Hat Yai
Hat Yai
Location Hat Yai in Thailand
Coordinates: 7°1′N 100°28′E / 7.017°N 100.467°E / 7.017; 100.467
Country Thailand
ProvinceSongkhla
DistrictHat Yai
Subdistrict
municipality
December 10, 1935
Town
municipality
March 16, 1949
City
municipality
September 24, 1995
Government
 • TypeCity Municipality
 • MayorSakhorn Thongmunee
Area
 • City Municipality21.00 km2 (8.20 sq mi)
 • Land20.50 km2 (8.00 sq mi)
 • Water0.50 km2 (0.20 sq mi)  2.38%
 • Urban
852.796 km2 (329.266 sq mi)
 • Rank21st
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • City Municipality191,696
 • Rank4th
 • Density9,128/km2 (23,640/sq mi)
 • Urban
(2021)
404,044
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Postcode
90110
Calling code074
AirportIATA: HDY
ICAO: VTSS
Websitehatyaicity.go.th

Hat Yai (Thai: หาดใหญ่, pronounced [hàːt jàj], also Haad Yai or Had Yai) is a city in southern Thailand near the Malaysian border and the fifth-largest city in Thailand with a population of 191,696 (2024) in the city municipality (thesaban nakhon / city proper) itself and an urban population of 404,044 (2021) in the entire district of Amphoe Hat Yai.

Hat Yai is the largest city of Songkhla province and is part of the Greater Hat Yai-Songkhla Metropolitan Area (a conurbation with a population of about 800,000), forming the largest metropolitan area in the south, and the fourth-largest metropolitan area of the country. The city is often mistaken for being the provincial capital. In fact, Songkhla is the capital and the center of administration and culture while Hat Yai is the business center.

  1. ^ "รายงานสถิติจำนวนประชากรและบ้านประจำปี พ.ศ.2562" [Statistics, population and house statistics for the year 2019]. Registration Office Department of the Interior, Ministry of the Interior (in Thai). December 31, 2019. Archived from the original on June 14, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2020.

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