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Padang Besar
Songkhlatown
Padang Besar
Total population
13,748
Air quality index
Demographic figures from National Statistical Office of Thailand. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
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 (tambon) Padang Besa. In 2007 it had a population of 13,748.
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History
The municipality was created as a sanitary district (sukhaphiban) in 1967. Like all sanitary districts, it was upgraded to a sub-district municipality (thesaban tambon) in 1999. Effective 8 November 2004 it was upgraded to town status (thesaban mueang).
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Red-throated BarbetPsilopogon mystacophanos (Temminck, 1824) · Aves247
- White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves219
- Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus brunneus Blyth, 1845 · Aves206
- White-nest SwiftletAerodramus fuciphagus (Thunberg, 1812) · Aves204
- Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon duvaucelii (R.Lesson, 1830) · Aves195
- Black-and-yellow BroadbillEurylaimus ochromalus Raffles, 1822 · Aves191
- Striped Tit-BabblerMacronus gularis (Horsfield, 1822) · Aves191
- Blue-crowned Hanging-ParrotLoriculus galgulus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves179
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Songkhla
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API