Phatthalung (Province)
Phattalung | |
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พัทลุง | |
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Capital: | Phatthalung |
Telephone code: | 074 |
Surface: |
3,424.5 km² 58. |
Residents: |
507,777 (2009) 49. |
Population density : | 148 E / km² 27. |
ISO 3166-2 : | |
Governor : | Winai Kharuwannaphat |
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Phatthalung ( Thai : พัทลุง ) is a province ( Changwat ) in the southern region of Thailand . The capital of the province is also called Phatthalung .
geography
The province is located about 840 kilometers south of Bangkok on the Malay Peninsula . To the east, the province is bordered by the shallow Songkhla Lake , while to the west the land becomes mountainous and becomes a plateau. Here, in the border area to the neighboring province of Trang, is also the well-known Khao Pu - Khao Ya National Park .
Bordering provinces: | |
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north | Nakhon Si Thammarat |
east | Songkhla |
south | Songkhla and Satun |
west | Trang |
climate
The climate is tropical - monsoonal . The maximum temperature in 2008 was 36.4 ° C, the lowest temperature was measured at 22.5 ° C. On 152 rainy days fell in the same year 2168.8 mm of precipitation.
population
About 88% of the population is Buddhist, but there is a larger Muslim minority (about 11%).
economy
The main source of income is agriculture, especially rice . In 2008, the "Gross Provincial Product" (was GDP ) of the province of 35,614 million baht .
Industry | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
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Agriculture | 39.1 | 37.2 | 38.2 | All figures in% |
Industry | 7.2 | 7.7 | 6.9 | |
Other | 53.7 | 55.1 | 54.9 |
The minimum wage in the province is 173 baht per day (around € 4).
Land use
The following land use is documented for the province:
- Forest area: 403,986 Rai (252.5 km²), 18.9% of the total area
- Agricultural area: 1,312,312 rai (820.2 km²), 61.3% of the total area
- Unclassified area: 423,998 Rai (265.0 km²), 19.8% of the total area
traffic
Airport
Phatthalung itself does not have an airport, but can be reached by plane via the neighboring provinces:
- Hat Yai (HDY),
- Nakhon Si Thammarat (NST),
- Trang (TST)
Culture
The Buddhists in the villages of the province perform the nang talung , their own form of shadow play with small play figures, which differs from the courtly shadow play nang yai in central Thailand with life-size figures.
history
The area was already heavily influenced by Indian culture during the Srivijaya Empire in the 8th and 9th centuries . The Mahayana - Buddhism received over Phatthalung access to the Malay Peninsula.
In the kingdom of Ayutthaya , the city of Phatthalung became one of the twelve residences of King Ramathibodi I (U Thong). After the end of Ayutthaya and a short period of relative independence and instability, King Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok (Rama I) reorganized the administration of Siam and had the province - and the entire south of Siam - administered by the Ministry of Defense.
The great administrative reform of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) made Phatthalung part of the larger administrative unit of Monthon Nakhon Si Thammarat . After the abolition of the Monthons in 1933, Phatthalung became an independent province ( Changwat ) again .
During the uprising of the Communist Party of Thailand against the military dictatorship, Lam Sin was the scene of the so-called "red barrel murders" (thang daeng) in what is now the Amphoe Srinagarindra in 1972 . Hundreds of villagers suspected of supporting the communists were burned in large oil barrels at night - some after they had been murdered, but some were alive. Those responsible for this were never identified or punished.
Attractions
- Phon Lak Phra Festival - processions between different temples in the province that are held every year at the end of the Loi Krathong festival in October / November. The processions are accompanied by drummers trying to strike a "good rhythm". which leads to regular competitions between the people of the different temples.
- Kao Khram Waterfall - about 30 km west of the provincial capital with a cascading waterfall of steep cliffs that falls into a bathing lake.
- Malay Cave - an extensive cave with many rooms and very beautiful, white stalagmites and stalactites
- Prathat Bang Kaeo at Ta Thien Temple - Buddhist temple complex from the time of the Ayutthaya kingdom; in Bang Kaeo district
National parks
- Khao Pu National Park - Khao Ya - extends over the three provinces of Phattalung, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Trang
- Thale Noi - Waterfowl Sanctuary in Amphoe Khuan Khanun, with a very large lagoon where hundreds of species of waterfowl can be seen.
Symbols
The seal of the Phatthalung province shows the approximately 250 meter high Ok Thalu hill , which characterizes the cityscape of Phatthalung.
The local tree is the Shorea ( Shorea roxburghii ).
The motto of Phatthalung Province is:
- "The city of Nora and the shadow plays ,
With many waterfalls , pleasant and luminous,
The rice basin is here, Many water birds live
in the lagoons , The area has a hollowed mountain, Beautiful lakes and hot springs that gush quietly."
Administrative units
Provincial Administration
The province of Phatthalung is divided into 11 districts ( Amphoe - administrative districts) , which in turn are divided into 65 municipalities ( Tambon ) and further into 626 village communities ( Muban ) .
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Local administration
A provincial administrative organization ( บริหาร ส่วน จังหวัด , อบ จ for short , Ongkan Borihan suan Changwat ; English Provincial Administrative Organization , PAO) exists for the entire area of the province .
There is one city ( เทศบาล เมือง - Thesaban Mueang ) in the province : Phatthalung ( เทศบาล เมือง พัทลุง ). There are also 15 small towns ( เทศบาล ตำบล - Thesaban Tambon ).
Personalities
- Warut Mekmusik (* 1992), soccer player
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://web.nso.go.th/pop2000/finalrep/phatlungfn.pdf Census 2000: Final Report for Phattalung of the National Statistical Office Thailand (in English and Thai)
- ↑ Thailand in Figures (2011), p. 403.
- ↑ Thailand in Figures (2011)
- ↑ Thailand in Figures (2011)
- ^ Tyrell Haberkorn: Getting Away with Murder in Thailand. State Violence and Impunity in Phatthalung. In: State Violence in East Asia , University Press of Kentucky, Lexington KY 2013, pp. 185–207.
- ↑ Jularat Damrongviteetham: Narratives of the "Red Barrel" Incident: Collective and Individual Memories in Lamsin, Southern Thailand. In: Oral History in Southeast Asia: Memories and Fragments. Palgrave Macmillan, London 2013, pp. 101-118.
- ↑ Matthew Zipple: Thailand's Red Drum Murders Through to Analysis of Declassified Documents. In: Southeast Review of Asian Studies , Volume 36, 2014, pp. 91–111.
- ↑ Department of Provincial Administration : As of 2012 (in Thai)
literature
- Thailand in Figures 2011 . Nonthaburi: Alpha Research 13 A. 2011. ISBN 9786167526034 .
Web links
- Overview map of the Phatthalung Province (names in English and Thai) [last accessed on November 9, 2013]
Coordinates: 7 ° 37 ' N , 100 ° 4' E