Phatthalung (Province)

Phattalung
พัทลุง
statistics
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:
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
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 Ok-Thalu mountain, symbol of Phatthalung

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 ) .

No. Amphoe Thai 01. Amphoe Mueang Phatthalung อำเภอ เมือง พัทลุง 02. Amphoe Kong Ra อำเภอ กงหรา 03. Amphoe Khao Chaison อำเภอ เขาชัยสน 04th Tamot district อำเภอ ตะ โหมด 05. Amphoe Khuan Khanun อำเภอ ควนขนุน 06th Pak Phayun district อำเภอ ปากพะยูน 07th Si Banphot district อำเภอ ศรี บรรพต 08th. Amphoe Pa Bon อำเภอ ป่า บอน 09. Bang Kaeo district อำเภอ บางแก้ว 10. Amphoe Pa Phayom อำเภอ ป่า พะยอม 11. Srinagarindra district อำเภอ ศรีนครินทร์

Administrative division of the province

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

1. ↑ 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)
2. ↑ Thailand in Figures (2011), p. 403.
3. ↑ Thailand in Figures (2011)
4. ↑ Thailand in Figures (2011)
5. ^ 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.
6. ↑ 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.
7. ↑ 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.
8. ↑ Department of Provincial Administration : As of 2012 (in Thai)

literature

• Thailand in Figures 2011 . Nonthaburi: Alpha Research 13 A. 2011. ISBN 9786167526034 .

Web links

Commons : Phatthalung  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Overview map of the Phatthalung Province (names in English and Thai) [last accessed on November 9, 2013]

Coordinates: 7 ° 37 '  N , 100 ° 4'  E