Hat Yai
Province
Hat Yai (also Haad Yai, Thai: หาดใหญ่ ) is a large city ( thesaban Nakhon ) in Thailand. It is located in the southern region of Thailand, belonging to the province of Songkhla and is the capital of the district ( Amphoe ) Hat Yai. The name Hat Yai is the short form of Ma Hat Yai ( มะ หาดใหญ่, Artocarpus lacucha ), which translates to " Big Ma - Has - tree " is.
Geography
The city is located in the south of the country, about 55 kilometers from the border with Malaysia. With about 187 920 inhabitants ( 2000 census ) Hat Yai is the largest city of Songkhla province, but not its capital.
The town lies on the railway line that runs from Bangkok through Malaysia to Singapore. The international train station from Hat Yai is the largest in Southern Thailand. 28 trains through the airport each day, 26 trains of the SRT ( State Railway of Thailand) and two ( Ekspres Langawi ) of KTMB of Malaysia.
On the outskirts is the Hat Yai International Airport ( IATA: HDY ).
Traffic
- Hat Yai airport
History
Until the connection to the railway network in 1922 was Hat Yai only a small place, originally called Khok Su -Met Choon. At that time had Khok Su -Met Choon only four residents, but through investments of Khun Niphat - Chin- Nakhon ( Thai: ขุน นิพัทธ์ จีน นคร, Chinese谢 枢 泗, Jia Gi Si, born October 30, 1886 † 10 December 1972 a Hokkien Chinese, contractor for the railway connection from Nakhon Si Thammarat to Pattani ), it quickly grew into a small town.
The diversion of the railway Bangkok - Padang Besar ( Malaysia) to Songkhla was originally at Khlong U Tapao, about 3 km north of the present-day Hat Yai. Since this place but often floods was delivered, moved the RSR ( Royal Siamese Railway, today's State Railway of Thailand) the diversion to its present location, U Tapao was " demoted " to the holding point of the path to Songkhla, was on 1 July 1978 the railway line to Songkhla fully closed. Remains of the railway tracks are still visible
From 1922 Hat Yai was steadily growing and in 1928 became first appointed Chumchon, 1935 Tambon. In 1949, their 1995 major city ( thesaban Nakhon ) was the city - state ( thesaban Mueang ) awarded promoted.
Educational institutions
In Hat Yai is the largest campus of Prince of Songkhla University. There is also a Buddhist university since 2002, the Mahapanya Vidayalai.