Satun

Province

Satun ( Thai: สตูล ) is a city ( เทศบาล เมือง สตูล ) in the Thai province of Satun. It is the capital of the district ( Amphoe ) Mueang Satun Province Satun and.

The city has 23 486 inhabitants Satun. (2012 )

Geography

The Satun province is located on the west coast of the southern region of Thailand. The town of Satun is located at the foot of Tenasserim mountain range and at the mouth of Maenam Satun, which opens here in the Andaman Sea. The surroundings of Satun consists of people empty rainforest and sandy beaches with coral reefs. The town itself still offers the charm of the former Thailand.

The distance to the capital Bangkok is 973 km ( straight line about 800 km).

The Tarutao National Park, which consists of the Tarutao and Adang the archipelago, located in the county. On the border to Malaysia is the Thale Ban National Park.

Economic importance and

• The main industry is fishing, the fish is processed and sold in the two seaports.
• Trade with Malaysia contributes to the otherwise modest income the city. With a large part of this trade is based on smuggling, but the smugglers are known throughout the city and are tolerated by the authorities.
• The touristic importance of the city is low. It can come only a few individual travelers to Satun, because they can travel by boat to Langkawi and from there to Penang from here and so the detour via Hat Yai save. Especially Westerners who several months residing in southern Thailand, using this route in order to renew her visa for Thailand in Penang.

Attractions

• Cityscape - in the ancient authentic cityscape, the visitor can experience the old Thailand, among others, the park Khao To Phaya Wang, who is surrounded by limestone hills and has a cave and a stream.
• Bambang Mosque - in the midst of the city
• Nature - Near the city there are numerous places of idyllic beauty with caves, cliffs, waterfalls and clear lakes.
• Who can be from locals up the river or go down, can get from the boat a unique insight into the lifestyle of Thai people who have their houses or huts built directly into the water, with them, the river as a source of food (fish, crabs, mussels ) as bathrooms and serves as a transport route. So the river-facing side of the house is much more animated than the "official" entrance from the street.
• Although located several kilometers from the sea, you can feel the tide far, since the gradient is very small. So it can happen that in the morning when the water market looks downstream flow, but in the afternoon the same location upstream flow takes place.
• Of the five kilometers out of town to the pier Tam Ma Lang, the Malaysian island of Langkawi can be reached.