Hat Yai is a district (Amphoe

Amphoe

An amphoe is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as district, amphoe make up the provinces, and are analogous to a county seat...

) of Songkhla Province

Songkhla Province

Songkhla is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Satun, Phatthalung, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Pattani and Yala. To the south it borders Kedah and Perlis of Malaysia....

, southern Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

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Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise)
Khuan Kalong

Amphoe Khuan Kalong

-History:The minor district Khuan Kalong was established on June 1 1969 by splitting the three tambon Thung Nui, Pae-ra and Tha Phae from Mueang Satun district. It was upgraded to a full district on September 8 1976. June 1 1976 the two southwestern tambon of the district were split off to from...

 of Satun Province

Satun Province

Satun is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Trang, Phatthalung and Songkhla...

, and Rattaphum

Amphoe Rattaphum

-Geography:Neighboring districts are Khuan Niang, Bang Klam and Hat Yai of Songkhla Province, Khuan Kalong of Satun Province and Pa Bon of Phatthalung Province.-Administration:...

, Bang Klam

Amphoe Bang Klam

-History:The minor district was established on January 7 1986 by splitting off four tambon from Hat Yai district. It was upgraded to a full district on September 8 1995.-Geography:...

, Khuan Niang

Amphoe Khuan Niang

-History:The minor district was established on January 2 1985 by splitting off four tambon from Rattaphum district. It was upgraded to a full district on May 21 1990.-Geography:...

, Singhanakhon

Amphoe Singhanakhon

Singhanakhon is a district in the northern part of Songkhla Province, southern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Mueang Songkhla, Hat Yai, Khuan Niang of Songkhla Province, Pak Phayun of Phatthalung Province and Sathing Phra of Songkhla Province again...

, Mueang Songkhla

Amphoe Mueang Songkhla

Mueang Songkhla is the capital district of Songkhla Province, southern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Chana, Na Mom, Hat Yai and Singhanakhon of Songkhla Province...

, Na Mom

Amphoe Na Mom

-History:The district was at first the tambon Thung Phra Khian of Hat Yai district, which was changed into tambon Na Mom in 1943. On April 30 1981 it was made the minor district Na Mom, together with three further tambon from Hat Yai district...

, Chana

Amphoe Chana

Chana is a district in the southeastern part of Songkhla Province, southern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Thepha, Na Thawi, Sadao, Hat Yai, Na Mom and Mueang Songkhla of Songkhla Province...

, Sadao

Amphoe Sadao

Sadao is a small town and district on the border of Malaysia in the Songkhla Province, southern Thailand.-History:Historically Sadao is part of Kedah in the district of Changlun, means 'the falling of an elephant' in Thai. The district were once a part of Changlun, and under the overlordship of...

 and Khlong Hoi Khong

Amphoe Khlong Hoi Khong

Khlong Hoi Khong is a district of Songkhla Province, southern Thailand.-History:The minor district was established on April 1 1992 by splitting off the three tambon Khlong Hoi Khong, Khok Muang and Thung Lan from Hat Yai district...

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The northeastern part of the district is at the shore of the Songkhla Lake

Songkhla Lake

The Songkhla lake is the largest natural lake in Thailand, located on the Malay peninsula in the southern part of the country. Covering an area of 1,040 km² it borders the provinces of Songkhla and Phatthalung. Despite being called a lake, this water surface is actually a lagoon complex...

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 13 subdistricts (tambon

Tambon

Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2009 there are 7255 tambon, not including the 169 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains 8-10 tambon...

), which are further subdivided into 98 villages (muban

Muban

Muban is the lowest administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as village, they are the subdivision of tambon. As of 2008, there are 74944 administrative villages in Thailand. As of the 1990 census, the average village consisted of 144 households or 746 persons.A muban does not...

). The city (thesaban nakhon) Hat Yai

Hat Yai

Hat Yai is a city in southern Thailand near the Malaysian border. Located at , it has a population of 157,359 in the city itself and about 800,000 in the greater Hat Yai area. Hat Yai is the largest city of Songkhla Province, the largest metropolitan area in Southern, and third largest...

 covers the whole tambon Hat Yai. There are 4 towns (thesaban mueang) - Ban Phru covers parts of tambon Ban Phru, and Khlong Hae, Khuan Lang and Kho Hong each cover the whole same-named tambon. There is further one township (thesaban tambon) - Pha Tong covers parts of tambon Pha Tong. The non-municipal areas are administrated by 9 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh. Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
1.	Hat Yai	หาดใหญ่
155,585
2.	Khuan Lang	ควนลัง	6	35,257
3.	Khu Tao	คูเต่า	10	10,555
4.	Kho Hong	คอหงส์	8	43,499
5.	Khlong Hae	คลองแห	11	24,042
7.	Khlong U Taphao	คลองอู่ตะเภา	4	2,452
8.	Chalung	ฉลุง	6	6,548
11.	Thung Yai	ทุ่งใหญ่	6	4,578
12.	Thung Tam Sao	ทุ่งตำเสา	10	14,746
13.	Tha Kham	ท่าข้าม	8	7,830
14.	Nam Noi	น้ำน้อย	10	12,703
16.	Ban Phru	บ้านพรุ	11	23,860
18.	Phatong	พะตง	8	12,981

Missing numbers are tambon which now form the districts Bang Klam and Khlong Hoi Khong.