Padang Besar (Thailand)
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Padang Besar is a border town of the Malaysia-Thailand border
in the Sadao district
, Songkhla province
, Thailand
. Since 2004 the municipality has had town status (thesaban mueang) and covers parts of the subdistrict (tambon
) Padang Besar. In 2007 it had a population of 13,748.
There is a road and rail border crossing into Malaysia in Padang Besar. The road checkpoint is located about 1 km outside town on the road to Sadao
. The town on the Malaysian side is also known as Padang Besar. All rail passenger formalities, including for exiting Thailand, are carried out in the Malaysian Padang Besar railway station where there is an integrated customs, immigration and quarantine checkpoint for both countries.
) in 1967. Like all sanitary districts, it was upgraded to a subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) in 1999. Effective 8 November 2004 it was upgraded to town (thesaban mueang).
Malaysia-Thailand border
The Malaysia-Thailand border consists of both a land boundary across the Malay Peninsula and maritime boundaries in the Straits of Malacca and the Gulf of Thailand/South China Sea. Malaysia lies to the south of the border while Thailand lies to the north...
in the Sadao district
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...
, 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....
, 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...
. Since 2004 the municipality has had town status (thesaban mueang) and covers parts of the subdistrict (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...
) Padang Besar. In 2007 it had a population of 13,748.
There is a road and rail border crossing into Malaysia in Padang Besar. The road checkpoint is located about 1 km outside town on the road to Sadao
Sadao
-Places:* Sadao, Sadao - Sadao District - Songkhla Province, Southern Thailand* Sadao, Buachet - Buachet District - Surin Province North-Eastern Thailand* Sadao, Nang Rong - Nang Rong District - Buriram Province North-Eastern Thailand...
. The town on the Malaysian side is also known as Padang Besar. All rail passenger formalities, including for exiting Thailand, are carried out in the Malaysian Padang Besar railway station where there is an integrated customs, immigration and quarantine checkpoint for both countries.
History
The municipality was created as a sanitary district (sukhaphibanSukhaphiban
Sukhaphiban were an administrative division of Thailand.Sanitary districts were the first sub-autonomous entities established in Thailand. A first such district was created in Bangkok by a royal decreee of King Chulalongkorn in 1897...
) in 1967. Like all sanitary districts, it was upgraded to a subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) in 1999. Effective 8 November 2004 it was upgraded to town (thesaban mueang).
External links
- Website of town (Thai)