Songkhla
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Songkhla (Thai: สงขลา, pronounced [sǒŋ.kʰlǎː]) is a ceety (thesaban nakhon) in the Songkhla Province o soothren Thailand, near the mairch wi Malaysie. As o 2006 it haed a population o 75,048. The ceety is a pairt o Greater Hatyai-Songkhla Metropolitan Aurie.
Despite bein smawer than the neighborin ceety Hat Yai, Songkhla is the caipital o Songkhla Province as well as the Mueang Songkhla destrict (Songkhla Toun destrict).
Due tae its location at the openin o the big Songkhla lake tae the Gulf o Thailand, Songkhla is a fishin toun an an' a' an important harbour. It is the major seaport on the east side o the Isthmus o Kra.
Songkhla wis whiles kent as Singgora or Singora (Ceety o Lions).