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This article is about Padang Besar in Thailand. For Padang Besar located in Malaysia, see Padang Besar, Malaysia. Town in Songkhla province, Thailand

Padang Besa or Padang Besar (Thai: ปาดังเบซาร์) is a border town on 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 sub-district (tambon) Padang Besa. 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 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. There is also a local Thai train station with the same name Padang Besar railway station and passengers need to be careful not to confuse between the two stations.

History

The municipality was created as a sanitary district (sukhaphiban) in 1967. Like all sanitary districts, it was upgraded to a sub-district municipality (thesaban tambon) in 1999. Effective 8 November 2004 it was upgraded to town status (thesaban mueang).

Gallery

Padang Besa
Railway line in Padang Besa
Padang Besa
The Mayor Resort at Padang Besa
Border with Malaysia at Padang Besa

References

"Population statistics, 2007". Department of Provincial Administration.
ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง จัดตั้งสุขาภิบาลปาดังเบซาร์ อำเภอสะเดา จังหวัดสงขลา (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 84 (73 ง): 2134–2135. August 8, 1967. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 30, 2009.
พระราชบัญญัติเปลี่ยนแปลงฐานะของสุขาภิบาลเป็นเทศบาล พ.ศ. ๒๕๔๒ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 116 (9 ก): 1–4. February 24, 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 9, 2008.
ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนแปลงฐานะเทศบาลตำบลเป็นเทศบาลเมือง (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 122 (พิเศษ 84 ง): 6. September 14, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 30, 2009.

External links

Padang Besar (Thailand) travel guide from Wikivoyage
Official website
Immigration

6°39′59.20″N 100°19′25.00″E / 6.6664444°N 100.3236111°E / 6.6664444; 100.3236111

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Indonesia	Phuket (Port of Belawan)
Malaysia	Padang Besar, Thailand (Padang Besar, Malaysia) Wang Prachan (Wang Kelian) Sadao (Bukit Kayu Hitam, Changlun) Tak Bai to Ban Ta Ba (Pengkalan Kubor) Sungai Kolok (Rantau Panjang) Buke Ta (Bukit Bunga) Betong (Bukit Berapit) Laem Thammalang or Ko Lipe (Langkawi) Ban Prakop (Kota Putra/Durian Burung)

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