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Bangkok

90 areas

Neighbourhood index for Bangkok

AsokePrime & LuxuryChidlomPrime & LuxuryChong NonsiPrime & LuxuryEkkamaiPrime & LuxuryLang SuanPrime & LuxuryLumphiniPrime & LuxuryPhrom PhongPrime & LuxuryPloenchitPrime & LuxurySala DaengPrime & LuxurySathornPrime & LuxurySilomPrime & LuxuryThonglorPrime & LuxuryWatthanaPrime & LuxuryWireless RoadPrime & LuxuryAriCentralBang RakCentralMo ChitCentralNanaCentralPathum WanCentralPhaya ThaiCentralPratunamCentralRama 1 (Siam)CentralRama 6CentralRatchathewiCentralSam YanCentralSaphan KhwaiCentralVictory MonumentCentralYan NawaCentralDin DaengNew CBD / Rama 9Huai KhwangNew CBD / Rama 9Rama 4 (One Bangkok)New CBD / Rama 9Rama 9New CBD / Rama 9RatchadaNew CBD / Rama 9SutthisanNew CBD / Rama 9Charoen NakhonRiversideKhlong SanRiversideKrung ThonburiRiversideRiversideRiversideBang ChakMidtownBang PhoMidtownBang SueMidtownChatuchakMidtownKhlong ToeiMidtownLadpraoMidtownOn NutMidtownPhra KhanongMidtownRama 3MidtownTalat PhluMidtownWongwian YaiMidtownChinatownOld Town & HistoricDusitOld Town & HistoricKhao SanOld Town & HistoricPhra NakhonOld Town & HistoricPom Prap Sattru PhaiOld Town & HistoricSamphanthawongOld Town & HistoricBang KapiSuburbanBang KhaeSuburbanBang Kho LaemSuburbanBang NaSuburbanBang PhlatSuburbanBangkok NoiSuburbanBangkok YaiSuburbanBearingSuburbanBueng KumSuburbanChom ThongSuburbanLak SiSuburbanPhasi CharoenSuburbanPinklaoSuburbanPrawetSuburbanRama 2SuburbanRamkhamhaengSuburbanRat BuranaSuburbanSuan LuangSuburbanTaling ChanSuburbanThon BuriSuburbanUdom SukSuburbanWang ThonglangSuburbanBang BonOuter & ValueBang KhenOuter & ValueBang Khun ThianOuter & ValueDon MuangOuter & ValueKhan Na YaoOuter & ValueKhlong Sam WaOuter & ValueLat KrabangOuter & ValueMin BuriOuter & ValueNong ChokOuter & ValueNong KhaemOuter & ValueSai MaiOuter & ValueSaphan SungOuter & ValueThung KhruOuter & Value

Phuket

15 areas

Neighbourhood index for Phuket

PatongPatong is the beating heart of tourist Phuket: a wide, two-kilometre west-coast bay backed by the island's densest concentration of…KataKata is the easygoing alternative to Patong, a short drive south on the west coast.KaronKaron has the longest beach of the central west coast — roughly three kilometres of wide, open sand backed by low-rise resorts, condos and…RawaiRawai, on Phuket's southern tip, is the island's most established long-stay expat and family community.Bang TaoBang Tao, on the northwest coast in Thalang, has become Phuket's premier address for affluent long-stay residents.KamalaKamala is a calmer, family-oriented beach village tucked between busy Patong to the south and upscale Surin and Bang Tao to the north.Phuket TownPhuket Town (Mueang Phuket) is the island's administrative and cultural capital and the one part of Phuket that lives like a real Thai…SurinSurin is one of Phuket's most exclusive and stylish beaches, a compact bay of soft sand framed by the luxury-villa headland of…Nai HarnNai Harn sits at Phuket's far south, wrapped around one of the island's most photographed beaches: a crescent of soft sand and clear,…ChalongChalong is southern Phuket's everyday hub — the place the rest of the south passes through.Cherng TalayCherng Talay (also spelt Choeng Thale) is the sub-district behind Bang Tao Beach that has become the address of choice for well-heeled…Mai KhaoMai Khao is the island's northernmost and longest beach, an eleven-kilometre sweep of casuarina-backed sand protected as part of Sirinat…Nai YangNai Yang is a relaxed casuarina-and-pine-backed beach inside Sirinat National Park, just south of the airport.Cape PanwaCape Panwa (Laem Phanwa) is the hilly peninsula that hangs off Phuket's southeast corner, wrapping Ao Yon and Panwa bays.Koh KaewKoh Kaew is an east-coast sub-district between Phuket Town and the airport road that has quietly become one of the island's most practical…

Pattaya

18 areas

Neighbourhood index for Pattaya

Central PattayaCentral Pattaya is the energetic heart of the city — the stretch between Beach Road and Second Road where Pattaya's malls, nightlife,…JomtienJomtien sits just south of Central Pattaya over Pratumnak Hill — a long, swimmable beach lined with condominium towers and a calmer, more…Pratumnak HillPratumnak Hill — known locally as Buddha Hill — rises between Central Pattaya and Jomtien, and is the city's most prized middle ground.Wong AmatWong Amat (Wongamat) is the refined northern end of Pattaya Bay — a sheltered, genuinely swimmable beach backed by some of the city's most…NakluaNaklua is the older, more traditional district at the northern edge of Pattaya, keeping a genuine Thai-town character that the tourist…Bang SarayBang Saray is a laid-back fishing town south of Jomtien and Na Jomtien, increasingly drawing buyers who want a slower, more local pace…Na JomtienNa Jomtien runs south from Jomtien along a quieter, more open stretch of coast, and has become Pattaya's address for premium beachfront…East PattayaEast Pattaya — the inland suburbs of Nong Prue, Huay Yai and the eastern fringe — is where the houses are.Bang LamungBang Lamung is the district town that gives the whole area its official name — a genuine Thai municipality on Sukhumvit Road north of the…Huay YaiHuay Yai (Huai Yai) is the green, spacious countryside south-east of Jomtien and Na Jomtien — Pattaya's premium villa belt.Ban AmphurBan Amphur is a quiet seaside pocket south of Na Jomtien, along the coast toward Sattahip — a clean, swimmable beach lined with seafood…Nong PrueNong Prue (Nongprue) is the populous municipality that forms the residential heart of East Pattaya — the inland township behind the beach…SattahipSattahip is the naval town at the southern tip of the Pattaya coast — home to Thailand's main naval base, some of the cleanest beaches in…Khao TaloKhao Talo is one of East Pattaya's most established residential neighbourhoods, built around Soi Khao Talo which runs inland off Sukhumvit…Mabprachan LakeMabprachan Lake (often written Mabprachan Reservoir) sits in the eastern hinterland behind Pattaya, and the loop of roads around it has…Takhian TiaTakhian Tia is the subdistrict that stretches inland behind Jomtien and Na Jomtien, a rolling belt of housing estates, standalone pool…Silverlake & Khao Mai KaewSilverlake and the surrounding Khao Mai Kaew countryside sit in the far eastern hinterland of the Pattaya area, well beyond the suburbs,…Ban ChangBan Chang sits just over the provincial line into Rayong, immediately south of U-Tapao International Airport and about 40 minutes from…

Rayong

4 areas

Neighbourhood index for Rayong

Ban ChangBan Chang, sitting between U-Tapao Rayong-Pattaya International Airport and the Amata City industrial estate, is the centre of gravity for…Rayong City Centre (Muang Rayong)Rayong city centre — the government offices, markets and shophouses clustered around Sunthorn Phu Road and the Rayong River — is where…Ban PheBan Phe is Rayong's working pier town, built around the passenger-ferry terminal that runs boats to Koh Samet roughly every half hour — a…Mae Ramphueng Beach & Laem Mae PhimMae Ramphueng Beach and, further along the coast, Laem Mae Phim give Rayong its own stretch of genuine Gulf-coast sand — quieter and far…

Chonburi

4 areas

Neighbourhood index for Chonburi

SrirachaSriracha is Chonburi's corporate rental center of gravity — widely described in expat and travel coverage as home to Thailand's largest…Laem ChabangLaem Chabang runs on shift work — Thailand's principal deep-sea port and one of the busiest container terminals in the world, paired with…Bang SaenBang Saen is Chonburi City's beach promenade district — home to Burapha University and the closest thing the province's industrial core…Ang SilaAng Sila, a historic fishing town on Chonburi City's northern edge, is the province's most traditional and lowest-cost base in this guide…

Chiang Mai

14 areas

Neighbourhood index for Chiang Mai

NimmanNimman (short for Nimmanhaemin) is the modern face of Chiang Mai: a grid of leafy sois packed with specialty coffee, co-working spaces,…Old CityThe Old City is the cultural core of Chiang Mai: a roughly 1.5km square ringed by a moat and the remnants of its Lanna-era brick walls,…SantithamSantitham is where long-stayers go for value.Hang DongHang Dong is where relocating families and space-seekers head.Chang KlanChang Klan runs along the east side of the Old City down to the Ping River and is anchored by the famous Chiang Mai Night Bazaar.Mae RimMae Rim is the green, resort-flavoured countryside north of Chiang Mai, where rice fields and foothills rise toward the Mae Sa valley and…SaraphiSaraphi is the rural district that fans out south and south-east of Chiang Mai city, stitched together by the old San Kamphaeng road and…San SaiSan Sai is the suburban district immediately north of Chiang Mai, where the city thins into a patchwork of modern moobaan, rice fields and…Mae HiaMae Hia is the green, spread-out southwest of Chiang Mai, sitting where the city meets the lower slopes of Doi Suthep-Pui.Nong HoiNong Hoi is the practical, everyday southeast of Chiang Mai, sitting between the Ping River, the Chiang Mai-Lamphun road and the airport.Chang PhueakChang Phueak takes its name from the White Elephant Gate at the north wall of the Old City, and the neighbourhood spreads north from there…Wat KetWat Ket (Wat Ket Karam) is the historic east bank of the Ping River, the city's old multicultural trading quarter where Chinese, Western…San KamphaengSan Kamphaeng is the countryside district east of Chiang Mai, famous for the Handicraft Highway (Route 1006) lined with silk, cotton,…Fa HamFa Ham is Chiang Mai's condo-dense northeastern corridor, running along the Superhighway (the city's outer ring road) on the east bank of…

Koh Samui

12 areas

Neighbourhood index for Koh Samui

ChawengChaweng is Koh Samui's main beach and commercial centre - a long arc of white sand on the east coast backed by the island's densest…LamaiLamai sits just south of Chaweng on the east coast and is Samui's second beach town - a relaxed, more affordable alternative with its own…BophutBophut, on the north coast, is Samui's most characterful district - built around Fisherman's Village, a strip of restored wooden…MaenamMaenam runs along the north coast between Bophut and Nathon - a long, peaceful beach fronting an authentically local town that has become…Bang RakBang Rak - often called Big Buddha Beach after the towering golden Buddha at Wat Phra Yai that overlooks it - occupies Samui's north-east…Choeng MonChoeng Mon sits on the north-east headland between Chaweng and the airport - Samui's most exclusive residential pocket, a cluster of quiet…Taling NgamTaling Ngam occupies Samui's quiet south-west coast - the island's most secluded and upscale escape, where forested hills drop to a calm…Lipa NoiLipa Noi is a long, gently shelving beach on Samui's west coast, prized for some of the calmest, shallowest and warmest swimming water on…Plai LaemPlai Laem is a small, affluent cape on Koh Samui's north-east corner, wrapped around the striking Wat Plai Laem temple with its white…Ban TaiBan Tai runs along Koh Samui's north-west coast between Nathon and Maenam, a quiet residential area with a long, gently shelving beach and…Hua ThanonHua Thanon is a traditional fishing village on the south-east coast, immediately south of Lamai, and is often called the most authentic…NathonNathon is Koh Samui's main town and administrative centre, on the quieter west coast facing the mainland.

Hua Hin

11 areas

Neighbourhood index for Hua Hin

Central Hua HinCentral Hua Hin is the walkable core of Thailand's original beach resort — the stretch where the long main beach, the famous Hua Hin night…Khao TakiabKhao Takiab — named for the headland known to visitors as 'Monkey Hill' at the southern end of Hua Hin Beach — is the resort's main…Cha-AmCha-Am is the laid-back beach town just north of Hua Hin, traditionally a Thai-family weekend escape with a long, flat, shallow beach…Hua Hin HillsThe Hua Hin Hills are the golf-and-villa country climbing inland west of town - anchored by the Black Mountain Golf Club and water park,…PranburiPranburi is the quiet, design-conscious coast about 25-30 minutes south of Hua Hin, centred on the long pine-lined beach at Pak Nam Pran…Khao TaoKhao Tao is a small, easygoing village a short drive south of Khao Takiab, built around its namesake hill, the Khao Tao reservoir and the…Hin Lek Fai & West HillsHin Lek Fai is the low hill immediately west of central Hua Hin, best known for its public viewpoint over the town and the Gulf.South Hua Hin (Soi 88-112)South Hua Hin is the everyday-living belt that runs inland and south of the centre along the numbered sois — roughly Soi 88 down to Soi…Nong KaeNong Kae is the low-key village just south of Khao Takiab, best known to visitors for the Cicada and Tamarind weekend markets and a run of…Pak Nam PranPak Nam Pran sits at the mouth of the Pran Buri river, about 30-40 minutes south of central Hua Hin, and is the area's boutique beach…Sam Roi YotSam Roi Yot — 'the mountain of three hundred peaks' — is the striking coastline about an hour south of Hua Hin, built around Thailand's…

Krabi

12 areas

Neighbourhood index for Krabi

Ao NangAo Nang is the practical heart of long-stay Krabi.Krabi TownKrabi Town is the administrative and transport heart of the province, set a few kilometres inland on the Krabi River rather than on a beach.RailayRailay (and neighbouring Tonsai) is the postcard of Krabi: a small peninsula cut off from the mainland by sheer limestone karsts,…Klong MuangKlong Muang, with its neighbour Tubkaak, is the polished side of Krabi: a low-density stretch of calm Andaman coast lined with five-star…Nong ThaleNong Thale is the rural hinterland of Mueang Krabi — a patchwork of rice fields, lotus lakes and small villages framed by some of the…Khao ThongKhao Thong is the green, low-key side of Krabi most visitors never see.Tab KaakTab Kaak (Tubkaak) is the tranquil, upmarket end of Krabi's northern coast.Ao Nam MaoAo Nam Mao sits about eight kilometres east of Ao Nang, wrapped around a calm bay of mangroves and the piers that serve the national-park…Sai ThaiSai Thai is the subdistrict spread along the road between Krabi Town and Ao Nang, framed by dramatic limestone karsts and rubber and palm…Koh LantaKoh Lanta (Lanta Yai) is the province's standout long-stay island: a string of west-facing beaches — Long Beach (Phra Ae), Klong Khong,…Koh JumKoh Jum (also called Koh Pu) sits between Krabi's mainland and Koh Lanta, and it has stayed deliberately low-key: fishing and rubber…Ao LuekAo Luek is the district town and countryside north of Krabi Town, gateway to Than Bok Khorani National Park and the celebrated…

Udon Thani

4 areas

Neighbourhood index for Udon Thani

Nong Prajak & the LakefrontNong Prajak is Udon Thani's signature lakeside park in the middle of the city, and the ring of soi around it is where the…City Centre (Prajak Silapakhom & the Clock Tower)The downtown core around Prajak Silapakhom Road and the city's clock-tower roundabout is Udon Thani's most walkable district and has the…Central Plaza & UD TownThis is Udon Thani's shopping-and-dining anchor — Central Plaza Udon Thani, the city's main mall, sits a short distance from UD Town, an…Outer Udon Thani & the SuburbsBeyond the ring road, Udon Thani spreads into quieter residential estates and standalone houses rather than condo towers — the default…

Koh Phangan

5 areas

Neighbourhood index for Koh Phangan

Thong SalaThong Sala, on the island's southwest coast, is where the Koh Samui and Surat Thani ferries dock, and it doubles as Koh Phangan's…Haad RinHaad Rin, at the island's southeastern tip, is world-famous for the Full Moon Party and carries the densest concentration of bars, hostels…Srithanu & Haad SaladSrithanu and neighbouring Haad Salad, on the west coast, form one of Southeast Asia's best-known wellness hubs — a dense cluster of yoga…ChaloklumChaloklum, on the north coast, is a real working fishing village — a horseshoe bay lined with longtail boats, seafood restaurants and dive…Ban Tai & Ban KaiBan Tai and Ban Kai occupy the quieter south-coast stretch between Thong Sala and Haad Rin, offering beach access without either town's…

Koh Tao

5 areas

Neighbourhood index for Koh Tao

Mae HaadMae Haad, on the island's west coast, is Koh Tao's main pier and administrative hub — the arrival point for ferries from Chumphon, Koh…Sairee BeachSairee Beach, the island's longest stretch of sand just north of Mae Haad, carries the densest cluster of PADI dive centres anywhere on…Chalok Baan KaoChalok Baan Kao, on the south coast, is Koh Tao's second hub — a noticeably calmer alternative to Sairee, with a resort- and…Ao Leuk & Tanote BayAo Leuk and Tanote Bay, on Koh Tao's quieter east coast, are reached by a steep and sometimes unpaved road that keeps both bays noticeably…Hin Wong Bay & Freedom BeachHin Wong Bay on the east coast and Freedom Beach on the southwest are rocky, quiet coves favoured by Koh Tao's small yoga and wellness…

Koh Lanta

6 areas

Neighbourhood index for Koh Lanta

SaladanSaladan sits at Koh Lanta's northern tip, where the vehicle ferry and speedboats from Krabi dock, making it the island's practical gateway…Long Beach (Phra Ae)Long Beach, known locally as Phra Ae, is Koh Lanta's main tourist and social strip — a wide, several-kilometre beach backed by the…Klong KhongKlong Khong sits just south of Long Beach and trades some of that strip's energy for a quieter, more budget-friendly pace — a compact…Klong NinKlong Nin has quietly become one of Koh Lanta's most popular mid-island bases, pairing a genuinely good beach with a growing cluster of…Kantiang BayKantiang Bay, toward the island's southern end, is Koh Lanta's most scenic and upscale pocket — a horseshoe bay backed by a headland…Lanta Old TownLanta Old Town, on the island's sheltered east coast, is a historic Sino-Portuguese shophouse village that predates the west-coast tourist…

Koh Chang

6 areas

Neighbourhood index for Koh Chang

White Sand Beach (Hat Sai Khao)White Sand Beach, on the northwest coast, is Koh Chang's busiest tourist strip and the closest thing the island has to a walkable town…Klong PraoKlong Prao is Koh Chang's longest beach at over 3km, split into sections by two klongs (canals) and dominated by larger, more upscale…Kai BaeKai Bae sits roughly in the middle of the west-coast beach belt, immediately south of Klong Prao, and is widely regarded as Koh Chang's…Lonely Beach (Hat Tha Nam)Lonely Beach (Hat Tha Nam) is Koh Chang's backpacker and party centre, south of Kai Bae, with the island's cheapest widespread…Bang BaoBang Bao, at the island's southwest tip, is a genuine fishing village built out on a roughly 700-metre wooden pier over the water, though…Klong SonKlong Son is a small, still genuinely local bay in the island's far northwest, just a couple of kilometres from the Ao Sapparot Piet ferry…

Nonthaburi

5 areas

Neighbourhood index for Nonthaburi

Bang Yai & Central WestgateBang Yai sits at the western end of the MRT Purple Line and is anchored by Central Westgate, one of Southeast Asia's largest shopping…Ngamwongwan & RattanathibetNgamwongwan and neighbouring Rattanathibet Road form one of Nonthaburi's most established residential corridors, built up around older but…Pak Kret & ChaengwattanaChaengwattana is home to the Government Complex and Bangkok's own main Immigration Bureau on Chaeng Wattana Road — but that office sits in…Mueang Nonthaburi & Bang Kruai (riverside)The old provincial town of Mueang Nonthaburi and neighbouring Bang Kruai sit directly on the Chao Phraya River, connected to central…Bang Bua ThongBang Bua Thong is Nonthaburi's newer suburban growth corridor, well off the MRT network and built around housing estates rather than condo…

Pathum Thani

4 areas

Neighbourhood index for Pathum Thani

Rangsit & Future ParkRangsit is Pathum Thani's commercial heart and the default landing spot for most newcomers — anchored by Future Park and Zpell, two of…Thammasat Rangsit & AITAround Thammasat University's sprawling Rangsit campus and the postgraduate Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) a few kilometres further…Khlong Luang & NavanakornKhlong Luang district and the Navanakorn Industrial Estate — more than 6,575 rai on Phahonyothin Road hosting upwards of 220 manufacturing…Outer Housing Estates (Moobans)Beyond Rangsit's condo core, Pathum Thani spreads into standalone housing estates, or moobans, offering detached houses and townhomes with…

Chiang Rai

4 areas

Neighbourhood index for Chiang Rai

City Centre & Night Bazaar (Clock Tower)The downtown core around the Golden Clock Tower and the night bazaar is Chiang Rai's most walkable district and has the widest choice of…Rim Kok (Kok River)Rim Kok, along the Kok River north of the centre, is the closest thing Chiang Rai has to a purpose-built residential district and is…Central Plaza & RobinsonThis is Chiang Rai's shopping-and-dining anchor — Central Plaza Chiang Rai and the Robinson department store sit close together, with the…Ban Du, Mae Fah Luang University & the Rong Khun / White Temple corridorSouth and east of the centre, toward Rong Khun — home to Wat Rong Khun, the White Temple — and out along the road to Mae Fah Luang…

Hat Yai

5 areas

Neighbourhood index for Hat Yai

City Centre — Lee Gardens & Niphat UthitThe downtown core spanning Hat Yai Nai and Hat Yai Klang — the city's two inner subdistricts — is anchored by the Niphat Uthit 1, 2 and 3…Kim Yong Market & Old TownBuilt up around Hat Yai's original commercial core near the train station, this district centres on Kim Yong Market — a sprawling…Kho Hong — near PSU & the teaching hospitalsKho Hong, home to Prince of Songkla University's Hat Yai campus and nearby teaching hospitals and clinics, has a younger, more academic…Klong HaeOn Hat Yai's southeastern fringe, Klong Hae is best known for its weekend floating market — at 60 Moo 7, Klonghae-Khutao Road, Khlong Hae…Sadao & the Border CorridorSadao town sits roughly 60km south of central Hat Yai at the Bukit Kayu Hitam land crossing into Malaysia, with the Padang Besar rail…

Khon Kaen

4 areas

Neighbourhood index for Khon Kaen

Bueng Kaen Nakhon & the City CentreBueng Kaen Nakhon is Khon Kaen's large lakeside park in the middle of the city, ringed by walking and cycling paths, evening food stalls…KKU & Srinagarind CorridorThe stretch of the city around Khon Kaen University (KKU) and its teaching hospital, Srinagarind, has a younger, quieter and more academic…Central Plaza & Fairy PlazaThis is Khon Kaen's shopping-and-dining anchor — Central Plaza Khon Kaen (renamed Central Khonkaen) and the smaller Fairy Plaza sit close…Outer Khon Kaen & the SuburbsBeyond the ring road, Khon Kaen spreads into quieter residential estates and standalone houses rather than condo towers — the default…

Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat)

4 areas

Neighbourhood index for Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat)

Old City & Thao Suranari MonumentKorat's old city sits inside the remnants of its historic moat, anchored by the Thao Suranari monument (known locally as Ya Mo) and the…Mukmontri & The Mall / Terminal 21 / Central PlazaThis is Korat's shopping-and-dining anchor, where The Mall Korat, Terminal 21 Korat and Central Plaza sit within a few kilometres of each…Suranaree University CorridorThe area around Suranaree University of Technology (SUT) has a younger, quieter and more academic feel than either the old city or the…Outer Korat & the Bypass SuburbsBeyond Korat's ring road and bypass, the city spreads into quieter residential estates and standalone houses rather than condo towers —…

Ubon Ratchathani

4 areas
Sunee Tower & Thung Si MueangThe blocks around Sunee Tower and Thung Si Mueang Park form Ubon Ratchathani's genuine city centre — the park itself hosts the famous…University District (UBU)The area around Ubon Ratchathani University (UBU) has a younger, more academic feel than the city centre, with rents driven down by the…Warin Chamrap & the RiversideWarin Chamrap sits across the Mun River from the main city, home to Ubon Ratchathani's railway station and one of the province's busiest…Outer Ubon Ratchathani & the SuburbsBeyond the ring road, Ubon Ratchathani spreads into quieter residential estates and standalone houses rather than condo towers — the…

Ayutthaya

4 areas

Neighbourhood index for Ayutthaya

Historic Island & Old CityThe UNESCO-listed Historic City of Ayutthaya sits on a river-ringed "island" formed by the Chao Phraya, Pa Sak and Lopburi rivers, packed…Hua Ro & the Train Station DistrictOn the east bank of the Pa Sak River opposite the historic island, Hua Ro is anchored by Ayutthaya Railway Station and one of the…Wang Noi & the Industrial CorridorSouth of Ayutthaya city toward Bangkok, Wang Noi district is home to the Wang Noi and Hi-Tech industrial estates, which host a cluster of…Bang Pa-in & the Riverside East CorridorEast of the river toward Bang Pa-in — site of the Bang Pa-in Royal Palace and the Asian Institute of Technology's original 1959 campus…

Surat Thani

4 areas

Neighbourhood index for Surat Thani

Ban Don & the RiversideBan Don is Surat Thani's historic riverside district, strung along the Tapi River around the old town pier.Central Plaza & Talat KasetThis is Surat Thani's shopping-and-dining anchor — Central Plaza Surat Thani sits close to the Talat Kaset day and night markets,…Near Phun PhinPhun Phin district is where Surat Thani's railway station actually sits — in Tha Kham sub-district on the eastern bank of the Tapi River,…Don Sak & the Ferry CorridorDon Sak district, roughly an hour east of Surat Thani city, is home to three separate car-ferry piers, not one shared terminal — Raja…

Nakhon Si Thammarat

4 areas

Neighbourhood index for Nakhon Si Thammarat

Nai Mueang & the Old TownNai Mueang is Nakhon Si Thammarat's largest and most populous subdistrict — home to roughly 42,000 of the city's 102,000 residents — and…Tha WangTha Wang is one of the city's five official subdistricts, with around 17,000 residents, and it's the practical, lower-cost neighbour to…Central Nakhon Si & the South EndCentral Nakhon Si, which opened at the south end of town in 2016, brought the city its first English-language cinema and Starbucks…Pak Phun & the Airport RoadPak Phun subdistrict, about 14km from the city centre, is home to Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport (NST), which opened its first commercial…

Songkhla

4 areas

Neighbourhood index for Songkhla

Old Town (Bo Yang)Songkhla's Old Town, just north of the City Gate, is a compact grid of Sino-Portuguese shophouses, Chinese clan temples and the gold-domed…Samila Beach & Tang Kuan HillSamila is the city's pine-shaded, white-sand beachfront — home to the bronze Golden Mermaid statue that has stood as Songkhla's symbol for…Ko Yo (Koh Yo Island)Ko Yo sits in the middle of Songkhla Lake, connected to the mainland by the Tinsulanonda Bridge — Thailand's longest concrete bridge,…University & Naval QuarterUnlike neighbouring Hat Yai, which hosts Prince of Songkla University's largest campus, Songkhla city itself is home to Thaksin…

Samut Prakan

6 areas

Neighbourhood index for Samut Prakan

Bang Na (Samut Prakan side)Bang Na is best known to Bangkok residents as a BTS station and Bangkok district, but the Bang Na-Trad Highway corridor extends into Samut…SamrongSamrong is Samut Prakan's single best-connected address: it's the interchange between the BTS Sukhumvit Line (heading into central…Pak NamPak Nam is the historic seat of Samut Prakan -- the old provincial-capital core, set where the Chao Phraya meets the Gulf of Thailand,…Bang PuBang Pu has a genuinely split character: Bang Pu Seaside Park is a much-loved local recreation spot on the Gulf of Thailand, famous for…Praeksa (Phraek Sa)Praeksa (also spelled Phraek Sa) sits on the BTS Sukhumvit Line extension with a Robinson Lifestyle shopping centre right outside the…TheparakTheparak is the first MRT Yellow Line station out from the Samrong interchange, giving direct monorail access toward Lat Phrao in Bangkok…

Lampang

4 areas

Neighbourhood index for Lampang

Old Town & Kad Kong Ta (Wang River)Lampang's old town, along the Wang River around Kad Kong Ta, is the most walkable and historically rich part of the city — colonial-era…Central Lampang & the Phahonyothin corridorCentral Lampang, a modern Lanna-style shopping mall that opened in 2012 on Phahonyothin Highway in Suan Dok sub-district, anchors this…Rajabhat University corridorLampang Rajabhat University, established in 1971 with an enrollment in the 10,000–15,000 range, anchors a corridor of student-oriented…Ko Kha & the Wat Phra That Lampang Luang side of townSouth of the city toward Ko Kha district, home to the ancient Wat Phra That Lampang Luang temple, housing shifts to standalone houses with…

Prachuap Khiri Khan

4 areas

Neighbourhood index for Prachuap Khiri Khan

Hua HinHua Hin is the only part of the province with a mature condo market, private hospitals, international schools and an established foreign…PranburiSouth of Hua Hin, Pranburi trades condo density for a quieter, more residential pace.Prachuap Khiri Khan TownThe provincial capital, nicknamed "Mueang Sam Ao" — City of Three Bays — for the trio of coves (Ao Noi, Ao Prachuap and Ao Manao) along…Bang Saphan & Bang Saphan NoiAt the southern tip of the province, two adjoining districts — Bang Saphan (officially Bang Saphan Yai) and, further south, Bang Saphan…

Trang

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Neighbourhood index for Trang

Nai Mueang (Trang town's historic core)Nai Mueang is Trang's dense, walkable old town — rows of Hokkien-Chinese shophouses, the coffee shops that open from around 5am serving…Thap Thiang (wider Mueang Trang city area)Thap Thiang is the subdistrict that became Trang's provincial capital in 1915 when the seat moved inland from flood-prone Kantang, and…Pak Meng (Sikao district)Pak Meng, in Sikao district, is Trang's principal beachfront and the main pier for reaching most of the archipelago — Sikao district alone…Kantang (historic port town)Kantang, about 24km from Trang town at the mouth of the Trang River, was the province's original capital from 1893 until the seat moved to…

Nong Khai

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Neighbourhood index for Nong Khai

Nong Khai TownNong Khai town, right by the First Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge and the Mekong riverfront walking street, is where the province's actual…Tha Bo DistrictTha Bo, west of Nong Khai town along the Mekong, is one of the province's original districts (formally established in 1897) and is known…Si Chiang Mai DistrictSi Chiang Mai split off from Tha Bo as its own district in 1958 and sits further along the Mekong, directly across the water from Vientiane.Sangkhom DistrictSangkhom, further downriver from Nong Khai town, is one of the quietest and most scenic districts in the province, popular with Thai…Phon Phisai DistrictPhon Phisai, downriver from Nong Khai town, is the district most closely associated with the Naga Fireball Festival — the point most…

Sukhothai

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Neighbourhood index for Sukhothai

New Sukhothai town (Mueang Sukhothai)New Sukhothai, in Mueang Sukhothai district about 12km east of the historical park, is the province's modern administrative and commercial…Old Sukhothai villageOld Sukhothai is the small village directly adjoining Sukhothai Historical Park, with most guesthouses and cafes sitting within a few…Si Satchanalai & SawankhalokNorth of New Sukhothai, Si Satchanalai and Sawankhalok districts are rural and quiet, centred on Si Satchanalai Historical Park — the…

Buriram

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Neighbourhood index for Buriram

Downtown Buriram (Muang Buriram)Downtown Buriram sits around Buriram Railway Station, about a 15-minute walk from the town centre, on the Northeastern Line toward Bangkok…Chang Sports Complex (Isan subdistrict)A few minutes' drive from downtown, Isan subdistrict is home to Chang Arena — the 32,600-seat stadium of Thai League powerhouse Buriram…Rural & Outer BuriramBeyond the city, Buriram province is dominated by rolling rice- and cassava-farming plains on the Khorat Plateau, dotted with extinct…

Kanchanaburi

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Kanchanaburi Town (Mueang district)Riverside near the bridge (River Kwai / Mae Nam Kwai strip)

Phang Nga

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Neighbourhood index for Phang Nga

Phang Nga Town (Mueang Phang Nga)Phang Nga Town is the province's small administrative capital, tucked beneath dramatic limestone cliffs at the edge of Ao Phang Nga Bay.Khao Lak (Takua Pa district)Khao Lak, in Takua Pa district about an hour north of Phuket International Airport, is Phang Nga's main beach-resort town and the…Natai Beach & Khok Kloi (Takua Thung district), with Thai Mueang just northNatai Beach is a remote, largely undeveloped 10km-plus stretch of sand in Khok Kloi subdistrict, Takua Thung district -- close enough to…Khura Buri & the Similan/Surin Islands GatewayKhura Buri district, at the northern tip of Phang Nga near the Ranong border, and the piers around Khao Lak, are the two main mainland…

Phetchaburi

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Neighbourhood index for Phetchaburi

Mueang Phetchaburi — Old Royal Town & Hat Chao SamranThe provincial capital and Phetchaburi's only genuinely walkable district, built around Phra Nakhon Khiri (Khao Wang) — the hilltop palace…Ban Laem — the salt-pan & fishing coastBan Laem, on the Bay of Bangkok northeast of the old town, is built around salt-pan farming (na kluea) and fishing rather than tourism — a…Tha Yang — the farmland corridorSouth of the old town, Tha Yang sits on the Phetkasem Highway between Mueang Phetchaburi and the coast, its markets serving the…Khao Yoi — the highway & cave-temple townRoughly 22km north of Phetchaburi town on the Phetkasem Highway and the Southern rail line, Khao Yoi (established as a district in 1897)…Kaeng Krachan — the national-park districtSplit off from Tha Yang in 1988, Kaeng Krachan district is dominated by Kaeng Krachan National Park — Thailand's largest, covering close…

Tak (Mae Sot)

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Neighbourhood index for Tak (Mae Sot)

Mae Sot Town Centre & Yod Khao RoadCentral Mae Sot around Yod Khao Road and the Robinson Lifestyle Mae Sot mall is where almost all of the province's rentable housing stock…Rim Moei & the Thai–Myanmar Friendship BridgeA few kilometres west of central Mae Sot, Rim Moei is the border-trade district that gives the town its economic identity: a market…Tha Sai Luat & the Mae Sot Special Economic ZoneTha Sai Luat subdistrict, which also contains Mae Sot Airport, is where the Thai government designated a Special Economic Zone in 2015…Mueang Tak — the Provincial Capital (Ping River)Mueang Tak, the province's administrative capital, is a genuinely separate town roughly 86 km east of Mae Sot on Highway 12 — not a…

Phayao

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Neighbourhood index for Phayao

Wiang (Old Town & Kwan Phayao)Wiang, together with the neighbouring Mae Tam subdistrict, forms the town of Phayao itself, sitting on the right bank of Kwan Phayao — the…Mae Ka (University of Phayao)Mae Ka has its own grocery store, not just the campus and the hospital: a small-format Lotus's Go Fresh at 457 Moo 16, directly opposite…

Phitsanulok

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Neighbourhood index for Phitsanulok

City centre & the Nan riverside (Nai Mueang)Central Phitsanulok runs along the east bank of the Nan River in Nai Mueang sub-district, and it is the most walkable, most amenity-dense…Naresuan University & the Tha Pho corridorNaresuan University (NU), the lower north's flagship public research university, sits about 10km south of the city in Tha Pho sub-district…Aranyik & the eastern cityAranyik sub-district and the eastern edge of Mueang Phitsanulok wrap around Phitsanulok Airport (PHS) and are within easy reach of…Ban Khlong & the western riverbank suburbsWest of the Nan River, Ban Khlong and the neighbouring western sub-districts form a quieter, established residential belt, home to a…

Nakhon Pathom

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Neighbourhood index for Nakhon Pathom

Mueang Nakhon Pathom & the Phra Pathom ChediThe provincial capital is built around the Phra Pathom Chedi, at 120.45m the tallest stupa in the world and the symbol of the city.Salaya & the Mahidol University beltSalaya, in Phutthamonthon district on the eastern, Bangkok-facing edge of the province, is home to Mahidol University's main campus —…Sam Phran & Nakhon Chai Si (the Tha Chin riverside)Along the Tha Chin (Nakhon Chai Si) River east of the city, the Sam Phran and Nakhon Chai Si districts form the province's riverside and…Kamphaeng Saen & the western agricultural districtsWest of the city, Kamphaeng Saen and the neighbouring districts (Don Tum, Bang Len) are Nakhon Pathom's agricultural heartland —…

Ratchaburi

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Neighbourhood index for Ratchaburi

Mueang Ratchaburi & the Mae Klong riversideMueang Ratchaburi, the provincial capital, sits on the Mae Klong River and is the most walkable, most amenity-dense part of the province.Ban Pong & Photharam — the eastern rail corridorBan Pong and Photharam, on the eastern side of the province toward Nakhon Pathom and Bangkok, are Ratchaburi's busiest commercial towns…Damnoen Saduak & the canal countryThe southeastern corner of the province around Damnoen Saduak is Ratchaburi's canal country — a dense network of khlongs (canals), fruit…Suan Phueng & Chom Bung — the western mountain beltThe western districts of Chom Bung, Suan Phueng and Ban Kha rise from the plain into forested hills along the Myanmar border, and this…

Nakhon Sawan

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Neighbourhood index for Nakhon Sawan

Pak Nam Pho & the city centrePak Nam Pho is the historic heart of Nakhon Sawan — the point where the Ping and Nan rivers merge to form the Chao Phraya, the great river…Nakhon Sawan Tok & the western cityThe western side of the city, in the Nakhon Sawan Tok sub-district, is anchored by Nakhon Sawan Rajabhat University (NSRU) on Sawanwithi…Nong Pling & the northern corridorNorth of the centre, around the Nong Pling sub-district and along the Phahonyothin highway (Highway 1), is where much of Nakhon Sawan's…The eastern city & Bueng Boraphet lakesideEast of the city the land opens toward Bueng Boraphet, the largest freshwater lake and wetland in Thailand and a protected bird sanctuary.

Prachinburi

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Neighbourhood index for Prachinburi

Mueang Prachinburi & the Prachin Buri riversideMueang Prachinburi is the compact provincial capital, sitting on the Prachin Buri River (one of the two rivers that join to form the Bang…Kabin Buri & the 304 Industrial Park corridorKabin Buri, in the east of the province at the crossroads of Highway 33 and Highway 304 (the road north through Khao Yai to Nakhon…Si Maha Phot, the Rojana estates & Si MahosotSi Maha Phot district, between the capital and Kabin Buri, pairs industry with heritage.Prachantakham, Na Di & the Khao Yai / Thap Lan foothillsThe northern districts of Prachantakham and Na Di climb toward the Sankamphaeng Range and the edges of Khao Yai and Thap Lan National…

Saraburi

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Neighbourhood index for Saraburi

Mueang Saraburi & the Pa Sak city centreMueang Saraburi is the compact provincial capital, sitting near the Pa Sak River where Phahonyothin Road (Highway 1) meets the start of…Kaeng Khoi & the cement beltKaeng Khoi, east of the city toward the limestone hills, is the heart of Thailand's cement industry — home to major Siam Cement Group…Nong Khae & the industrial estatesNong Khae sits on the Bangkok side of the province, the closest part of Saraburi to the capital along Phahonyothin Road, and is anchored…Phra Phutthabat — the pilgrimage townPhra Phutthabat, northwest of the city, is built around Wat Phra Phutthabat — the temple enshrining a revered natural impression of the…Muak Lek & the Khao Yai fringeMuak Lek, in the southeast of the province along the Friendship Highway as it climbs toward the Khao Yai National Park plateau, is…

Lopburi

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Neighbourhood index for Lopburi

Old Town (Mueang Kao)Lopburi's Old Town (Mueang Kao) is the compact, walkable heart of the city and one of the most history-dense square kilometres in Thailand.New Town & the military district (Tha Sala)A few kilometres east of the ancient core, Lopburi's New Town (Mueang Mai) was deliberately laid out from the late 1930s under Field…Khok Kathiam & the northern city edgeNorth of the city along Highway 1 (the Phahonyothin road toward Khok Samrong), the Khok Kathiam sub-district wraps around the Khok Kathiam…The outer districts & the Pa Sak valleyBeyond the city, Lopburi province spreads east and north into farming country and the Pa Sak river valley.

Chachoengsao

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Neighbourhood index for Chachoengsao

Mueang Chachoengsao & the Bang Pakong riverfrontThe provincial capital, Mueang Chachoengsao, sits on a bend of the Bang Pakong River and is the most walkable, most amenity-dense part of…Plaeng Yao & the EEC industrial beltEast and south-east of the city, Plaeng Yao district and its neighbours host the Gateway City Industrial Estate — a 5,183-rai joint…Bang Pakong & Ban Pho — the Bangkok-facing westThe western districts — Bang Pakong and Ban Pho — face Bangkok and Samut Prakan across the lower Bang Pakong River, and are the province's…Bang Khla, Bang Nam Priao & the riverside districtsUpriver from the capital, Bang Khla, Bang Nam Priao and the neighbouring rural districts form a quiet, established riverside belt of…

Chanthaburi

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Neighbourhood index for Chanthaburi

City centre, the river & Chanthaboon Waterfront (Mueang)Central Chanthaburi runs along the Chanthaburi River in Mueang district, and it is the most walkable, most amenity-dense part of the…Rambhai Barni University & the eastern suburbsRambhai Barni Rajabhat University, Chanthaburi's main public university (named after Queen Rambai Barni), sits in the Tha Chang area on…Laem Sing, Chao Lao Beach & the Kung Wiman coastSouth and west of the city, the coast at Laem Sing, Chao Lao Beach (Hat Chao Lao) and the Kung Wiman bay forms Chanthaburi's beach belt —…Tha Mai & the Kung Krabaen Bay areaTha Mai district, between the city and the coast, is Chanthaburi's orchard heartland — durian, rambutan and mangosteen country — and home…

Phetchabun

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Neighbourhood index for Phetchabun

Mueang Phetchabun & the Pa Sak valleyMueang Phetchabun, the provincial capital, sits in the Pa Sak River valley between the province's two mountain ranges, and it is the…Khao Kho highlandsKhao Kho, west of the capital, is Phetchabun's headline: a cool-climate mountain district that has become one of central Thailand's…Lom Sak & Lom KaoIn the north of the province, Lom Sak and neighbouring Lom Kao are the market towns of Phetchabun's upper Pa Sak valley.Wichian Buri, Si Thep & the southern districtsThe southern districts — Wichian Buri, Bueng Sam Phan, Nong Phai and Si Thep — form Phetchabun's flatter, more agricultural lowland end,…

Kamphaeng Phet

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Neighbourhood index for Kamphaeng Phet

City centre, old town & the Ping riverside (Nai Mueang)Central Kamphaeng Phet sits on the east bank of the Ping River in Nai Mueang sub-district, wrapped around the walled old town and the…Nakhon Chum & the western riverbankWest of the Ping River, Nakhon Chum is the province's older market town — settled before the east-bank walled city — and today the home of…The Highway 1 corridor & eastern estatesAlong and east of Highway 1 (Phahonyothin Road), the bypass side of Mueang Kamphaeng Phet is where much of the province's newer…The outer districts (Khlong Khlung, Khlong Lan, Sai Ngam & beyond)Beyond the Mueang district, Kamphaeng Phet is a rural, agricultural province — banana orchards (the province is famous for its kluai khai,…

Sakon Nakhon

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Neighbourhood index for Sakon Nakhon

City centre & the Nong Han lakeside (Mueang Sakon Nakhon)Central Sakon Nakhon sits on the south-western shore of Nong Han, north-eastern Thailand's largest natural lake, and it is the most…Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University & the campus beltSakon Nakhon Rajabhat University (SNRU), the province's largest higher-education institution, sits on the western side of the city, and…The Phu Phan foothills & southern approachesSouth and south-west of the city, the land rises toward the Phu Phan mountains along Highway 213 (the road to Kalasin), and the approaches…Tha Rae & the eastern lakeshoreAlong the northern and eastern shore of Nong Han, a short drive from the city, Tha Rae is one of Thailand's most distinctive communities —…

Samut Sakhon

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Neighbourhood index for Samut Sakhon

Mahachai town & the Tha Chin riverfrontMahachai — the old name for the provincial seat, still used by everyone locally — sits on the east bank of the Tha Chin River where it…The Rama II Road corridor (Bang Nam Chuet, Nadi & Khok Krabue)Highway 35 — Rama II Road — is the spine that carries every vehicle between Bangkok and the whole southern half of Thailand, and the…Krathum Baen & Om NoiKrathum Baen district, in the north of the province, runs straight up against Bangkok's western edge and Nakhon Pathom, and it is the…Ban Phaeo & the western orchard countryBan Phaeo is the province's third district and its agricultural counterweight — inland to the west, laced with irrigation canals and given…Khok Kham, Phanthai Norasing & the salt-pan coastSouth and east of Mahachai, the province meets the Gulf of Thailand along a flat, low-lying shoreline of salt pans, shrimp ponds and…

Suphan Buri

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Neighbourhood index for Suphan Buri

City centre & the Suphan riverside (Mueang Suphan Buri)The town of Suphan Buri sits on the Tha Chin River — known locally as the Suphan River — in Mueang Suphan Buri district, across the…Tha Rahat & the Highway 340 corridorHighway 340 — the Bang Bua Thong–Suphan Buri road — is the province's spine and the fastest way in and out toward Bangkok, roughly 100km…U Thong & the western districtsU Thong, about 30km southwest of the provincial town, is one of the most historically significant places in central Thailand: a moated…Sam Chuk & the northern river districtsNorth of the provincial town, the Tha Chin winds up through Bang Pla Ma, Si Prachan, Sam Chuk and Doem Bang Nang Buat into some of the…

Nakhon Nayok

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Neighbourhood index for Nakhon Nayok

Nakhon Nayok town & the riversideNakhon Nayok town is the provincial seat and the only part of the province with town (thesaban mueang) status — a compact, low-rise river…Sarika, Wang Takrai & the northern foothillsNorth of the town the land rises into the Sankamphaeng Range, the southern prolongation of the Dong Phaya Yen Mountains, and most of that…Ongkharak & the Highway 305 university corridorOngkharak is the province's western district, laid out along Highway 305 — the Rangsit–Nakhon Nayok Road — which runs on a canal-numbered…Ban Na & the military academies beltBan Na is the district northwest of the town, spread along Highway 33 (Suwannasorn Road) between the rice plain and the hills, and it…Pak Phli & the eastern rice plainPak Phli is the province's fourth district, east and southeast of the town on the road toward Prachinburi, and it is comfortably the…

Sa Kaeo

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Neighbourhood index for Sa Kaeo

Sa Kaeo town (Mueang Sa Kaeo)Sa Kaeo town is the provincial capital and the practical centre of the province - the seat of the provincial administration, the courts…Aranyaprathet & the border corridorAranyaprathet is Sa Kaeo's border town, about 2km from the Ban Khlong Luek crossing into Poipet, Cambodia - historically the busiest land…Watthana Nakhon & the university corridorWatthana Nakhon sits on Highway 33 (Suwannason Road) between Sa Kaeo town and Aranyaprathet, and it is - a little counter-intuitively -…Wang Nam Yen & the southern uplandsWang Nam Yen, in the south of the province, is Sa Kaeo's third town municipality and was upgraded to full district status in 1983.

Phichit

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Neighbourhood index for Phichit

Phichit town centre & the Nan riverside (Nai Mueang)Phichit town sits on the Nan River in Nai Mueang sub-district and is the most walkable, most amenity-dense place in the province by a wide…Bueng Si Fai & the old city (Mueang Kao)Just beyond the town centre lies Phichit's green and historic edge: Bueng Si Fai, the large freshwater lake that is the province's emblem…Taphan HinTaphan Hin is the province's second town — one of only three places in Phichit with full thesaban mueang (town municipality) status —…Bang Mun Nak & the southern districtsBang Mun Nak, at kilometre 297 on the Northern Line, is the third of Phichit's town municipalities and the gateway to the southern…

Lamphun

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Neighbourhood index for Lamphun

Lamphun old town & the Kuang riverside (Nai Mueang)Lamphun's old town is a compact, moated oval on the Kuang River — the surviving footprint of Hariphunchai, the Mon kingdom founded here in…Ban Klang & the Northern Region Industrial EstateThe Northern Region Industrial Estate, established in Ban Klang sub-district in 1983, is the single reason Lamphun is not simply a quiet…Ban Thi & the northern corridor to Chiang MaiBan Thi is Lamphun's northernmost district, pressed up against Chiang Mai province's San Kamphaeng district, and the wider northern…Pa Sang, Wiang Nong Long & the southern longan countrySouth and west of the capital, Pa Sang and Wiang Nong Long districts are the agricultural heart of the province — longan orchards on every…

Uttaradit

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Neighbourhood index for Uttaradit

Uttaradit town centre & the Nan riverside (Tha It)Uttaradit town occupies tambon Tha It in Mueang Uttaradit district, and it is the only part of the province with a genuinely walkable,…Sila At & the railway quarterSila At is Uttaradit's second railway station and, in operational terms, its more important one.Laplae & the durian foothillsLaplae (ลับแล) sits in the western part of the province where the plain climbs into wooded valleys, and it is the most distinctive place…Tron, Phichai & the southern rice districtsSouth of the provincial town the Nan valley flattens into rice country, and the districts of Tron, Phichai and Thong Saen Khan carry the…Tha Pla, Nam Pat & the Sirikit Dam uplandsNortheast of the town the province rises into the forested districts of Tha Pla, Nam Pat, Fak Tha and Ban Khok, running all the way to the…

Chumphon

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Neighbourhood index for Chumphon

Chumphon town centre (Tha Taphao)Chumphon town sits in tambon Tha Taphao in Mueang Chumphon district, a few kilometres inland from the Gulf, and it is the only genuinely…Hat Sai Ri & the Mueang coastEast of the town the Mueang district runs down to the Gulf at Pak Nam Chumphon, a working fishing port, and to Hat Sai Ri in Na Cha-ang…Thung Wua Laen, Saphli & PathioPathio district holds Chumphon's most developed coast.Lang Suan, Sawi & LamaeThe southern half of Chumphon was a separate province called Lang Suan until it was folded into Chumphon in 1932, and it still feels like…Tha Sae & Phato — the coffee and rainforest interiorInland from the coast the province climbs west into the Phuket range and its northern continuation, the Tenasserim hills, along the…

Ranong

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Neighbourhood index for Ranong

Ranong town (Khao Niwet)Ranong town is one of the smallest provincial capitals in Thailand — the municipality covers the whole of tambon Khao Niwet, 4.2 square…Bang Rin, Pak Nam & the portBang Rin is the province's second town municipality and, on population, the larger of the two — it wraps around the capital to the south…Ko Phayam & Ko Chang (Ranong)Ko Phayam is a small island about two and a quarter square kilometres in area and eight kilometres at its longest, sitting at roughly…Kra Buri & La-un — the northern isthmusNorth of the capital, Highway 4 follows the Pak Chan River up toward Chumphon through Kra Buri and La-un.Kapoe & Suk Samran — the southern coastSouth of the capital the province narrows into a coastal strip running down to Phang Nga, and this is where Ranong's beaches are.

Phatthalung

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Neighbourhood index for Phatthalung

Phatthalung town (Khuha Sawan)The provincial capital sits in Khuha Sawan subdistrict, where King Rama VI ordered the city moved in 1924, and it is the only…Lam Pam & the lake shoreDrive east out of the capital and within a few kilometres the rice paddies give out onto Songkhla Lake.Khuan Khanun, Pa Phayom & Srinagarindra — the northern rice plainNorth of the capital the province opens into its rice plain, and at the top of it sits the single most remarkable thing in Phatthalung.Si Banphot, Kong Ra & Tamot — the Banthat foothillsThe western edge of the province runs up against the Nakhon Si Thammarat mountain range — the Banthat, the spine that separates…Khao Chaison, Bang Kaeo, Pa Bon & Pak Phayun — the southern halfSouth of the capital, Phatthalung narrows between the mountains and the lake and runs down toward Songkhla province.

Satun

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Neighbourhood index for Satun

Satun town (Phiman)The provincial capital sits in Phiman subdistrict of Mueang Satun, a few kilometres inland from the Andaman coast, and it is the only town…Tammalang & the Mueang Satun coastDrive about eight kilometres south of the capital and the town gives out into mangrove creek and then into the Strait of Malacca.La-ngu & Pak BaraLa-ngu, about sixty kilometres northwest of the capital, is the province's other real town, and Pak Bara on its coast is the door to…Ko Lipe, Ko Tarutao & the Adang–Rawi archipelagoTarutao National Marine Park was declared on 19 April 1974 — Thailand's second marine national park — and covers roughly 1,490 square…Khuan Don, Khuan Kalong, Tha Phae, Manang & Thung Wa — the interiorBehind the coast, Satun climbs into limestone.

Surin

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Neighbourhood index for Surin

Surin town (Nai Mueang)Nai Mueang is the subdistrict at the centre of Mueang Surin, and it is the only town municipality in a province otherwise run by…Nok Muang, Salak Dai & the campus ringRing the town and the character changes from institutional to student.Tha Tum, Chumphon Buri, Rattanaburi, Sanom & Non Narai — the Mun River northNorth of the town the land slopes gently down to the Mun, Thailand's third-longest river and its second largest by volume, which crosses…Sikhoraphum, Khwao Sinarin, Chom Phra, Samrong Thap & Lamduan — the eastern corridorEast of the capital, Highway 226 and the Northeastern Line run side by side toward Sisaket and eventually Ubon Ratchathani, and the…Prasat, Sangkha, Si Narong, Kap Choeng, Buachet & Phanom Dong Rak — the southern districtsSouth of the capital, Highway 214 runs down through Prasat — a district of about 908 square kilometres and one of the largest population…

Sisaket

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Neighbourhood index for Sisaket

Sisaket town (Mueang Nuea & Mueang Tai)Sisaket's town municipality covers the subdistricts of Mueang Nuea and Mueang Tai plus parts of Nong Khrok, Phon Kha, Ya Plong and Pho,…Nong Khrok, Pho, Ya Plong & Nam Kham — the campus ringRing the town and the character changes from institutional to student, and there are more degree-awarding institutions packed into this…Rasi Salai, Yang Chum Noi, Bueng Bun, Sila Lat, Pho Si Suwan & Mueang Chan — the Mun River northThe whole province sits in the valley of the Mun, the Mekong tributary that drains most of the Khorat Plateau, and the north is where that…Uthumphon Phisai, Huai Thap Than, Kanthararom, Prang Ku, Phayu & Wang Hin — the rail corridorHighway 226 and the Northeastern Line run side by side across the middle of the province, west toward Surin and east toward Ubon…Kantharalak, Khun Han, Phu Sing, Khukhan, Phrai Bueng, Si Rattana, Non Khun, Benchalak & Nam Kliang — the southern districtsSouth of the capital the land lifts toward the Dângrêk chain, and the soil changes with it.

Roi Et

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Neighbourhood index for Roi Et

Roi Et town (Nai Mueang) & Si SomdetRoi Et's town municipality covers the whole of tambon Nai Mueang and is the only thesaban mueang in a province of twenty districts — every…Thawat Buri, Selaphum, Chiang Khwan & Changhan — the airport and campus northNorth and east of the capital is where the province keeps the two things that connect it to the rest of the country.Phon Thong, Nong Phok, Moei Wadi, Pho Chai & Nong Hi — the eastern uplandsRoi Et is overwhelmingly flat — the plain runs at 130 to 160 metres above sea level almost everywhere — and the eastern districts are the…Suwannaphum, Kaset Wisai, Pathum Rat, Mueang Suang, Phon Sai & Chaturaphak Phiman — the Thung Kula plainThe southern districts sit on Thung Kula Rong Hai, the plain that spreads across Roi Et, Maha Sarakham, Sisaket, Yasothon and Surin and…Phanom Phrai, At Samat & Thung Khao Luang — the Chi–Mun confluenceThe Chi River drains most of Roi Et and leaves the province in its southeastern corner, where it empties into the Mun on the boundary with…

Maha Sarakham

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Neighbourhood index for Maha Sarakham

Mueang Maha Sarakham (Talat) & Kae DamMaha Sarakham town is the only thesaban mueang in a province of thirteen districts, and its administrative heart is tambon Talat, which…Kantharawichai, Chiang Yuen & Chuen Chom — the Khamriang campus northThis is the single most distinctive area in the province and the one a visitor is most likely to misread.Kosum Phisai, Borabue & Kut Rang — the Khon Kaen sideThe western districts are where Maha Sarakham faces Khon Kaen, and that orientation is the whole point of them.Na Dun, Na Chueak & Yang Sisurat — the heritage southThe southern districts hold the province's deep history, and it is genuinely deep.Wapi Pathum & Phayakkhaphum Phisai — the Thung Kula cornerThe southeastern corner is the province's rice heartland and its two largest southern districts.

Kalasin

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Neighbourhood index for Kalasin

Mueang Kalasin & Don ChanMueang Kalasin is where practically everything institutional in this province lives, and for most newcomers the choice ends here.Na Mon, Kamalasai, Khong Chai & Rong Kham — the southern campus and heritage beltSouth of the capital the province does two things at once, and both are worth knowing.Sahatsakhan, Nong Kung Si, Tha Khantho & Sam Chai — the reservoir and dinosaur northThe north is dominated by water and by the single most distinctive thing in this province.Yang Talat & Huai Mek — the Khon Kaen sideThe western districts are the ones oriented away from the province, and for a certain kind of household that is precisely their value.Somdet, Huai Phueng, Kuchinarai, Khao Wong, Na Khu & Kham Muang — the Phu Thai uplandsThe eastern districts climb toward the Phu Phan range that forms Kalasin's border with Sakon Nakhon, and they carry the province's living…

Chaiyaphum

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Neighbourhood index for Chaiyaphum

Mueang Chaiyaphum & Ban KhwaoMueang Chaiyaphum is where the province keeps its institutions, and for most newcomers the choice ends here — but the reason is stronger…Chatturat, Bamnet Narong, Noen Sa-nga & Sap Yai — the railway southStart with the fact that corrects the template.Thep Sathit, Nong Bua Rawe & Phakdi Chumphon — the Siam tulip uplandsThe western districts are where Chaiyaphum stops resembling Isaan at all.Nong Bua Daeng & Kaset Sombun — Phu Laen Kha and the central hillsBetween the western tulip parks and the northern industrial belt sits the middle of the province, and it is dominated by one park and one…Phu Khiao, Khon San, Kaeng Khro, Ban Thaen & Khon Sawan — the northern industrial and reservoir beltThe north is the only part of Chaiyaphum with an industrial economy and the only part with anything resembling a second rental cluster,…

Loei

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Neighbourhood index for Loei

Mueang Loei & Na DuangMueang Loei sits in a fertile basin ringed by mountains at 17.4867°N 101.7194°E, and for almost anyone moving to this province the…Chiang Khan & Pak Chom — the Mekong riverfrontChiang Khan is the reason most people have heard of Loei, and it is also the clearest example in this province of a place that is…Phu Ruea, Tha Li & Na Haeo — the cold uplands and the Lao borderThis is where Loei's reputation is actually earned, and saying so precisely matters, because the province's slogan claims something the…Dan Sai — Phi Ta Khon and the stupa on the provincial sealDan Sai is a small western district that carries two things far larger than itself.Wang Saphung, Phu Kradueng, Phu Luang, Erawan, Nong Hin & Pha Khao — the southern beltThe southern half of the province is where the mountains are biggest and the road out to the rest of Thailand runs.

Nakhon Phanom

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Neighbourhood index for Nakhon Phanom

Mueang Nakhon Phanom & Wang YangNakhon Phanom town is a thesaban mueang on the right — western — bank of the Mekong, covering the subdistricts of Nai Mueang and Nong…That Phanom, Renu Nakhon & Na Kae — the stupa and the Phu Thai southThat Phanom district, about 367.9 square kilometres in the south of the province on Highway 212 toward Mukdahan, holds the monument the…Tha Uthen & Ban Phaeng — the northern riverbankNorth of the capital, Highway 212 runs upstream along the Mekong toward Bueng Kan and eventually Nong Khai, and the two districts it…Si Songkhram, Na Wa & Na Thom — the Songkhram wetlandsThe northwest of the province is a different landscape from the riverbank, and it is the part of Nakhon Phanom that most people, including…Pla Pak & Phon Sawan — the inland districtsInland from the capital, away from the Mekong and toward the Sakon Nakhon border, the province flattens into ordinary Isaan farming…

Mukdahan

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Neighbourhood index for Mukdahan

Mueang Mukdahan — the riverfront capital & the bridgeMukdahan is a one-town province and this is the town.Wan Yai — the northern riverbank toward That PhanomNorth of the town, Highway 212 runs upstream along the Mekong toward That Phanom in Nakhon Phanom province and eventually to Nong Khai,…Don Tan & Nikhom Kham Soi — the southern riverbank and the Ubon roadSouth of the capital the province narrows along the Mekong and Highway 212 runs downstream toward Amnat Charoen and, beyond it, Ubon…Khamcha-i — the western gateway on the Bangkok roadKhamcha-i is the district you drive through to get here from Bangkok.Dong Luang & Nong Sung — the Phu Phan uplandsThe west of Mukdahan is where the province stops being a river frontage and becomes hill country.

Bueng Kan

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Neighbourhood index for Bueng Kan

Mueang Bueng Kan — the riverfront capital & the Fifth Friendship BridgeBueng Kan is a one-town province and this is the town, though it is a small one even by the standards of this rotation: the town…Pak Khat & So Phisai — the western Mekong bank on the Nong Khai roadWest of the capital, Highway 212 runs downstream along the Mekong toward Nong Khai and eventually Udon Thani, and this is the direction…Si Wilai & Phon Charoen — Phu Thok and the mountain on the provincial sealIf Bueng Kan has a single image of itself, it is here.Bueng Khong Long & Bung Khla — the Ramsar lake and Naga cave countryThe eastern end of the province is its wettest and its strangest.Seka — the big southern district and the rubber heartlandSeka is the province's southern bulk — 978.428 square kilometres and 86,087 people on a 2015 count, which makes it the most populous…

Nong Bua Lamphu

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Neighbourhood index for Nong Bua Lamphu

Mueang Nong Bua Lamphu — the capital, the lotus lake and the Naresuan shrineThe province is named after this district and the district is named after a lake: nong bua is the lotus marsh, and lamphu is the tree that…Na Klang & Na Wang — the Loei road and the Erawan CaveNorthwest of the capital the road runs on toward Loei, and these two districts are what it runs through.Non Sang — the Ubolratana shore and Phu Kao–Phu Phan KhamNon Sang is 577.736 square kilometres with 64,172 people on a 2005 count, and it is the district that gives this landlocked province a…Si Bun Rueang — the big southern district on the Khon Kaen sideSi Bun Rueang is the province's southern bulk: 830.643 square kilometres and 107,804 people on a 2005 count, second only to the capital…Suwannakhuha — the northern cave country and the forest traditionSuwannakhuha is the northernmost district of the province, 646.1 square kilometres with 66,277 people on a 2005 count, and it takes its…

Yasothon

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Neighbourhood index for Yasothon

Nai Mueang — the old town & the Chi riversideTambon Nai Mueang (ในเมือง, 'in town') is the whole of the Yasothon town municipality — a compact grid on the Chi River with a population…Samran, Tat Thong & the Route 23 beltImmediately outside the town municipality, the tambons of Samran and Tat Thong sit along the Route 23 corridor — the Yasothon–Suwannaphum…Phaya Thaen Park & the eastern bypassPhaya Thaen Public Park sits at the eastern edge of the town and is the single piece of Yasothon that the rest of Thailand knows.Loeng Nok Tha & the northern districtsYasothon's northern half is plains and low hills rather than the Chi lowlands of the south, and Loeng Nok Tha is its largest centre — a…

Amnat Charoen

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Neighbourhood index for Amnat Charoen

Bung — the town municipalityTambon Bung (บุ่ง) is the heart of the province: the Amnat Charoen town municipality occupies part of it, and the tambon as a whole…Non Nam Thaeng — the Mahidol campus & immigration sideNon Nam Thaeng (โนนหนามแท่ง) is a tambon of fourteen villages immediately outside the town municipality — 7,928 people in the 2008…Phana & Lue Amnat — the southern districtsSouth and southwest of the capital, Phana and Lue Amnat are the province's cultural heartland.Pathum Ratchawongsa, Chanuman & the Mekong northChanuman is the northeasternmost district and the only one of the seven that touches the Mekong, giving Amnat Charoen roughly 38…

Phrae

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Neighbourhood index for Phrae

Nai Wiang — the walled old cityTambon Nai Wiang (ในเวียง) is literally 'inside the walled city', and that is still the shape of it: Phrae became a fortified Lanna town…Na Chak & the Yantrakitkoson bypass — hospitals & the Cho Hae roadImmediately southeast of the old city, tambon Na Chak and the Yantrakitkoson bypass carry the practical infrastructure that the walled…Thung Hong & Rong Kwang — the indigo villages & the Maejo campusAbout four kilometres north of the town, Ban Thung Hong is where the first half of the provincial motto — 'mo hom cloth and teak wood' —…Den Chai & Sung Men — the railway and the teak-furniture southPhrae town has no railway.Song, Long & Wang Chin — the upland west and the Yom valley northPhrae is 64.8 per cent forest, and this is where most of that forest is.

Mae Hong Son

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Neighbourhood index for Mae Hong Son

Chong Kham — the provincial townTambon Chong Kham is the whole of Mae Hong Son town, and the town is small enough to be startling: 7,066 registered inhabitants at the…Pang Mu & the northern valleys — immigration, hot springs & the border roadBan Pang Mu was one of the two original Shan settlements that Kaeo Mueang Ma gathered when he came over the hills to capture elephants for…Pai & Pang Mapha — the tourist north-east and the cave countryPai is the part of Mae Hong Son most people have heard of, and it does not behave like the rest of the province.Khun Yuam & Mae La Noi — the Route 108 middleBetween the capital and Mae Sariang, Route 108 runs south through Khun Yuam and Mae La Noi — the middle of the province, and the part…Mae Sariang & Sop Moei — the southern town and the SalweenMae Sariang is the province's second town and, for a lot of people who know Mae Hong Son well, the more liveable one: a compact riverside…

Uthai Thani

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Neighbourhood index for Uthai Thani

Uthai Mai — the town and the Sakae Krang riverfrontTambon Uthai Mai is the entire town of Uthai Thani — the town municipality covers this one subdistrict and nothing else — and at 17,510…Nam Suem, Sakae Krang & Tha Sung — the eastern riversideDownstream of the town the capital district runs on through Nam Suem, Sakae Krang and Tha Sung, and this is where the province's two most…Thap Than, Nong Chang, Sawang Arom & Nong Khayang — the farming districtsFour of Uthai Thani's eight districts sit on the plain between the town and the hills — Nong Khayang and Thap Than immediately west and…Lan Sak & Huai Khot — the western uplandsLan Sak is a young district — its two subdistricts were split off from Ban Rai as a minor district on 15 October 1975 and upgraded to full…Ban Rai & the Huai Kha Khaeng edgeBan Rai is the western end of the province and the reason Uthai Thani matters far beyond its size.

Ang Thong

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Neighbourhood index for Ang Thong

Mueang Ang Thong — the town on both banks of the Chao PhrayaAng Thong town is smaller than its province suggests.Chaiyo — upstream, the temple of Luang Pho To and the sports universityChaiyo is the district immediately upstream of the town, where the Chao Phraya enters Ang Thong from Sing Buri, and it carries the first…Wiset Chai Chan & Samko — the old town on the Noi RiverWiset Chai Chan is where the province started.Pho Thong & Sawaeng Ha — the rice plain and the basketry villagesPho Thong and Sawaeng Ha are the province's north-western half, fifteen and seven subdistricts of rice ground between the Noi River and…Pa Mok — the southern gateway toward AyutthayaPa Mok is the southernmost district, eight subdistricts where the Chao Phraya leaves Ang Thong for Bang Pahan in Ayutthaya, and it is the…

Sing Buri

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Neighbourhood index for Sing Buri

Mueang Sing Buri — the capital on the Chao PhrayaSing Buri town is the fourth place this province has put its capital, and the only one that stuck.In Buri — the north, and the province's second general hospitalIn Buri is the northernmost district and, by some distance, the biggest — about 314 square kilometres, more than a third of the province,…Bang Rachan & Khai Bang Rachan — the ground the eleven leaders heldThis is the part of Sing Buri every Thai schoolchild already knows.Phrom Buri — the east bank, the immigration office and Wat AmphawanPhrom Buri is the province's eastern edge, about 82.5 square kilometres and its smallest district by population, and it matters out of all…Tha Chang — the small southern district on the NoiTha Chang is the smallest district in a small province — about 34.4 square kilometres in the south, with roughly 16,000 people and just…

Chai Nat

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Neighbourhood index for Chai Nat

Mueang Chai Nat — the capital on the Chao PhrayaMueang Chai Nat is about 255 square kilometres on the left bank of the Chao Phraya, and it is where essentially everything institutional…Sapphaya — the dam district on the east bankSapphaya is the easternmost district, about 228 square kilometres, and it holds the reason the rest of central Thailand knows Chai Nat's…Sankhaburi — Phraek Si Racha, the old town in the southSankhaburi is about 355 square kilometres in the south, with 92 villages — more than any other district in the province — and a district…Manorom & Wat Sing — the northern river districtsThese are the two districts upstream of the capital, Manorom in the northeast at about 226 square kilometres and Wat Sing in the northwest…Hankha, Nong Mamong & Noen Kham — the western uplandsThe western third of Chai Nat is the part that empties out.

Samut Songkhram

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Neighbourhood index for Samut Songkhram

Mae Klong — the capital town on the riverTambon Mae Klong is the provincial capital, and the town municipality that covers it registered 25,623 residents in the December 2023…The coast — Bang Kaeo, Laem Yai, Khlong Khon & Don Hoi LotBelow the town the capital district fans out into eleven subdistricts and 87 villages, and the outer ones are where Samut Songkhram earns…Amphawa town — the canal town and the floating marketAmphawa is the province's largest district and its historical core, and the town at its centre is the reason most visitors have heard of…The Amphawa orchards — Tha Kha, Wat Pradu, Mueang Mai & Phraek Nam DaengAmphawa runs twelve subdistricts and 96 villages, and only a handful of them are the famous ones.Bang Khonthi — the inland orchard districtBang Khonthi is the district that never touches the sea.

Pattani

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Neighbourhood index for Pattani

Pattani town centre — Sabarang, Anoru & Chabang TikoThe town municipality of Pattani covers three tambon of Mueang Pattani district — Sabarang, Anoru and Chabang Tiko — and between them they…Rusamilae — the university side of the capitalIf Pattani has an expatriate-legible neighbourhood, this is it.Yaring & the bay — Krue Se, Tanyong Lulo & Laem TachiEast of the capital the land curls around Pattani Bay and out to Laem Tachi, the long sand spit that all but closes the bay off from the…Nong Chik — the western district and the model cityNong Chik runs west from the capital along the coast toward Songkhla, and it carries two things that matter to anyone reading a relocation…Khok Pho & Mae Lan — the railway districtsHere is the single most useful piece of trivia in the province: the railway station called Pattani is not in Pattani town.Panare — the open Gulf coastPast the sand spit at Laem Tachi the coast turns and opens onto the Gulf proper, and Panare is the district that gets it.Sai Buri, Mai Kaen & Kapho — the southern coastSai Buri is the province's second town and it has a longer pedigree than that suggests.Yarang, Mayo & Thung Yang Daeng — the inland districtsFollow the Pattani River inland and you reach the oldest thing in the province.

Yala

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Neighbourhood index for Yala

Yala city centre — Sateng & Sateng NokYala is the only town in this rotation that was drawn before it was built, and you can feel it on the ground.Na Tham & the western capital districtA short drive west of the circular city the ground breaks into limestone, and inside one of those hills is the oldest thing in the…Raman — the old Reman seat & the dove countryRaman is the province's second history, and it is an administrative one.Bannang Sata — the dam districtSouth of the capital the Pattani River is stopped by the Bang Lang Dam, and that structure is the reason a great deal of the Deep South…Than To — the forest corridor to BetongThan To is what stands between the capital and Betong, and it is the emptiest district in the province: 648 square kilometres holding…Betong town — the southernmost town in ThailandBetong is the southernmost town in Thailand and it does not behave like the rest of the province.Aiyoeweng & Tano Maero — the Betong uplandsAbove Betong town the road climbs into the two subdistricts that carry almost everything people actually travel to Yala for.Yaha, Kabang & Krong Pinang — the western districtsWest of the capital the province runs toward the Songkhla line through three districts that share a character and a legal status.

Narathiwat

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Neighbourhood index for Narathiwat

Narathiwat town — Bang Nak & the Bang Nara estuaryNarathiwat town sits where the Bang Nara river meets the Gulf of Thailand, and almost everything institutional in the province is inside it.Khao Kong & the Ao Manao headlandThe provincial motto begins with a palace, which tells you how the province sees itself.Su-ngai Kolok — the end of the railwaySu-ngai Kolok is where Thailand's railway stops.Tak Bai — the temple that moved a borderTak Bai is where a temple redrew an international border, and it is also where the worst thing in this province's modern history happened.Su-ngai Padi & Cho-airong — the peat-swamp corridorBetween the coast and the border lies a landscape Thailand has almost nowhere else.Ra-ngae & Tanyong Mat — the province's rail gatewayHere is the trap that catches everybody who plans a trip to Narathiwat by train: the railway does not reach the provincial capital.Bacho & Yi-ngo — the northern coast toward PattaniThe north of the province is its narrow end, and its gateway.Rueso, Si Sakhon & Chanae — the Budo rangeInland from the coast the province climbs into the Sankalakhiri range, and three big, thinly-populated districts share the high ground.Waeng & Sukhirin — the southern frontierThe southern tip of Narathiwat is the strangest and least-known corner of the province, and the one where its ordinary assumptions break…

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