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{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right" ! colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#DEFFAD"|Statistics |- ||Capital:||Phattalung |- ||Area:||valign=top|3,424.5 km²
Ranked 58th |- ||Inhabitants:||valign=top|498,471 (2000)
Ranked 47th |- ||Pop. density:||valign=top|146 inh./km²
Ranked 27th |- ||ISO 3166-2:||TH-93 |- !colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#DEFFAD"|Map |- |colspan="2" align=center|
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Phattalung (Thai พัทลุง) is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Nakhon Si Thammarat, Songkhla, Satun and Trang.
Geography
The province is located on the Malay Peninsula. To the east it borders the large shallow Songkhla lake, while the west is covered by mountains.
History
During the reign of King Ramathibodi I of the Ayutthaya kingdom in the 14th century Phattalung became one of twelve royal cities. At the end of the 18th century King Rama I submitted the city to the Ministry of Defense. During an administrative reform by King Chulalongkorn Phattalung became part of the Nakhon Si Thammarat prefecture. In 1924 Phattalung became a prefecture of its own, and in 1933 it was converted in a province.
Demographics
11.1% of the population are muslims.
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The provincial seal shows the 250 meter high Phu Khao Ok Thalu mountain, the symbol of the province. The provincial tree as well as the provincial flower is the Sweet Shorea (Shorea roxburghii). |
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