Padang Besa or Padang Besar ( th, ปาดังเบซาร์) is a border town on the Malaysia-Thailand border in the Sadao District, Songkhla Province,

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

. Since 2004 the municipality has had town status (''

thesaban mueang Thesaban ( th, เทศบาล, , ) are the municipalities of Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities: city, town, and sub-district. Bangkok and Pattaya are special municipal entities not included in the ''thesaban'' system. The mu ...

'') and covers parts of the sub-district (''

tambon ''Tambon'' ( th, ตำบล, ) is a local governmental unit in Thailand. Below district ('' amphoe'') and province ('' changwat''), they form the third administrative subdivision level. there were 7,255 tambons, not including the 180 '' khwaen ...

'') 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 The Padang Besar railway station (''Stesen Keretapi Padang Besar'') is a railway station located at and named after the border town of Padang Besar, Perlis in Malaysia. It is the northernmost station of the west coast line where the line connect ...

where there is an integrated customs, immigration, and quarantine checkpoint for both countries. There is also local train station with the same name

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 Thesaban ( th, เทศบาล, , ) are the municipalities of Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities: city, town, and sub-district. Bangkok and Pattaya are special municipal entities not included in the ''thesaban'' system. The mu ...

'') in 1999. Effective 8 November 2004 it was upgraded to town status (''

'').

Gallery

File:Padangbesa, Sadao District, Songkhla, Thailand - panoramio (1).jpg, Padang Besa File:Padangbesa, Sadao District, Songkhla, Thailand - panoramio (6).jpg, Railway line in Padang Besa File:Padangbesa, Sadao District, Songkhla, Thailand - panoramio.jpg, Padang Besa File:Padangbesa, Sadao District, Songkhla, Thailand - panoramio (5).jpg, The Mayor Resort at Padang Besa File:Padangbesa, Sadao District, Songkhla, Thailand - panoramio (3).jpg, Border with Malaysia at Padang Besa

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* * * Populated places in Songkhla province Malaysia–Thailand border crossings {{Borders of Thailand