Songkhla is the one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand.  The neighboring provinces are (of the east to the right) Satun, Phatthalung, Nakhon If Thammarat, Pattani and Yala.  Al south it borders Malaya. 

The name drift of its original Malayan name Singgora (the city of lions).  This refers to a mountain lion-formed near the city of Songkhla. 

By contrast to the other provinces that the Songkhla main is not the largest city in the province - the Hat Yai with a population of 194.000 is Songkhla the double one of large that.  This often it carries to the misconception that Hat Yai is the capital. 

The province is located in the Malayan Peninsula, in the coast of the Gulf of Thailand.  The highest elevation is the Khao Mai Kaeo in 821 meters. 

In the al north of the province is the lake of Songkhla, the largest natural lake in Thailand.  This superficial lake covers an area of 1.040 km², and has a north south extension of 78 kilometers.  In its mouth in the Gulf of Thailand near the city of Songkhla that the water comes be brackish.  A small population of Dolphins of Irrawaddy lives in the lake, but is in danger of the extinction of the accessory capture by the industry local fishing ground. 

Two national parks are located in the province.  San Kala Khiri covers 214 km² of high lands of mountain in the Thai-Malayan border; Khao Nam Khang, also located in the mountains of the border, includes the refuge of guerilla Chinese of communists to the decade of the 80. 

Songkhla or in its form Malayan correct Singgora was the seat of an old Malayan Kingdom with the heavy influence of Srivijayan.  In old times (200 - 1400 ANNOUNCEMENT), Songkhla formed the northern extension of the old Malayan Kingdom of Langkasuka.  The city-state came be a tributary of Nakhon If Thammarat, suffering the destructions in attempts to gain the independence several times.  Since the 18th century that has been it firmly low protectorado Thai. 

The Residence of the family of the na Songkhla, now utilized as the Songkhla the National 18th century of MuseumIn many Chinese immigrants, especially of Guangdong and Fujian, wine to the province.  Quickly rise to the economic wealth, one of them gained the order of the greater farm of the tax of the province in 1769, establishing the family of Na Songkhla as the very rich and influential one.  In 1777 the family gained also the political power, when the old governor said good-bye and Luang Inthakhiri (Yiang, the name Chinese Wu Called (??)) came be the new governor.  In 1786 the old governor he began a lifting, that was nevertheless he put downward after four months.  The post was inherited in the family and considered 8 of its descendends until 1901, when Phraya Wichiankhiri (Chom) went retired honorablely as part of the administrative reforms of Prince Damrong Rajanubhab.  The house of the family now is utilized like the Songkhla National Museum. 

In 1909, it was included by Siam as part of the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 bureau with the English Empire. 

Songkhla had not been affected for the recent crash of the Separatism of Pattani began in 2004, nevertheless three bombs exploded during the 2005 bombardments of Songkhla in creates April 3, 2005 concerns the violence perhaps spread in this province also.