South Thailand / Regional Division

In this database the part of Thailand reaching into the Malayan peninsula is understood as "South Thailand". This definition may be geographically most obvious (for which reason the editors have decided in favour of it), but it is not official. According to the politically motivated administrative division of Thailand, the region of South Thailand is defined as the area stretching from the Isthmus of Kra near Chumpon, 460 kilometres to the South of Bangkok, to the Thai-Malaysian border.

The sea east of the region is the Gulf of Thailand and the sea to the West is the Andaman Sea of the Indian Ocean.