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Phatthaya

Pattaya
พัทยา
Special Governed City
Pattaya City เมืองพัทยา
From left: Nong Nooch Garden, Pattaya sunset, Pattaya Beach, The Sanctuary of Truth, Walking Street
From left: Nong Nooch Garden, Pattaya sunset, Pattaya Beach, The Sanctuary of Truth, Walking Street
Official seal of Pattaya
Seal
Pattaya is located in Thailand
Pattaya
Pattaya
Location of Pattaya on the Gulf of Thailand
Coordinates: 12°55′39″N 100°52′31″E / 12.92750°N 100.87528°E / 12.92750; 100.87528Coordinates: 12°55′39″N 100°52′31″E / 12.92750°N 100.87528°E / 12.92750; 100.87528
Country Thailand
Province Chonburi
Mueang Mueang Pattaya
Government
 • Type Self-administrating municipality
 • Mayor Ittipol Khunplome
Area
 • Total 22.2 km2 (8.6 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Total 107,406
 • Density 4,800/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
  Registered residents only
Time zone ICT (UTC+7)
ISO 3166-2 TH-S
Website www.pattaya.go.th

Pattaya (Thai: พัทยา, About this sound pronunciation , rtgsPhatthaya, Thai pronunciation: [pʰát.tʰā.jāː]) is a resort city in Thailand. It is on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) south-east of Bangkok, within, but not part of, Amphoe Bang Lamung in the province of Chonburi. The Pattaya City (Thai: เมืองพัทยา rtgsMueang Phatthaya) is a self-governing municipal area which covers the whole tambon Nong Prue and Na Klua and parts of Huai Yai and Nong Pla Lai. The city is in the industrial Eastern Seaboard zone, along with Si Racha, Laem Chabang, and Chonburi. Pattaya's census population figure is 107,406, yet this only accounts for residents who have formally registered in the city. Pattaya is the center of the Pattaya-Chonburi Metropolitan Area—the conurbation in Chonburi Province—with a total population exceeding 1,000,000.


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