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พะโคะ 07 ํ 36’ N
100 ํ 23’ E

S ettlement on Sathing Phra Sandbank

A satellite Image shows the boundary of the
Songkhla Lake and indicates that it is surrounded by
“Sathing Phra Sandbank” of different lengths. On the east,
the Lake is close to the coast. This part is applied for
residents. There are ponds, city wall-moats and canals for
transportation and irrigation. Also, there are large rice
N paddies. Evidence shows signs of pottery for export and
signs of the existence of a pier. There seems to have been
settlers on the Sathing Phra Sandbank. Amazingly, these
200 m.
07 ํ 35’ N signs are visible from the satellite: the long sand hill from
100 ํ 23’ E © GISTDA_2013 Amphoe Cha-uat to Khao Hua Daeng, a total length of
approximately 89 kilometers.
สทิงพระ 07 ํ 36’ N
100 ํ 23’ E On the west of Sathing Phra lies a large plain
covering the coastal area of the Songkhla Lake.
Sathing Phra is a huge low plain extending toward the Lake
coastal area, which is elongated and lies between short sandbars.
This natural feature helps keep plenty of water for growing
rice. It is also an important characteristic that motivated
settlement on Sathing Phra since the olden days. As the
east side of the sandbars is next to the coast, residents built
their houses on the higher sand bars that look very much
like a straight line as these bars lie one after another.
Evidently, at this place, tides and streams are extremely
severe. Anchoring boats and ships, thus, had to be done
inside the Songkhla Lake. In light of this natural aspect, the
Songkhla Lake became the surrounding communities’
crucial food supplies centre as well as convenient and safe
transportation hub for mooring ships and sheltering crew
from severe sea storms. Based on these phenomena, canals
were dug from the Lake into land on the sandy hills such
as those at “Pha Kho” and “Sathing Phra”. In the past, the
07 ํ 36’ N
100 ํ 24’ E © GISTDA_2014 Songkhla Lake had 2 main channels for access to the sea:
one north of Pak Phanung in Nakhon Si Thammarat and
ตามธรรมชาติอย่างถาวร และเชื่อว่าหากปล่อยให้เป็นไปตามธรรมชาติเช่นนี้ ความสิ้นสุดของ the other south of the Hua Khao Daeng sea mouth.
ทะเลสาบสงขลาก็จะมาถึงจุดจบของตัวเองที่เป็นไปตามวัฏจักรธรรมชาติ ในอีกช่วงเวลาที่ไม่ In addition, there was another path across the region from
the Songkhla Lake at Lum Pum and Ban Bang Kaeo in
ยาวนานนัก ร่องรอยการตั้งถิ่นฐานในอดีตที่เป็นมรดกวัฒนธรรมบนแผ่นดินเห็นได้ในปัจจุบัน Phatthalung Province cutting through the mountain pass to
นับเป็นภูมิปัญญาการตั้งถิ่นฐานบริเวณโดยรอบทะเลสาบสงขลาที่หลงเหลือให้เรียนรู้ถึงธรรมชาติ the Andaman Sea at Amphoe Palian in Trang Province.
ของแผ่นดินและชีวิตคน These transportation opportunities encouraged significant

settlements in this area in the past. Later, however,
part of the Lake became naturally shallow causing
the permanent closure of the northern passage.

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