Pattaya : Ask Biography

Administration

Full name

Pattaya

Official name

Pattaya City, เมืองพัทยา

Native name

พัทยา

Country

Thailand

Province

Chonburi

Mueang

Mueang Pattaya

Government

Type

Self-administrating municipality

Mayor

Ittipol Khunplome

Geography

Total Area

8.6 sq mi (22.2 km2)

Demography

Total Population

104318 (2007)

Density (pop.)

auto/km² (0/sq mi)

Other information

Time zone

Thailand (UTC+7)

ISO 3166-2

TH-S

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Pattaya ( , , , -thpʰát.tʰā.jāː) is a city in Thailand, located on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 165 km southeast of Bangkok located within but not part of Amphoe Bang Lamung (Banglamung) in the province of Chonburi.

The City of Pattaya ( ; ) is a self governing municipal area which covers the whole tambon Nong Prue and Na Kluea and parts of Huai Yai and Nong Pla Lai. The City is situated in the heavily industrial Eastern Seaboard zone, along with Si Racha, Laem Chabang, and Chonburi. It has a population exceeding 100,000 (2007).

Pattaya is also the center of the Pattaya-Chonburi Metropolitan Area, the conurbation in Chonburi Province, with a total population exceeding 1,000,000 (2010).