History
On December 8, 1941 local time, hours before the December 7 (Hawaii time) Attack on Pearl Harbor, the Imperial Japanese army landed here invading Thailand. It then proceeded south towards Perlis and Penang as part of the Malayan campaign which culminated in the capture of Singapore.
Since 2003 Songhkla has been affected by the Muslim insurgency in neighboring Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala.
The municipality's mayor, Peera Tantiserane, was murdered there in 2012.
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