Pattaya
Pattaya
พัทยา | |
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| Pattaya City เมืองพัทยา | |
Skyline along of Pattaya Beach Art of Paradise Walking Street | |
Location in Bay of Bangkok Location in Thailand | |
| Coordinates: 12°56′09″N 100°53′20″E / 12.9357°N 100.889°E | |
| Country | Thailand |
| Province | Chonburi |
| District | Bang Lamung |
| City status | 29 Nov 1978 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Special local administrative area |
| • Body | Pattaya City |
| • Mayor | Poramet Ngampichet since 22 May 2022 (indp.) |
| Area | |
• Total | 53.4 km2 (20.6 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 727 km2 (281 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 8th |
| Population (January 2025) | |
• Total | 116,417 (Registered residents) |
| • Rank | 10th |
| • Density | 2,180/km2 (5,600/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 328,961 |
| • Metro | 999,092 |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Postcode | 20150 |
| Calling code | 038 |
| ISO 3166-2 | TH-S |
| Website | www |
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Pattaya is a city in Eastern Thailand, the second-largest city in Chonburi province and the eighth-largest city in Thailand. It is on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) southeast of Bangkok, and has a population of 328,961 as of 2021.
Pattaya City (Thai: เมืองพัทยา, RTGS: Mueang Phatthaya, pronounced [mɯ̄a̯ŋ pʰát.tʰā.jāː]) is a special local government organization area within Bang Lamung district and has a population of 119,532. It covers the tambons of Nong Prue and Na Klua and parts of Huai Yai and Nong Pla Lai. Pattaya City has grown into all adjacent sub-districts and accounts for the largest population percentage in the district, making it de facto a part of the "Pattaya-Bang Lamung-Jomtien" area, otherwise known as "Greater Pattaya".
The city is in the industrial Eastern seaboard zone, along with Si Racha, Laem Chabang, and Chonburi. Pattaya is at the center of the Pattaya-Chonburi Metropolitan Area (a conurbation in Chonburi Province with a population of 1,000,000), which forms the third largest metropolitan area in Thailand.