Place details
Place nameNakhon Si Thammarat
Other namesNagara Sridharmaraj, Ligor
CountryPrathet Thai
Latitude8.4
Longitude99.967
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Seaport located on E coast of Malay Peninsula; a very old town, noted as the initial source of Thai niello work in silver; was once the capital of a powerful state that controlled the middle portion of the peninsula.