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| | Southern Thailand |
 | | Southern Thailand consists of 14 provinces: Chumphon, Ranong, Surat Thani, Phangnga, Phuket, Krabi, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Trang, Phatthalung, Songkhla, Satun, Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat. |
 | | The region, located on the peninsula, extends from Chumphon to the Thai-Malaysian border and is bordered in the east by the Gulf of Thailand, to the west by the Indian Ocean. |
 | | After the disintegration of the empire in the 13th century, Nakhon Si Thammarat became an independent kingdom and extended its power over other cities in this peninsula before it was brought under the dominion of Ayutthaya in the 14th century. |
| www.thaistudents.com /guidebook/provinces/i_south.html (691 words) |
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