|Pop. density:||147 inh./km²|
History During the reign of King Ramathibodi I of Ayutthaya in the 14th century Phattalung became one of twelve royal cities. At the end of the 18th century King Rama I submitted the city to the Ministry of Defense. During an administrative reform by King Chulalongkorn Phattalung became part of the Nakhon Si Thammarat prefecture. In 1924 Phattalung became a prefecture of its own, and in 1933 it was converted in a province.
|The provincial seal shows the 250 meter high Phu Khao Ok Thalu mountain, the symbol of the province. The provincial tree as well as the provincial flower is the Sweet Shorea (Shorea roxburghii[?]).|