Province of Thailand
Satun
Satun is a province of Thailand. It covers about 2,540 km² (981 mi²), the 63rd largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and about the same size as Luxembourg. About 324,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 2,540 km²981 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 2,480 km²Wikidata · 2.4% below our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 0.5%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 63rd of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 324,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 128 people per km² |
| Capital | Satun |
| Latitude range | 6°N to 7°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-91 |
What the numbers say about Satun
- Satun covers 0.5% of the area of Thailand and ranks 68th of 77 by population, against 63rd by area.
- It would take 203 provinces the size of Satun to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 8.96× the size of Satun; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 16% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (2,490 km², 1.02×) and Chai Nat (2,480 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Satun would be larger than 59 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 181st by area, between Luxembourg (2,610 km²) and Mauritius (2,000 km²).
- With 324,000 people it would rank 178th of 238 by population.
- Satun has 128 people per km², about the density of Syria, which has 128 per km².
- That makes Satun the 36th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 99% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Satun lies at 7°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.0×.
- Laid out flat, Satun stretches about 78 km north to south and 117 km east to west.
- Our measured 2,540 km² is 2.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 2,480 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- United StatesAreaRhode Island90% · 2,830 km²PeopleWyoming56% · 577,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaGoa74% · 3,420 km²PeopleAndaman and Nicobar Islands0.91× · 356,000 (2005)
- GermanyAreaSaarland0.96× · 2,650 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- FranceAreaRéunion (France)0.98× · 2,580 km²PeopleMayotte1.01× · 321,000 (2024)
- ItalyAreaAosta Valley77% · 3,300 km²PeopleMolise1.07× · 304,000 (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleLa Rioja1.00× · 324,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaSaga1.04× · 2,450 km²PeopleTottori59% · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreanone within 2×PeopleRoraima51% · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador63% · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreaAustralian Capital Territory1.08× · 2,350 km²PeopleNorthern Territory1.24× · 262,000 (2024)
- MexicoAreaTlaxcala66% · 3,870 km²PeopleBaja California Sur51% · 637,000 (2010)
Where Satun sits in Thailand
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2020. Thailand’s units share the 2020 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12