Phuket
ภูเก็ต | |
|---|---|
| City of Phuket เทศบาลนครภูเก็ต | |
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Thai | ภูเก็ต |
| • Jawi | بوکيت (Jawi) |
| • Hokkien | 普吉市 Phóo-kiat-tshī (Tâi-lô) |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Phuket_City.jpg) Phuket | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Seal_of_Phuket.png) Seal | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Thailand_adm_location_map.svg)  Phuket Location in Thailand | |
| Coordinates: 7°53′17″N 98°23′51″E / 7.88806°N 98.39750°E | |
| Country |  Thailand |
| Province | Phuket province |
| District | Mueang Phuket |
| Government | |
| • Type | City Municipality |
| • Mayor | Saroj Ankanapilas |
| Area | |
| • City Municipality | 12 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 224 km2 (86 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • City Municipality | 79,308 |
| • Density | 6,600/km2 (17,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 250,474 |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Area code | (+66) 76 |
| Geocode | 8399 |
| Website | phuketcity |
Phuket (/puːˈkɛt/ poo-KET; Thai: เทศบาลนครภูเก็ต[pronunciation?] or ภูเก็ต, pronounced [pʰūː.kèt]) is a city in the southeast of Phuket Island, Thailand, and the capital of Phuket province. As of 2020[update] the city had a population of 79,308. It covers the subdistricts (tambons) Talat Yai (Thai: ตลาดใหญ่) and Talat Nuea (Thai: ตลาดเหนือ) of Mueang Phuket district.
Phuket is 862 km (535.6 mi) south of Bangkok.[1]
- ^ "Phuket". Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2015.