Satun

Satun (, , ) is a town ("thesaban mueang") in southern Thailand, capital of the Satun Province. It covers the whole "tambon" Phiman of Mueang Satun. Satun lies 985 km south of Bangkok. As of 2005 it has a population of 21,498.
Transportation.
Satun is connected to Malaysian Langkawi Island by direct ferry service.
Telecommunication.
Satun hosts Thailand's landing points for optical fiber submarine communications cable Segment FEA (FLAG Europe Asia) of the 28,000-kilometer-long FLAG (Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe); and for the 49,000-kilometer-long SEA-ME-WE 3, which links regions of south-east Asia to regions of the Middle East and Western Europe.