Hua Hin

Hua Hin is a coastal city in Western Thailand, and it is the largest city of Prachuap Khiri Khan province. It is the seat of government for Hua Hin district and the Thai name of the city is written in Thai script. The municipal area covers 86.36 square kilometres and takes in the subdistricts of Hua Hin and Nong Kae. The 2020 population registered by the Thai Ministry of the Interior was 65,033 residents. The article gives 1834 as the year it was settled. It became a township municipality on 11 October 1937, was raised to a town municipality on 13 February 2004 and to a city municipality on 28 March 2025, a ladder of local government status that tracks its growth from a seaside settlement into the main urban centre of its province. It should not be confused with the Pacific island of Huahine.