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Travel Destinations - Trang Province
Trang or Muang Thap Thiang used
to be a port involved in foreign trade. It was the first city
where rubber was planted. Phraya Ratsadanupradit Mahison Phakdi
brought rubber from Malaysia and planted it here before anywhere
else in southern Thailand in 1899. Rubber is now considered
an important commodity of Thailand. The important Trang River
flows through the province from its origin in the Khao Luang
mountain range and the Palian River from the Banthat mountain
range.
Trang is a coastal province on the Indian Ocean with a long
western coastline of about 199 kilometres. The province consists
of an archipelago in the Andaman Sea with over 46 islands.
Of these, 12 are in Amphoe Kantang, 13 in Amphoe Palian and
21 in Amphoe Sikao. The best time for sea travel is during
October to May of the following year.
Trang has a total area of 4,941 square kilometres and is divided
into 9 districts (Amphoe) and 1 sub-district (King Amphoe);
Amphoe Kantang, Amphoe Huai Yot, Amphoe Yan Ta Khao, Amphoe
Palian, Amphoe Sikao, Amphoe Wang Wiset, Amphoe Na Yong, Amphoe
Ratsada, and King Amphoe Hat Samran.
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