VISA & CONSULAR
SOCIAL & CULTURE
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
EDUCATION
ABOUT INDONESIA
ABOUT THAILAND
BILATERAL
PRESS RELEASE
NEWS
PHOTO GALLERY

CONTACT US


President RI

Ministry of
Foreign Affairs

The Embassy
Bangkok - Thailand

IMT - GT

The 24th Trade Expo
 
 
 
South Thailand - Southern Thailand
 
 
 

The south and the Islands are the southern region of Thailand.  It includes many from Thailand the majority of the famous resources in both seaboard oriented toward the west of the Sea of Andaman, and in Gulf oriented toward southern the east of the coast of Thailand.

Southern Thailand is connected with Bangkok, the economic center of Thailand, by railroad track as well as highway.  Also various regional airports are located in the largest towns.  The main axis of the transportation of southern every Thailand is the Hat Yai, that evolved from a small village to the present city inside few decades. 

The highway of Phetkasem is the most long road of Thailand, and Bangkok by the Isthmus flees of Kra and then in the western coast of the peninsula.  Of Trang that crosses it to the oriental coast al Hat Yai, and then end in the border malaisa. 

The southern railroad track connects also Bangkok al Hat Yai, and continues from there to Malaya and Singapore.  Two smaller branches of the railroad track flee Thung the Song to Trang and Nakhon If Thammarat.

 
Southern Thailand Administration
 
Usually the south is identified with the 14 provinces
 

No.Province Name

1. Chumphon   8. Phuket
2. Krabi   9. Ranong
3. Nakhon Si Thammarat   10. Satun
4. Narathiwat   11. Songkhla
5. Pattani   12. Surat Thani
6. Phang Nga   13. Trang
7. Phatthalung   14. Yala

 
TRANG
 
Statistics
Capital: Trang
Area: 4,917.519 km?
Ranked 44th
Inhabitants: 595,110 (2000)
Ranked 40th
Pop. density: 121 inh./km?
Ranked 36th
ISO 3166-2: TH-92
Governor: Somphong Anuyutthaphong
(since 2008)

http://www.trang.go.th/

http://www.trangzone.com/

 

Trang (also Muang Thap Thiang, is the one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand, at the western shore of the Malay Peninsula to the Andaman Sea. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Krabi, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung and Satun.

Trang 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 province has an area of approximately 5,000 square km.

 
 

The province is located on the coast of the Andaman Sea, and contains 46 islands together with the mainland area. There are only few plains, and most of the area is hills. The Khao Luang and the Banthat mountain range are the sources of the two main rivers of the province, the Trang River and the Palian River.

It has along western coastline of about 119 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. Situated along the Andaman coast, Trang province is home to innumerable beautiful islands, while the mountainous eastern region is home to dramatic waterfalls, caves and pristine jungle. Between the mountains and the coast are extensive plantations of rubber.

The southern coast of the province is protected in the Mu Ko Phetra National Park. The estuary of the Trang River together with the Hat Chao Mai Marine National Park and Ko Libong Non-hunting Area are also a registered Ramsar wetland.

Ko Lao Liang Phi in
Mu Ko Phetra National Park
Trang City Hall
 

Administrative Divisions

Trang is subdivided into 10 districts (amphoe). These are further subdivided into 87 subdistricts (tambon) and 697 villages (muban).

  1. Mueang Trang
  2. Kantang
  3. Yan Ta Khao
  4. Palian
  5. Sikao
  1. Huai Yot
  2. Wang Wiset
  3. Na Yong
  4. Ratsada
  5. Hat Samran
 

 
The Consulate of the Republic of Indonesia
19 Sadao Road, Muang District
Songkhla 90000
Phone : (074) 311544, 312219, 441867
Fax :     (074) 441094, 441470
E-mail : webmaster@indo-songkhla.org