| Official Name: | Nuea Khlong |
| Native Name: | เหนือคลอง |
| Native Name Lang: | th |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Thailand |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Krabi |
| Subdivision Type2: | Seat |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nuea Khlong |
| Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
| Subdivision Type4: | Muban |
| Established Title: | District established |
| Population Total: | 54789 |
| Population As Of: | 2548 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Postal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 81130 |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Geocode |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 8108 |
| Timezone: | ICT |
| Utc Offset: | +7 |
| Coordinates: | 8.0747°N 99.0036°W |
Nuea Khlong (Thai: เหนือคลอง, in Thai pronounced as /nɯ̌a̯ kʰlɔ̄ːŋ/) is a district (amphoe) in Krabi province, Thailand.
The minor district (king amphoe) was created on 1 April 1992 by splitting off eight tambons from Mueang Krabi district.[1] It was upgraded to a full district on 5 December 1996.[2]
Neighboring districts are (from the northwest clockwise): Mueang Krabi, Khao Phanom, Khlong Thom, and Ko Lanta. To the west is the Andaman Sea.
The district is divided into eight sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 56 villages (mubans). Nuea Khlong is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambon Nuea Khlong. Each tambon has a tambon administrative organization (TAO).
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Tambon Pakasai has long been the site of an electrical power generating plant run by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT). In 1964, three 20 MW coal-fired plants came on-line adjacent to a coal mine that supplied fuel for the boilers. The plants were replaced in 1995 by a 340 MW generating plant burning natural gas and petroleum. EGAT plans to build on the same site an 800 MW coal-fired plant[3] to come on-line in 2019, burning 2.3 million tonnes of coal yearly, imported from Indonesia, Australia, and South Africa. The development is estimated to cost 60 billion baht (US$2 billion). EGAT's plans have encountered significant resistance from local residents due to their health concerns and fears of detrimental environmental impact.[4] EGAT counters by claiming that the plant will be a "clean coal" facility. Critics maintain that clean coal has never been successfully demonstrated at scale.[5]