Mueang Krabi district explained

Official Name:Mueang Krabi
Native Name:เมืองกระบี่
Native Name Lang:th
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Thailand
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Krabi
Subdivision Type2:Seat
Subdivision Name2:Paknam
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Type4:Muban
Established Title:District established
Population Total:79622
Population As Of:2000
Blank Name Sec1:Postal code
Blank Info Sec1:81000
Blank Name Sec2:Geocode
Blank Info Sec2:8101
Timezone:ICT
Utc Offset:+7
Coordinates:8.0617°N 98.9186°W

Mueang Krabi (Thai: เมืองกระบี่, in Thai pronounced as /mɯ̄a̯ŋ krā.bìː/) is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Krabi province in southern Thailand.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Ao Luek, Khao Phanom, and Nuea Khlong. To the south and west it borders Phang Nga Bay.

In the district is the Phi Phi Archipelago and several smaller islands. The karst landscape at the coast has attracts tourists to the beaches of Ao Nang and Railay, well-known to rock climbers.

Khao Phanom Bencha National Park in the north of the district protects the forests around Phanom Bencha, the highest elevation in Krabi Province. That hills are also the source of the Krabi River, which empties into Phang Nga Bay at Krabi town. Its estuary with mangrove forests and mudflats is a Ramsar-protected wetland.

Administration

The district is divided into 10 sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 66 villages (mubans). Krabi itself is the only town (thesaban mueang) of the district, covering tambons Pak Nam and Krabi Yai. The remaining tambons each have a tambon administrative organization (TAO).

No.NameThai nameVillagesPop.    
1.Pak Namปากน้ำ-17,294
2.Krabi Yaiกระบี่ใหญ่-7,692
3.Krabi Noiกระบี่น้อย131,326
5.Khao Khramเขาคราม69,249
6.Khao Thongเขาทอง65,774
11.Thap Prikทับปริก87,962
2523.Sai Thaiไสไทย710,851
16.Ao Nangอ่าวนาง87,898
17.Nong Thaleหนองทะเล78,647
18.Khlong Prasongคลองประสงค์114,670
The missing numbers 4, 7-10 and 12-14 were split off as Nuea Khlong district

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