Trang | |
Native Name: | ตรัง |
Native Name Lang: | th |
Settlement Type: | City Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Thailand |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Thailand |
Coordinates: | 7.5575°N 99.6103°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Thailand |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Trang |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Mueang Trang |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Apichit Winothai |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 14.77 |
Population Total: | 59,637 |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | ICT |
Utc Offset1: | +7 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | (+66) 75 |
Government Type: | City Municipality |
Leader Title1: | Vice Mayor |
Official Name: | City of Trang เทศบาลนครตรัง |
Thesaban nakhon Trang ((translated as Trang city municipality)), City of Trang, or Trang (pronounced as /th/), also called Mueang Thap Thiang (Thai: เมืองทับเที่ยง), is a thesaban nakhon (city municipality) and the capital of Trang Province, Thailand. The city has a population of 59,637 (2005) and covers the whole tambon Thap Thiang of Mueang Trang district. Trang is 839 km south of Bangkok.[1]
Trang lies on the Trang River, roughly halfway between the Tenasserim Hills and the coast of the Andaman Sea.[2]
Trang has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification Am). At just 8°N, the temperature in Trang is sees little variation throughout the year, although the pre-monsoon months from February to April are a little hotter in the daytime. The year is divided into a short dry season, from January to February, and a long wet season from March to December, with the heaviest rain in September. There is still some rain, however, in the dry season.
The main road through Trang is Phetkasem Road (Route 4), which connects the city to Phatthalung and the border with Malaysia to the south-east, and to Krabi, Phang Nga, Phuket (via Route 402), Ranong, Chumphon, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Phetchaburi, Ratchaburi, and Bangkok to the north.
Trang Railway Station is on a branch (terminating at Kantang of the Southern Line of the State Railway of Thailand.
Trang is served by Trang Airport, seven km from the city.[3] Thai AirAsia, Nok Air and Thai Lion Air provide services to Bangkok from Trang.