Phang-nga
|
พังงา Phang-nga |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
|
|||
| Coordinates | 8 ° 28 ' N , 98 ° 32' E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Thailand | ||
| Phang-nga | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | TH-82 | ||
| Residents | 9865 (2012) | ||
 Headquarters of the provincial government of Phang-nga
|
|||
Phang-nga ( Thai : พังงา ) is a city ( เทศบาล เมือง พังงา ) in the Thai province of Phang-nga . It is the capital of the district ( Amphoe ) Mueang Phang-nga and the capital of the province Phang-nga in southern Thailand .
The city of Mueang Phang-nga has 9,865 inhabitants. (Last updated 2012)
location
Phang-nga is located on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula (opposite the city of Nakhon Si Thammarat ) and on Maenam Phang-nga, which flows into the Andaman Sea . The city is about 800 kilometers from the capital Bangkok . Off the coast at Phang-nga is one of the most interesting landscapes in Thailand, with picturesque villages, white cone mountains, mangrove forests and wild jungle.
Economy and Importance
Phang-nga is benefiting from the upswing in Phuket , which is a little south and has developed into a tourist center in the south.
Attractions
( See also: Phang-nga Province )
- Nature experience - landscape and coast around Phang-nga. Numerous islands and islets with crater-like depressions and beaches, which can only be reached from the water with small boats, are protected in the Ao Phang-nga National Park.
- Chinese Quarter - a number of old buildings built on the steep rocky reefs
Personalities
- Matee Sarakum (* 1999), soccer player
Individual evidence
- ↑ Department of Provincial Administration : As of 2012 (in Thai)
Web links
- Phang-nga city map (names in Thai and English) [last accessed November 17, 2013]