Phang Nga Province

Phang-nga
พังงา
statistics
Capital:	Phang-nga
Telephone code:	076
Surface:	4,170.9 km² 53.
Residents:	251,657 (2009) 71.
Population density :	60 E / km² 68.
ISO 3166-2 :
Governor :
map

Headquarters of the provincial administration of Phang-nga (Sala Klang Changwat) , in the background the striking "Elephant Mountain"

Phang-nga ( Thai : พังงา , [pʰaŋ ŋaː] ) is a province ( Changwat ) on the Andaman Sea coast in the southern region of Thailand . The capital of Phang-nga Province is also called Phang-nga .

Geography and climate

Phang-nga is on the western side of the Malay Peninsula . The province is mostly mountainous, with many beaches on the Andaman Sea. The most important beach for tourists is Khao Lak , which was badly damaged by the tsunami on December 26, 2004 .

The limestone islands off the Phang-nga Bay are u. a. known from the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun - especially the "James Bond Island" Khao Phing Kan , which has now become a crowded tourist destination. The islands are protected in the Ao Phang-nga National Park.

Adjacent provinces and areas:
north	Ranong
east	Surat Thani and Krabi
south	Phuket and the Andaman Sea
west	Andaman Sea

The climate is tropical - monsoonal .

economy

About a third of the country is used for agriculture . Otherwise tourism has some meaning. Khao Lak ( Amphoe Takua Pa ) is one of the most important destinations for international beach tourism on the Thai Andaman Sea coast.

Data

The "Gross Provincial Product" ( GDP 2011) the province was 45.689 billion baht .

Industry	2006	2007	2008
Agriculture	45.8	43.7	45.5
Industry	4.9	6.0	5.4
Other	49.3	50.3	49.1

All figures in%

The minimum wage in the province is 186 baht per day (around € 4).

By far the largest contributing industry to the province's economic output in 2011 was agriculture with 17.495 billion baht, followed by transport, storage and communications with 5.582 billion baht, wholesale and retail with 4.980 billion baht and the hotel and restaurant industry with 4.080 billion baht.

Land use

The following land use is documented for the province:

• Forest area: 1,206,862 Rai (754.3 km²), 46.3% of the total area
• Agricultural area: 825,009 Rai (515.6 km²), 31.7% of the total area
• Unclassified area: 574,938 rai (359.3 km²), 22.1% of the total area

history

The province goes back to three cities ( Müang ) of comparable size - Thalang, Takua Pa and Takua Tung. When these were attacked by the Burmese army in 1809, King Phra Phutthaloetla ( Rama II ) founded the city of Phang-nga, as the refugees had already settled along the Maenam Phang-nga (Phang-nga River). In 1840 Phang-nga was elevated to the status of provincial capital in order to better protect the strategically important region against attacks by the Burmese and their occupiers, the English. Takua Tung was placed under Phang-nga; In 1931 Takua Pa was also incorporated into the province.

Attractions

Khao Ta-Pu - The "James Bond Rock"

• Nature experience - landscape and coast around Phang-nga
• "James Bond Island": On the land route from Phuket to Krabi, north around Phang-nga Bay, the city of Phang-nga is in the middle of the route. Tour operators offer boat trips to the islands of the river delta here. The center of tourist interest is the Khao Phing Kan , the island with the prominent rock finger Khao Ta-Pu, which is blown up at the end of the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun and sinks into the sea, but is still closed today is to be visited. The island is located in the Ao Phang-nga National Park .
• Other national parks:
  • Mu Ko Ra National Park - Ko Phra Thong
  • Mu Ko Similan National Park
  • Mu Ko Surin National Park
  • Si Phang Nga National Park

Symbols

The seal of the province shows the city hall in front of the mountains of the Phu Khao Chang mountain range. Also in the foreground is an excavator that symbolizes tin mining in the province.

The symbol tree of the province is Cinnamomum porrectum , the symbol flower Anaxagorea javanica .

The motto of Phang-nga Province is:

"Phang-nga is rich and blessed with ore mines,
the townhouses are built in the midst of deep and wide water,
the country has beautiful caves in strange mountains,
champun trees and natural resources are many."

Administrative units

Provincial Administration

Phang-nga is divided into 8 Amphoe ('districts' or 'counties'). These are further divided into 48 tambon ('sub-districts' or 'municipalities') and 314 muban ('villages').

No. Amphoe name Thai 1 Amphoe Mueang Phang-nga อำเภอ เมือง พังงา 2 Ko Yao district อำเภอ เกาะยาว 3 Kapong district อำเภอ กะปง 4th Takua Thung district อำเภอ ตะกั่วทุ่ง 5 Amphoe Takua Pa อำเภอ ตะกั่วป่า 6th Amphoe Khura Buri อำเภอ คุระบุรี 7th Thap Put district อำเภอ ทับปุด 8th Amphoe Thai Mueang อำเภอ ท้ายเหมือง

Outline map of Phang Nga Amphoe

Local administration

A provincial administrative organization ( บริหาร ส่วน จังหวัด , อบ จ for short , Ongkan Borihan suan Changwat ; English Provincial Administrative Organization , PAO) exists for the entire area of ​​the province .

There are two "cities" ( เทศบาล เมือง - Thesaban Mueang ) in the province : Takua Pa ( เทศบาล เมือง ตะกั่วป่า ) and Phang-nga ( เทศบาล เมือง พังงา พ ราย ). There are also 7 “small towns” ( เทศบาล ตำบล - Thesaban Tambon ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Gross Provincial Product at Current Market Prices: Southern Provinces, National Economic and Social Development Board, 2011.
2. ↑ Thailand in Figures (2011)
3. ↑ Thailand in Figures (2011)
4. ↑ Wolf Donner: The Five Faces of Thailand . Institute of Asian Affairs, Hamburg 1978. Tb-A .: University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Queensland 1982. ISBN 0-7022-1665-8 , p. 463.
5. ↑ Official website of the Ao Phang-nga National Park ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (in English) 
6. ↑ Department of Provincial Administration : As of 2012 (in Thai)

literature

• Thailand in Figures 2011 . Nonthaburi: Alpha Research 13 A. 2011. ISBN 9786167526034 .

Web links

Commons : Phang Nga  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Overview map of the province (names in Thai and English) [last accessed on November 7, 2013]
• Phang Nga Province Information - Tourism Authority of Thailand TAT website
• Phang Nga tour - Private Website (in English)

Coordinates: 8 ° 26 '  N , 98 ° 31'  E