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A warm welcome to the district of Thai Muang in Phang Nga province Southern Thailand. We hope you find this website a useful introduction to Thai Muang district.

Thai Muang district is renowned for its natural and varied beauty. There are mangrove and evergreen forests, exotic mountainous National Parks, beautiful long stretches of almost deserted white powdery beaches, a coastal National Park, and a world famous offshore National Park dive location.

It offers nature lovers an unspoilt landscape of beaches, islands, dive sites, hills, mountains, forested valleys, mangroves and estuaries.

Some of the attractions and activities of Thai Muang district include:-      

          - the "original" Khaolak beach
          - Khao Lak - Lam Ru national park
          - Thai Muang - Khao Lam Pi national park
          - several waterfalls
          - Dive sites at Similan islands national park
          - Thai Muang beach (adjacent to Thai Muang golf course)
          - Tha Sai beach
          - Bo Dan beach
          - Bo Dan hotsprings
          - Thap Lamu (departure point for Similan islands)
          - Royal Thai Navy's Third Fleet Sea Turtle Nursery (at Thap Lamu)
          - Marine Park conservation centre (at Thap Lamu)
          - Thai Muang golf course
          - Thap Lamu Royal Navy golf course




The district (Amphoe) of Thai Muang, has an area of 611.8 square kilometers and has six sub-districts (tambon) - these are Thai Muang, Na Toei, Bang Thong, Thung Maprao, Lam Pi, and Lam Kaen. There is a total of 49 villages.


With regard to Phang Nga province as a whole, it is a primarily agricultural province with beautiful diverse scenery. The chief cash crop is rubber, and rubber plantations cover a considerable area, especially noticeable along the roads. Aside from that, however, large areas are also given to food crops. Considerable amounts of rice, vegetables and fruits are produced in Phang-Nga. Phang-Nga province has an area of 4,170 sq. kms., a large part of which is forest, and is a melting pot culture of Buddhists, Thai-Chinese, Muslims and even sea gypsies.




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