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  Phang Nga travel guide - Wikitravel
Phang Nga Province is on the east coast of Southern Thailand, and shares borders with Krabi Province, Ranong Province and Surat Thani Province, as well as the Andaman Sea.
It's also connected to Phuket Province by road bridge.
Phang Nga (พังงา) is the provincial capital of Phang Nga Province.
wikitravel.org /en/Phang_Nga_(province)   (137 words)

  
  Phang Nga Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Phang Nga (Thai พังงา) is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand, on the shore to the Andaman Sea.
The city Phang Nga was probably created in 1809 during the reign of King Rama II, during one of the wars with neighboring Burma.
In order to strengthen the defense in the strategic important area in 1840 Phang Nga became a province, and Takuatung was reduced in status as a district.
www.butte-silverbow.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Phang_Nga_Province   (394 words)

  
 Phang Nga Info
The province of Phang Nga is a land rich with idyllic islands and a hinterland comprising beautiful scenery.
Phang Nga covers an area of over 4,000 square kilometers, over half of which is made up of mangrove and evergreen forest.
Phang Nga is roughly 800 km from Bangkok, bordering on Ranong to the north, Phuket to the south, Krabi and Surat Thani to the east, and the Indian Ocean to the west.
www.traveller2000.com /province/phangnga   (1081 words)

  
 Phang-Nga Thailand - hotels and information. phangnga hotels and resort
Phang-Nga is a primarily agricultural province in the south of Thailand.
North: borders Ranong Province and Surat Thani Province.
East: borders Surat Thani Province and Krabi Province.
nst.sawadee.com /phangnga   (193 words)

  
 Phang Nga travel guide for backpackers and travellers to Asia. Accommodation, restaurants and more...
This medium-sized province is bordered by Phuket, Ranong, Surat Thani and Krabi provinces and also has coastline onto the Bay of Phuket and the Andaman Sea.
Phang Nga is a wet province, and island you'll find numerous waterfalls, although lack of infrastructure will mean you'll need your own transport to get to some of them.
The Andaman Sea coast of Phang Nga province was devastated by the Boxing Day Tsunami, with the Khao Lak area the worst hit in all of Thailand.
www.travelfish.org /province/thailand/southern_thailand/phang_nga   (378 words)

  
 Phang Nga hotel and Khaolak hotels Thailand accommodation
The provincial capital of Phang Nga is a small town of the same name, set amidst spectacular limestone crags near the coast of Phang Nga Bay itself.
There are many places of interest within minutes of Phang Nga province, making it centrally positioned for attractions in southern Thailand.
Although the beaches are only swim-able at high tide, the popularity of these two islands is their accessibility to the other islands of the Phang Nga area and the excellent mountain bike and trekking areas available.
yourrooms.com /thailand_hotels/phang_nga   (526 words)

  
 Phang-nga Thailand, Travel Information   (Site not responding. Last check: )
is a primarily agricultural province in the south of Thailand.
Phang-Nga adjourns Ranong Province and Surat Thani Province.
Phang-Nga adjourns Phuket Province and the Andaman Sea.
se-ed.net /ed15/phang-nga   (84 words)

  
 Phang Nga and Khaolak travel information and local guide
Dynasty, during the reign of Rama I, Phang-nga was given equal status with Takuapa and another nearby town, Takuatung, and all three were removed from the government’s Harbour department and put under the Ministry of defence.
The best evedence indicates that Phang Nga was officially established in 1809 during the reign of Rama II, when one of the periods wars with Burma was raging.The King there, Padung Kasatri appointed Ah Terng Woon to lead an invasion force the attck on Thailand’s southern towns.
During the reign of Rama III, the central government thought to strengthen the southwest coastal town that were prey to successive Burmese attacks by appointing a governor fo rthe province who reported directly to Bangkok.
www.yourrooms.com /thailand_hotels/phang_nga/general_info.htm   (585 words)

  
 QBE Phang Nga Bay Regatta
Phuket, Phang Nga and Krabi provinces in the south of Thailand were significantly damaged by tidal waves on December 26th.
Areas that received the most damage were Khao Lak in Phang Nga province, to the north of Phuket Island and Phi Phi Island.
The QBE Phang Nga Bay Regatta has for many years sailed a course that leaves Phuket, travels through Phang Nga to Krabi, on then to Phi Phi and back to Phuket — without question one of the world’s most scenic and unique cruising grounds.
www.sailing.org /?ID=j6lFht,1B&Format=print   (586 words)

  
 Phang Nga Bay, James Bond Island and Pannyi Village
A distinctive feature of Phang Nga Bay is the sheer limestone cliffs that jut vertically out of the emerald green water.
Most visitors to the bay stay in Phuket, which is nearby, and there are a growing number of hotels and resorts on the Phang Nga mainland.
Surin Islands · Phang Nga Bay · Coral Island · Racha Island · Koh Yao · Naka Yai and Noi · Rang Yai Island · Maphrao · Koh Khai Nok · Maiton Island · Koh Lone · Koh Bon · Koh Kaew · Koh Lanta · Koh Samui
www.phuket.com /island/phangnga.htm   (1212 words)

  
 Phang Nga Hotels Travel Guide — Phang Nga information, hotels, map, travel, tourism, tourist, weather, climate, travel ...
Phang-Nga Province district is administratively divided into eight amphoes: Muang, Kapong, Khura Buri, Takua Pa, Takua Thung, Thai Muang, Thap Put and Ko Yao which are world renowned for their spectacular scenery and national parks rich in fauna and flora.
The province of Phang Nga is a land rich with idyllic islands and a hinterland comprising some of the most beautiful scenery to be found anywhere in the world.
The majority of the area is mountainous with very little basin area and covers an area of over 4,000 square kilometers, over half of which is made up of mangrove and evergreen forest.
www.hoteltravel.com /thailand/phang_nga/guides/overview.htm   (632 words)

  
 The Epoch Times | Treading Where Few Dare To
Organic rice from northeast Thailand donated for the Burmese migrant communities affected by the tsunami in Phang Nga in the south.
Nyan Lin, 22, is a migrant worker from Myanmar (formerly Burma) working as a rubber-tapper in Phang Nga province in southern Thailand, an area devastated by the killer tsunami last Dec. 26.
Perhaps half of the Burmese workers in six southern Thai provinces- Ranong, Phang Nga, Phuket, Krabi, Satun and Trang- are there illegally.
english.epochtimes.com /news/5-1-30/26133.html   (776 words)

  
 Phang Nga Thailand
The province of Phang Nga is located about 790 km /500 miles/ Southwest of Bangkok and has an outlet on the Andaman Sea and densely forested inland.
The province covers an area of 4,200 square km /1,600 square miles/ and is a major agricultural province of South Thailand with rubber plantations, rice, fruits and vegetables.
Ao Phang Nga National Park providing some of the best beaches in Thailand with tens of small islands in the background or the unique caves and limestone formations lifted high above the crystal clear water.
destinations.around-thailand.com /cities/phang-nga   (219 words)

  
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Khaolak lies in the Takua-Pa district of Phang-Nga province, in the south of Thailand.
Phang-Nga is situated on the West Coast facing the Andaman Sea, and lies within 1-2hrs driving distance of popular tourist destinations such as Krabi in the east, and Phuket in the south.
A large proportion of the province is still comprised of forest, much of which is designated national park area.
www.searchtravels.com /index.cfm?menuid=1680   (745 words)

  
 Thailand - Phang Nga Province Hotel Restaurant Shopping Guesthouse Transport
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Phang Nga located far from Bangkok about 788 Km.
which the old name of Phangnga is "Mung Phu Nga" because the Phangnga have the large mountain name "Khao Nga" or " Khao Phangnga" Phangnga is city to rich of tin ore. Thus the foreigner almost come to Phangnga for opencut tin mine.
www.thailandday.com /Southernthailand/phangnga.htm   (524 words)

  
 The World Archaeological Congress   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Khao Lak in Phang Nga province was the most severely affected by the tsunami.
Concerning ethnic minorities and local villagers, the Mogen, an ethnic group living in Phang Nga province and Phuket province are safe due to their oral history and indigenous knowledge on a nature of sea level change, but some of their villages were wiped out completely.
Arak Sangkahitkul, Director General of the Royal Thai Fine Arts Department, and the cultural assessment survey teams have chosen the areas of PP island, Phuket province; Bang Niang and Ban Nam Kem in Phang Nga province for the Tsunami Memorial Museums.
ehlt.flinders.edu.au /wac/site/tsunami.php   (997 words)

  
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ThaksinÂ’s advisors will soon come up with the idea that the government build the integrated entertainment complexes, including casinos in Phang-nga provinceÂ’s Khao Lak island where the construction of a new airport is underway.
Previously, a group of Malaysian businessmen led by Tan Chee Kiang purchased a plot of land on Yao Yai island, which is also located in Phang-nga province, so as to build on it the integrated entertainment complex, dubbed “Phuket Paradise”, at a combined investment of between 20-40 billion baht.
It is 20 kilometres northeast from Phuket province and it takes about 25 minutes to travel from the Phang-nga coastline to Yao Yai island.
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 Ao Phang-Nga (Phang-nga Bay)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
8°08'-8°26'N, 98°27'-98°45'E; in the Province of Phang-nga, on the west coast of Peninsular Thailand; enclosed to the west by the island of Phuket.
A huge shallow bay fringed with extensive mangrove swamps, extending north from Phuket Island eastwards along the mainland coast past the mouths of six river systems to the mouth of the Mae Nam Marui.
A great many limestone pillars and islands rise sheer from the coastal flats, and there are extensive shallows offshore, only 1 -4m deep at mean low water.
www.arcbc.org.ph /wetlands/thailand/tha_ao_phanga.htm   (1196 words)

  
 UNICEF - Tsunami disaster — countries in crisis - UNICEF Executive Board President sees post-tsunami reconstruction in ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
PHANG NGA, Thailand, 21 August — H. Ambassador Mehdi Danesh-Yazdi of the Islamic Republic of Iran, President of the Executive Board of UNICEF, last week visited areas of southern Thailand devastated by the 2004 tsunami, to see firsthand how communities are rebuilding their lives and livelihoods.
Bang Sak school in Phang Nga province was destroyed by the tsunami and rebuilt.
While there he met Lao Sriyang, who earlier that very day had identified the body of her daughter, confirming a death which she had gradually been forced to accept during many months of waiting.
unicef.org /emerg/disasterinasia/24615_28040.html   (369 words)

  
 Thais Living in Tsunami-Hit Regions Still Struggling   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Almost three months after the Indian Ocean tsunami crashed into the shores of Southern Thailand, many in the hardest-hit areas are still struggling to rebuild their lives and communities.
People in Thailand's Phang Nga Province are calling for the government to speed up financial assistance to revive the local economy.
Baan Nam Khem is in the Khao Lak region of Thailand's Phang Nga province on the Andaman Sea - one of the areas hardest hit by the massive waves on December 26.
www.voanews.com /english/2005-03-16-voa20.cfm   (859 words)

  
 ThaisNews.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Education Ministry is preparing to allocate a budget to support the construction project of RAJAPRACHANUKROH (ราชประชานุเคราะห์) School in the Tsunami affected Phang-nga (พังงา) Province.
He has referred to the ministry’s recent survey, indicating that, currently, the number of orphaned students in Phang-nga Province is between 60 and 100 students.
During first stage, he said the ministry would provide financial aid for their education until they graduate the bachelor degree level.
www.thaisnews.com /printfriendly.php?id=119879   (146 words)

  
 Phang Nga Hotels - Travel & Discount Hotel in Phang Nga, Thailand
Phang Nga is another popular destination on the Andaman coastline, famed for its wondrously scenic beauty, especially the so-called James Bond Island which used to be a co-starred with James Bond (Roger Moore) in the episode of "The Man with the Golden Gun".
With its strange formation of rocks and limestone cliffs jutting out from the greenish blue waters and abundant tropical rain forest which is a home to various kinds of wild animals, Phang Nga is the land of natural wonders that is not to be missed.
Hotspring Beach Resort and Spa is the only genuine Spa Resort in South of Thailand, Phang-Nga province.
www.asia-discovery.com /Thailand/phang-nga   (358 words)

  
 Khao Sok National Park - Phang Nga Province wildlife kayaking hiking itinerary
Phang Nga Province lies between two major tourism Meccas: Phuket and Krabi.
Still unaffected by mass tourism, Phang Nga Province offers travelers a chance to experience rural Thai lifestyles with a heavy dose of untouched nature.
In the afternoon, we'll head to Phang Nga National Park.
www.paddleasia.com /destinations/Itineraries/khao-sok-phang-nga-6-day.htm   (742 words)

  
 Attraction around Khao Lak, discont hotel beach resort in Khao Lak Thailand
The outer islands of Phang Nga are considered to be one of the world’s best scuba diving grounds.
The island of Koh Khao Phing Kan (Cliffs Leaning on Each Other Island) and nearby Koh Tapu (Nail Island) in the Phang Nga Bay were made famous in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and are the highlights of numerous boat tours.
The holy Wat Tham Suwan Kuha (Cave Temple) houses a reclining Buddha, tiny shrines, and chedis interspersed among the stalactites and stalagmites in the cave
www.khao-lak.biz /attraction.htm   (1066 words)

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