Kantang District

Kantang District (Thai: กันตัง, pronounced [kān.tāŋ]) is a district (amphoe) in the western part of Trang Province, Thailand.

Kantang

กันตัง
District
District location in Trang Province
Coordinates: 7°24′20″N 99°30′55″E
CountryThailand
ProvinceTrang
SeatKantang
Area
 • Total612.7 km2 (236.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total86,325
 • Density135.5/km2 (351/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code92110
Geocode9202

History

Kantang was the original capital of Trang Province, at first in Khuan Thani, and then from 1893–1916 in Kantang itself. As the area was prone to flooding, the capital was moved inland to its present location. The city pillar shrine (lak mueang) of Trang is still at its original location at Khuan Thani.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Sikao, Mueang Trang, and Yan Ta Khao of Trang Province. To the southwest is the Andaman Sea. The district is at the mouth of the Trang River.

Administration
Map of districts

The district is divided into 14 sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 83 villages (mubans). The town (thesaban mueang) Kantang covers the entire tambon Kantang. There are 13 tambon administrative organizations (TAO) in the district.

No. Name Thai Villages Pop.[1]
01.Kantangกันตัง-13,225
02.Khuan Thaniควนธานี604,630
03.Bang Makบางหมาก605,395
04.Bang Paoบางเป้า709,402
05.Wang Wonวังวน503,991
06.Kantang Taiกันตังใต้606,972
07.Khok Yangโคกยาง804,293
08.Khlong Luคลองลุ704,069
09.Yan Sueย่านซื่อ402,143
10.Bo Nam Ronบ่อน้ำร้อน909,039
11.Bang Sakบางสัก605,698
12.Na Klueaนาเกลือ604,299
13.Ko Libongเกาะลิบง806,843
14.Khlong Chi Lomคลองชีล้อม504,286

Economy

The Kantang District's chief industry is fishing. The industry is highly concentrated in few hands and has recently come under fire by international organisations for human trafficking, over-fishing, abuse of human rights, and outright murder. An Environmental Justice Foundation video went so far as to name Kanatang's Boonlarp Fishing Partnership, Ltd., as a particularly egregious bad actor.[2][3][4]

gollark: octahedron head
gollark: > face headThis is an excellent insult which I approve of.
gollark: ?remind 2y It is now 2022. Hi from the past! If you've failed your GCSEs, I will be annoyed at you, future version of me.
gollark: https://esolangs.org/wiki/WHY
gollark: Er, WHYJIT.

References
  1. "Population statistics 2008". Department of Provincial Administration. Archived from the original on 2009-05-17.
  2. "EJF names Thai firm responsible for murder, slave labor". Undercurrent News. 2015-11-30. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  3. Thailand's Seafood Slaves; Human Trafficking, Slavery and Murder in Kantang's Fishing Industry (PDF). London: Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF). 2015. ISBN 978-1-904523-37-6. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  4. Thailand's Seafood Slaves (Video). YouTube. Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF). Retrieved 19 August 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.