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Krabi
Hotel and Travel Guide
 Krabi
is one of the southern provinces of Thailand, at the shore
of the Andaman Sea. Neighboring provinces are (from north
clockwise) Phang Nga, Surat Thani (Koh Samui) , Nakhon Si
Thammarat and Trang. The Phuket province to the west is
also neighboring, but without any land boundary.
The province is located at the shore to the Andaman Sea.
Most notable are the solitary limestone hills, both on the
land and in the sea as islands. Rock climbers from all over
the world travel to Railay Beach to climb. Of about 130
islands belonging to the province, Koh Phi Phi Ley is perhaps
the most famous, as it was the set of the movie The Beach.
Other islands include: Ko Phi Phi Don, part of the Phi Phi
Islands.
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Krabi has perhaps the country's oldest history of continued
settlement. After dating stone tools, ancient coloured pictures,
beads, pottery and skeletal remains found in the province's
many cliffs and caves, it is thought that Krabi has been
home to homo sapiens since the period 25,000-35,000 B.C.
in recorded times it was called the 'Ban Thai Samor', and
was one of twelve towns that used, before people were widely
literate, the monkey for their standard, At that time, c.
1,200 A.D., Krabi was tributary to the kingdom of Ligor,
a city on the Kra Peninsula's east coast better known today
as Nakorn Sri Thammarat.
At the start of the Rattanakorsin period, about 200 years
ago, When the capital was finally settled at Bangkok, an
elephant kraal was established in Krabi by order of Chao
Phraya Nakorn (Noi), the governor of Nakhon Sri Thammarat,
which was by then apart of the Thai kingdom. He sent his
vizier,the Phra Palad, to oversee this task, which was to
ensure a regular supply of elephants for the larger town
so followers many emigrated in the step of the Phra Palad
that soon Krabi had a large community inthree different
borouhs : Pakasai, khlong Poh, and Pak Lao.
In 1872, King Chulalongkorn graciously elevated these to
town status, called Krabi, a word that preserves in its.
meaning the monkey symbolism of the old standard. The town's
first governor was Luang Thep Sena, though it continued
a while as a dependency of Nakhon Sri Thammarat. This was
changed in 1875, when Krabi was raised to a fourth-level
town in the old system of Thai government Adminictrators
then reported directly to the central government in Bangkok,
and Krabi's history as a unique entiry, separate from the
other provinces, had begun.
During the present reign. the corps of civil servants, the
merchants, and the poputation of Krabi and nearby provinces
together organized construction of a royal residence at
Laem Hang Nak Cape for presentation to her Majesty the Queen.
This lies thirty kilometers to the west of Krabi Town on
the Andaman coast.
Geography
Krabi's mountainous physical geography is broken by nighlands
and plains on the mainland; the provincial administration
also covers more than 130 islands big and mangrove and Cassia
trees.
Krabi's sandy clay soil conditions are perfect. For a variety
of agricultural product, including : Rubber trees, palms,
oranges, coconuts, and coffee.
Krabi's mountainous physical geography is broken by highlands
and plains on the mainland; the provincial administration
also covers more than 130 islands big and mangrove and Cassia
trees. Krabi's sandy clay soil conditions are perfect for
a variety of agricultural products, including : Rubber trees,
palms, oranges, coconuts, and coffee.
The Krabi River flows 5 kilometers through the city and
falls into the Andaman at Tambon Pak Nam. There
are other streams as well: The Klong Pakasai ; the klong
Krabi Yai ; and the Klong Krabi Noy ; these have
their source in the province's highest range of mountains,
the Kao Panom Benja.
Administration
Krabi is divided into eight districts : Amphoe Muang (Krabi
town), Kho Panom, Khlong Thom, Plai Phraya, Ko Lanta, Ao
Luk, and Lam Thap and, Nhua Khlong.
Population
Krabi's estimated poputation, as of 31 March 2001, was 366,919.
Krabi Weather
Weather in Krabi is typically that of the tropical monsoon,
providing the province with just two seasons, the hot season
from November to April, and the rainy season from May to
October. Monsoon winds, which change according to season,
blow from the southeast, the southwest, and the northeast.
Temperatures for the year range between 16.9 and 37.3 degrees
Celsius; yearly rainfall averages 2,586.5 millimeters.
Local Festivals
Krabi Berk Fah Andaman
This festival takes place in November and celebrates the
opening of the tourist season in Krabi. Watersport competitions,
caltural shows, and good-natured fun are the schedule.
The Setting Adrift of the Chao Ley Boats
Takes place on Lanta Island during full moon of the sixth
and eleventh months in the lunar calender. This is a religious
rite performed by sea gypsies who gather on the beach near
Ban Saladan Village.
They dance their famous Rong Geng round the boats to be
set adrift Ceremonies feature singing and dancing; the reason
for the fest it to bring prosperity and happiness to the
participants, it is something hard to find elsewhere.
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