Krabi is on the Andaman Sea coast of southwest Thailand, between 7'30" and 8'30" north latitude, and 98'30" and 99'30" west longitud . This coastal province covers an area of 4,709 square kilometers. The provincial capital is 814 kilometers south of Bangkok, and is conveniently accessible by road from the capital and Phuket. Krabi's major attractions are located largely along its extensive coastline, which contains several well-known beaches and bays, and numerous offshore tropical islands. Krabi is divided into eight districts : Muang(Krabi Town), Kao Panom, Klong Tom, Plai Praya, Koh Lanta, Ao Luk, Lam Tap, and Neua Klong.

History of Krabi Krabi is a southern province on Thailand's Andaman seaboard with 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 the time, c.1200 A.D., Krabi was tributary to the Kingdom of Ligor, a city on the Kra Penisula's east coast better known today as Nakorn Sri Thammarat.

At the start of the Rattanakosin period, about 20 years age, when the capital was finally settled at Bangkok, an elephant kraal was established in Krabi by order of Jao Praya Nakorn(Noy), the Rajah of Nakorn Sri Thammarat, which was by then a part of the Thai Kingdom. He sent his vizier, the Pra Palad to oversee this task, which was to ensure a regular supply of elephants for the larger town. So many emigrated in the steps of the Pra Palad that soon Krabi had a large community in three different boroughs : Pakasai, Klong Pon, and Pak Lao.

In 1872, King Chulalonkorn graciously elevated these to town status, called Krabi, a word that preserves in itts meaning the monkey symbolism of the old standard. The town's first governot was Lauang Thep Sena, though it continued a while as a dependency of Nakorn Sri Thammarat, This was chagned in 1875, when Krabi was raised to a fourth level town in the old system of Thai government Administrators then reported directly to the central government in Bangkok, and Krabi's history as a unique entity, separate from the other provinces, had begun.

During the present reign, the corps of civil servants, the merchants, and the population generally of Krabi and nearby provinces have together organized construction of a royal residence at Laem Hahng Nak Cape for presentation to Her Majesty the Queen. This lies thirty kilometers to the west of Krabi Town on the Andaman coast.

Boundaries
On the North Is Phang-nga and Surat Thani Provinces
On the South Is Trang province and the Andaman Sea
On the East Is Trang and Nakorn Sri Thammarat Provinces.
On the West Is Phang-nga Province and the Andaman Sea.

Climate 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 2,568.5 millimeters.

Transportation By Car From Bangkok take Route 4, passing Petchburi, Prajuab-Kirikan, Chumporn, Ranong, and Phang-nga Province before reaching Krabi; a total distance of 946 kilometers. An alternate route is to take Route 4 to Chumporn and then turn onto Foute 41. This leads through Lang Suan District of Chumporn to Chaiya and Wieng Sah Districts of Surat Thani; from there follow Route 4035, passing Ao Luk District of Krabi, back onto Route 4, and down to Krabi Town. This shortcut is just 814 kiloneters, and is followed by the bus services from Bangkok.

From Phuket Take Route 402 to Route 4 and pass Thambon Kok Kloy of Takua Tung District in Phang-nga; Tap Puhd District, Phang-nga; and enter Ao Luk Cistrict of Krabi ; the total distance is 185 kilometers.

By Train
From Bangkok Station take the train to one of the following stations : Trang, Puhn Pin in Suathani Province, or Tung Song in Nakorn Sri Thamarat Provice ; from any of these places a bus may be taken onward to Krabi. Regarding train schedules and costs, contact the travel office of State Railway of Thailand, tel (02)223 7010

By Air
From Bangkok Airport fly to Phuket, and from there take road transport on ward to Krabi. For in formation contact the Public Relations Office of Thai Internationsl Airway, Ltd., tel (02)280 0070