Trang or Muang Thap Thiang used to be a port involved in foreign trade. It was the first city where rubber was planted. Phraya Ratsadanupradit Mahison Phakdi brought rubber from Malaysia and planted it here before anywhere else in southern Thailand in 1899. Rubber is now considered an important commodity of Thailand. The important Trang River flows through the province from its origin in the Khao Luang mountain range and the Palian River from the Banthat mountain range.

Trang is a coastal province on the Indian Ocean with a long western coastline of about 199 kilometres. The province consists of an archipelago in the Andaman Sea with over 46 islands. Of these, 12 are in Amphoe Kantang, 13 in Amphoe Palian and 21 in Amphoe Sikao. The best time for sea travel is during October to May of the following year.

Trang has a total area of 4,941 square kilometres and is divided into 9 districts (Amphoe) and 1 sub-district (King Amphoe); Amphoe Kantang, Amphoe Huai Yot, Amphoe Yan Ta Khao, Amphoe Palian, Amphoe Sikao, Amphoe Wang Wiset, Amphoe Na Yong, Amphoe Ratsada, and King Amphoe Hat Samran.

Boundary

North borders Amphoe Thung Song in Nakhon Si Thammarat and Amphoe Khlong Thom in Krabi.
South borders Amphoe Thung Wa in Satun and the Andaman Sea.
East borders Amphoe Khuan Khanun, Amphoe Kongra and Amphoe Tamot in Phatthalung (with the Banthat mountain range dividing the provinces).
West borders Amphoe Khlong Thom in Krabi and the Andaman Sea.

Distance between Amphoe Muang and Other Districts :

Huai Yot 28 kilometres
Yan Ta Khao 23 kilometres
Sikao 33 kilometres
Na Yong 10 kilometres
Hat Samran 45 kilometres
Kantang 24 kilometres
Palian 47 kilometres
Wang Wiset 60 kilometres
Ratsada 47 kilometres

Travelling from Trang to Nearby Provinces :
Buses and hired cars link Trang and nearby provinces, as follows:

Nakhon Si Thammarat 123 kilometres
Satun 134 kilometres
Phatthalung 56 kilometres
Krabi 131 kilometres
Hat Yai 148 kilometres
Phuket 312 kilometres
Surat Thani 226 kilometres
Phang-nga 221 kilometres

Useful Numbers :

- Police Station Tel : 0-7521-8019, 0 -7521-1311
- Trang Hospital Tel :0-7521-2241-3, 0-7521-8018
- Watthanaphaet Hospital Tel :0-7521-0585
- Railway station Tel :0-7521-8012
- Reservation office Tel :0-7521-3082
- Bus Terminal Tel :0-7521-5718
- Post Office Tel :0-7521-8521, 0-7521-8361, 0-7521-8021
- Thai Airways Tel :0-7521-8066, 0-7521-9923
- Trang Airport Tel :0-7521-8224, 0-7521-1150
- Trang Provincial Office Tel :0-7521-8516, 0-7521-8960
- Trang Immigration Tel :0-7525-1030
- Trang Water Police Tel :0-7525-1130
- Hat Chao Mai National Park Tel :0-7521-0099
- Mu Ko Phetra National Park (Satun Province) Tel :0-7478-1572
- Trang Tourist Business Association Tel :0-7521-5580