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| 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
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towns that used, before people were widely literate, the
monkey for their standard. At that time, c. 1200 A.D.,
Krabi was tributary to the Kingdom of Ligor, a city on
the Kra Peninsula's east coast better known today as Nakhon
Si Thammarat.At the start of the Rattanakosin period,
about 200 years ago, when the capital was finally settled
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elephant kraal was established in Krabi by order of Chao
Phraya Nakorn (Noi), the governor of Nakhon Si Thammarat,
which was by then a part 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 steps of the
Phra Palad that soon Krabi had a large community in three
different boroughs : Pakasai, Khlong |
Pon,
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 Si Thammarat.
This was changed 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 separated 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 Hang Nak Cape for presentation
to His Majesty the King. This lies thirty kilometers to
the west of Krabi Town on the Andaman coast.
Population
Krabi's estimated population, as of September 1999,
is 344,610.
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Geography
Krabi's mountainous physical geography is broken by
highlands and plains on the mainland.The provincial
administration also covers more than 130 islands in
the Andaman Sea. Natural forest cover is chiefly mangrove
and Cassia trees. Krabi's sandy clay soil conditions
are perfect for a variety of agricultural products,
including rubber trees, palms, mangos, coconuts, and
coffee.
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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 Khlong Pakasai, the Khlong Krabi Yai and the Khlong
Krabi Noi in the province's highest range of mountains,
the Khao Phanom Bencha.
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Climate
Weather in Krabi is typically that of the tropical monsoon,
providing the province with just two seasons, the hot
season, and the rainy season. Monsoon winds, which change
according to season, blow from the southeast, the southwest,
and the northeast. Temperatures range between 16.9 and
37.3 degrees Celsius and the yearly rainfall averages
2,568.5 millimeters.
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