
3 minute read
PHUKET
by Hoàng Huy
is the largest island in Thailand with an area of nearly 540 km², located in the Adaman Sea in southern Thailand. The island is mostly mountainous with a mountain range on the west side of the island from north to south. Phuket is bordered to the north by the Mergui Islands of Myanmar, to the west by the Andaman Islands of India. This vast coastline with hundreds of large and small islands, countless peaks, cliffs, caves is waiting for the exploration and discovery of visitors.
Although some recent geographical studies refer to parts of the Tenasserim Hills in the isthmus as the “Phuket Range”, these names are not found in classical geographical sources. In addition, the relatively recent Phuket name has previously been named Jung Ceylon and Thalang. The island is largely mountainous with a mountain range on the west side of the island running from north to south. The mountains of Phuket form the southern part of the Phuket mountain range 440 km from the isthmus of Kra. The highest point of the island is Mai Thao Sip Song (Twelve Canes), 529 m above sea level. However, it has been reported by barometric pressure studies that there is an even higher elevation (no clear name), at 542 meters above sea level, in the Kamala hills behind. Kathu waterfall. Phuket is about 863 kilometers (536 mi) south of the capital Bangkok and covers an area of 543 square kilometers (210 sq mi) excluding islets. It is estimated that Phuket would have a total area of about 576 square kilometers (222 sq mi) if all of its outlying islands were included. 70% of Phuket’s area is covered by mountains stretching from north to south. The remaining 30 percent are plains in the central and eastern parts of the island. It has a total of nine streams and creeks, but without any major rivers.
Advertisement
SRILANTA Resort and Spa


SriLanta Resort and Spa has a small road that separates the restaurants and pools at the front, and the rustic hillside villas and Suite rooms at the back.

We have Service Transfer from Saladan Pier and others destination. Please contact thru Book Transfer for arangement take pleasure in outdoor dining at Surya Chandra Restaurant, which serves traditional Thai cuisine or head over to Chedi Beach
SriLanta
Resort and Spa has a small road that separates the restaurants and pools at the front, and the rustic hillside villas and Suite rooms at the back. We have Service Transfer from Saladan Pier and others destination. Please contact thru Book Transfer for arrangement.



Bangkok
Bangkok is the center of the Thai media industry. All national newspapers, broadcast media and major publishers are based in the capital. The 21 national newspapers had a total daily circulation of about two million in 2002. These included Thai Rath, Khao Sod and Daily News, which first published a million copies a day, as well as the less sensitive Matichon and Krungthep Thurakij. than. Bangkok Post and The Nation are two national English-language newspapers. Foreign publications including the Asian Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Straits Times and Yomiuri Shimbun also have operations in Bangkok. The majority of Thailand’s more than 200 magazines are published in the capital and include news magazines as well as lifestyle, entertainment, gossip and fashion publications.ews, which first published a million copies a day, as well as the less sensi
Thailand had a sophisticated legal system before Western influences led it to adopt a system of jurisprudence based on European models. The first law codes—dating from as early as the 15th century—were based on the Indian code of Manu, which arrived by way of the Mon and the Khmer. As part of the modernizing reforms of the late 19th century, a new legal system was developed, based primarily on the French (Napoleonic) model
The modernizing government of King Chulalongkorn also received legal advice from British advisers. A significant aspect of the legal reforms of the late 19th century was the creation of an independent judiciary. This ideal proved difficult to realize, however, because of interference by politicians and the continuing presence of corruption within the system. As part of a series of judicial reforms initiated at the end of the 20th century, the Supreme Court, with justices appointed by the monarch
Famous Temple In Thailand
Traffic In Bangkok State And City Overview

TRAFFIC IN THAILAND IS QUITE DIVERSE AND CHAOTIC, WITH NO DOMINANT MEANS OF TRANSPORT.

WASTE VEHICLE TRANSPORT PREVAILS OVER LONG DISTANCES AND IN BANGKOK, WHILE VEHICLES DOMINATE IN RURAL AREAS FOR SHORT TRIPS, INSTEAD OF BICYCLES.
Chinatown In Bangkok
The Chinese are the force holding the economic lifeline of Thailand. In Thailand, ethnic Chinese account for only 14% of the population, but account for ncapital oes and over 50% of the capital

