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Phuket - Web Guide To Travel In Phuket Thailand
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Phuket is Thailand's largest island, and is approximately the size of Singapore. nestles in balmy Andaman Sea waters on Thailand's Indian Ocean coast-line 867 kilometers south of Bangkok.
Phuket is an island connected by bridges to southern Thailand's Andaman Sea coast, in the Indian Ocean, lying between 7' 45 " and 8' 15" north latitude, and from 98' 15" to 98' 40" west longitude on the map. Thailand's largest island, is surrounded by 32 smaller islands that form part of the same administration, with a total area of 570 square kilometers. Measured at its widest point, is 21.3 kilometers; at its longest, 48.7 kilometers. It is bounded thus:
About 70 percent of is mountainous; a western range runs from north to south from which smaller branches derive. The highest peak is Mai Tao Sip Song, or Twelve Canes, at 529 meters, which lies within the boundaries of Tambon Patong, Kathu District (no roads go there yet). The remaining 30 percent of the island, mainly in the center and south, is formed by low plains. Streams include the Klong Bang Yai, Klong Ta Jin, Klong Ta Rua, and Klong Bang Rohng, none of which is large.
History of Phuket
Phuket Island has a long recorded history, and remanins dating back to A.D.1025 indicate that the island's present day name derives in meaning from the Tamil manikram, or crystal mountain. For most of history, however, it was known as Junk Ceylon, which, with variations, is the name found on old maps. The name is thought to have its roots in Ptolemy's Geographia, written by the Alexadrian geographer in the Third Century A.D. He mentioned that in making a trip from Suwannapum to the Malay Peninsula it was necessary to pass the cape of Jang Si Lang.
Phuket was a way station on the route between India and China where seafarers stopped to shelter. The island appears to have been part of the Shivite empire (called in Thai the Tam Porn Ling) that established itself on the Malay Peninsula during the first Millenium A.D. Later, as Muang Takua-Talang, it was part of the Srivichai and Siri Tahm empires. Governed as the eleventh in a constellation of twelve cities, Phuket's emblem, by which it was known to others in those largely pre-literate times, was the dog.
During the Sukothai Period was associated with Takua Pah in what is now Phang-nga Province, another area with vast tin reserves. The Dutch established a trading post during the Ayuthaya Period in the 16th Cent. The island's northern and central regions then were governed by the Thais, and the southern and western parts were given over to the tin trade, a concession in the hands of foreigners.
After Ayuthaya was sacked by the Burmese in 1767 there was a short interregnum in Thailand, ended by King Taksin, who drove out the Burmese and re-unified the country. The Burmese, however, were anxious to return to the offensive. They outfitted a fleet to raid the southern provinces, and carry off the populations to slavery in Burma. This led to Phuket's most memorable historic event. A passing sea captain, Francis Light, sent word that the Burmese were en route to attack. Forces in were assembled led by the two heroines, Kunying Jan, wife of Phuket's recently deceased governor, and her sister Mook. After a month's siege the Burmese were forced to depart on 13 March, 1785. Kunying Jan and her sister were credited with the successful defense.
In recognition King Rama I bestowed upon Kunying Jan the honorific Thao Thep Kasatri, a title of nobility usually reserved for royalty, by which she is known today. Her sister became Thao Sri Suntorn.
During the Nineteenth Century Chinese immigrants arrived in such numbers to work the tin mines that the ethnic character of the island's interior became predominantly Chinese, while the coastal settlements remained populated chiefly by Muslim fishermen.
In Rama V's reign, became the administration center of a group of tin mining provinces called Monton Phuket, and in 1933 with the change in government from absolute monarchy to a parliamentary system, the island was established as a province by itself.
Boundaries
On the North - Is the Pak Prah Strait, spanned by two bridges running side-by-side, the older Sarasin Bridge, and the newer Thao Thep Krasatri Bridge.
On the South - Is the Andaman Sea.
On the East - Is Ao Phang-nga Bay (In the Jurisdiction mainly of Phang-nga Province).
On the West - Is the Andaman Sea.
Climate
Phuket's weather conditions are dominated by monsoon winds that blow year round. It is therefore always and humid. There are two distinct seasons, rainy and dry. The rainy season begins in May and lasts till October, during which the monsoon blows from the southwest. The dry season is from November through April, when the monsoon comes from the northeast. Highest average temperatures, at 33.4 degrees Celsius, prevail during March. Lowest averages occur in January, when nightly lows dip to 22 degrees Celsius.
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Route 4 from Bangkok south. Along the way pass the provinces of Nakorn Pathom, Ratchburi, Petchburi, Prajuab-Kirikan, and at Chumporn go right to Ranong, From Ranong, go south through Kraburi and Kah-Perr districts to Phang-nga Province. In Phang-nga the road passes through Kuraburi, Takua Pa, and Takua Tung districts before reaching the town of Kok Kloy, just beyond which is the Tao Thep Krasatri Bridge and Phuket. Distance is 867 kilometers.
Both air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned buses leave the Southern Bus Terminal in Bangkok daily. For details call the individual bus companies: Borisat Kohn Sohng Jumkat Transport Co, Ltd., in Bangkok tel. (02) 4351200, or in (076) 211480 or Car rent by your sef click here
Details about flights to and from International Airport can be obtained from Thai Airway, in Bangkok Tel. (02) 2800070,2800080, or in (076) 211195, 212499, 212946 or from travel agents around the world. There are also many regular and chartered flights from other airlines. More information
The Deep Sea Port (Port of Phuket) at is visited by both cargo and cruise ship from Thailand and from abroad. Contact your travel agent for information about the may different ships that stop at Phuket.
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The 2nd Thammasat University International Conference on Chemical, Environmental and Energy Engineering
3 March 2009 Bankok Thailand<BR>Organized by: Department of Chemical Engineering, Thammasat University, Thailand/Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan<BR>Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 20 January 2009<BR><BR>We wish to welcome all interested scientists,
engineers, technologists and industrialists to be
parts of our TU-CHEEE 2009 and pool in the
needed knowledge in this era of climate change
together.
International Conference on the Role of Universities in Hands-On Education
24 August 2009 Chiang Mai Thailand<BR>Organized by: RMUTL<BR>Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 15 April 2009<BR><BR>Conference will feature presentations from both
developed and developing nations, with wide range
of invited speakers. Also special events such as
wine workshop and floating workshop.
The 5th National Conference on Computing and Information Technology (NCCIT 2009)
22 May 2009 Bangkok Thailand<BR>Organized by: King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB)<BR>Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 8 April 2009<BR><BR>Computing and Information Technology play a
significant role in real world. The aim of NCCIT
2009 (http://www.nccit.net/english/) is to promote
research and development, as well as applications
of computing and information technology.
WORLD BIODIVERSITY CONGRESS
10 March 2009 CHIANG MAI Thailand<BR>Organized by: Century Foundation<BR>Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 30 January 2009<BR><BR>Due to the political crisis in Thailand, the
organizers have postponed the scheduled World
Biodiversity Congress suppose to be held from
December 9-12,2008. The same will be held from
March 10-14, 2009 at Chiang Mai.
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