Country Thailand Postal code 85110 Area 783 km² Province Ranong Province | Time zone THA (UTC+7) Geocode 8504 Population 44,808 (2005) | |
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Kra Buri (Thai: กระบุรี) is the northernmost district (Amphoe) of Ranong Province, southern Thailand.
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Map of Kra Buri District, Ranong 85110, Thailand
History
Mueang Tra (or Kra) was established in Ayutthaya era as the 4th class city under Chumphon. The first governor was Mr. Kaew, a cousin of the governor of Nakhon Si Thammarat. Later he was promoted to be Phra Kaew Korop (พระแก้วโกรพ). Mueang Tra was set to be a frontier town of Ayutthaya. The old town center was located in Tambon Pak Chan, later in 1884 Phra Atsadongkhata Thisaraksa (พระอัษฎงคตทิศรักษา) moved it to Tambon Nam Chuet as being better commercially and strategically.
Mueang Tra faced big wars by the Burmese troops two times, in 1764 in reign of King Ekkathat and in 1786 in the reign of King Rama I of Rattanakosin. During World War II the Japanese troops set Tra as their western division location, and built a Japanese troops railway from Kraburi via La Un to Mueang Ranong.
Kra Buri was downgraded to be a district of Ranong province around 1896.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the northeast clockwise) Tha Sae, Mueang Chumphon and Sawi of Chumphon Province, and La-un of Ranong Province. To the west is the Tanintharyi Division of Myanmar.
The important water resource is the Kraburi river. Its long estuary is protected as a Ramsar wetland.
Administration
The district is subdivided into 7 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 60 villages (muban). Nam Chuet is a township (thesaban tambon) and covers parts of the tambon Nam Chuet. There are 7 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO) responsible for the non-municipal area.