Key facts
- Country
- Thailand
- Province
- Trat
- Seat
- Ko Chang
- Total
- 217 km (84 sq mi)
- Density
- 39.34/km (101.9/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+7 ( ICT )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Thailand
- Located in
- Ko Chang
- Population
- 5356
- Area
- 217
- Elevation
- 743
- Body of water
- Gulf of Thailand
- Image
- Kochang1.jpg
- Width
- 13
- Length
- 30
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- Ko Chang
- native label
- เกาะช้าง
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Encyclopedic overview
Ko Chang (Thai: เกาะช้าง, pronounced [kɔ̀ʔ t͡ɕʰáːŋ]) is an amphoe (district) in Trat province, Thailand. It is on the Gulf of Thailand's eastern coast, 300 km (190 mi) from Bangkok, near the border with Cambodia.
The island Ko Chang occupies most of the district's land area, along with several smaller islands. With an area of 210 km (81 sq mi), Ko Chang is the third-largest island in Thailand by area, after Phuket and Ko Samui. The name Ko Chang means 'Elephant Island' and derives from its elephant-shaped headland. Despite the presence of elephants on the island, they are not indigenous. At present, there are eight villages on the island.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ko Chang” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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