Kantang was the original capital of Trang Province, at first in Khuan Thani, and then from 1893 to 1916 in Kantang itself. As the area was prone to flooding, the capital was moved inland to its present location. The city pillar shrine (lak mueang) of Trang is still at its original location at Khuan Thani.
The Kantang District's chief industry is fishing. The industry is highly concentrated in few hands and has recently come under fire by international organisations for human trafficking, over-fishing, abuse of human rights, and outright murder. An Environmental Justice Foundation video went so far as to name Kanatang's Boonlarp Fishing Partnership, Ltd., as a particularly egregious bad actor.[2][3][4]
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^. Department of Provincial Administration. Archived from the original on 2009-05-17.
^"EJF names Thai firm responsible for murder, slave labor". Undercurrent News. 2015-11-30. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
^Thailand's Seafood Slaves; Human Trafficking, Slavery and Murder in Kantang's Fishing Industry(PDF). London: Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF). 2015. ISBN978-1-904523-37-6. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
^Thailand's Seafood Slaves(Video). YouTube. Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF). Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
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kantang, district, kantang, thai, นต, pronounced, kān, tāŋ, district, amphoe, western, part, trang, province, thailand, kantang, นต, งdistrictkantang, railway, station, last, stop, andaman, railway, linedistrict, location, trang, provincecoordinates, 40556, 51. Kantang Thai kntng pronounced kan taŋ is a district amphoe in the western part of Trang province Thailand Kantang kntngDistrictKantang railway station last stop of the Andaman Railway LineDistrict location in Trang provinceCoordinates 7 24 20 N 99 30 55 E 7 40556 N 99 51528 E 7 40556 99 51528CountryThailandProvinceTrangSeatKantangArea Total612 7 km2 236 6 sq mi Population 2012 Total86 325 Density135 5 km2 351 sq mi Time zoneUTC 7 ICT Postal code92110Geocode9202 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Administration 4 Economy 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditKantang was the original capital of Trang Province at first in Khuan Thani and then from 1893 to 1916 in Kantang itself As the area was prone to flooding the capital was moved inland to its present location The city pillar shrine lak mueang of Trang is still at its original location at Khuan Thani Geography EditNeighboring districts are from the north clockwise Sikao Mueang Trang and Yan Ta Khao of Trang Province To the southwest is the Andaman Sea The district is at the mouth of the Trang River Administration Edit nbsp Map of districtsThe district is divided into 14 sub districts tambons which are further subdivided into 83 villages mubans The town thesaban mueang Kantang covers the entire tambon Kantang There are 13 tambon administrative organizations TAO in the district No Name Thai Villages Pop 1 0 1 Kantang kntng 13 2250 2 Khuan Thani khwnthani 6 0 4 6300 3 Bang Mak banghmak 6 0 5 3950 4 Bang Pao bangepa 7 0 9 4020 5 Wang Won wngwn 5 0 3 9910 6 Kantang Tai kntngit 6 0 6 9720 7 Khok Yang okhkyang 8 0 4 2930 8 Khlong Lu khlxnglu 7 0 4 0690 9 Yan Sue yansux 4 0 2 14310 Bo Nam Ron bxnarxn 9 0 9 03911 Bang Sak bangsk 6 0 5 69812 Na Kluea naeklux 6 0 4 29913 Ko Libong ekaalibng 8 0 6 84314 Khlong Chi Lom khlxngchilxm 5 0 4 286Economy EditThe Kantang District s chief industry is fishing The industry is highly concentrated in few hands and has recently come under fire by international organisations for human trafficking over fishing abuse of human rights and outright murder An Environmental Justice Foundation video went so far as to name Kanatang s Boonlarp Fishing Partnership Ltd as a particularly egregious bad actor 2 3 4 References Edit Population statistics 2008 Department of Provincial Administration Archived from the original on 2009 05 17 EJF names Thai firm responsible for murder slave labor Undercurrent News 2015 11 30 Retrieved 2 December 2015 Thailand s Seafood Slaves Human Trafficking Slavery and Murder in Kantang s Fishing Industry PDF London Environmental Justice Foundation EJF 2015 ISBN 978 1 904523 37 6 Retrieved 2 December 2015 Thailand s Seafood Slaves Video YouTube Environmental Justice Foundation EJF Archived from the original on 2021 12 15 Retrieved 19 August 2018 External links Editamphoe com Thai nbsp This Trang Province location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kantang district amp oldid 1072359023, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,