Phuket formerly known as Tha-Laang or Talang, or Junk Ceylon in Western sources, a distortion of the Malay Tanjung Salang. It is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Phang Nga and Krabi are Phuket neighboring area but as Phuket is an island there are no land boundaries.

Phuket is Thailand?s largest island, approximately the size of Singapore. The island is connected to mainland Thailand by a bridge. It is situated off the west coast of Thailand in the Andaman Sea. The region has an area of approximately 570sqm and it?s made up of 1 large and 39 small islands. Phuket formerly derived its wealth from tin and rubber. The island was on one of the major trading routes between India and China, and was frequently mentioned in foreign trader?s ship logs. The region now derives much of its income from tourism.

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