Krabi

History

At the start of the Rattanakosin period in the late eighteenth century, when the capital was finally settled at Bangkok, an elephant kraal was established in Krabi by order of Chao Phraya Nakhon (Noi), the governor of Nakhon Si Thammarat, which was by then a part of the Thai Kingdom. He sent his vizier, the Phra Palad, to oversee this task, which was to ensure a regular supply of elephants for the larger town. So many followers immigrated in the steps of the Phra Palad that soon Krabi had a large community in three different boroughs: Pakasai, Khlong Pon, and Pak Lao. In 1872, King Chulalongkorn elevated these to town status, called Krabi, a word that preserves in its meaning the monkey symbolism of the old standard. The town's first governor was Luang Thep Sena, though it continued for a while as a dependency of Nakhon Si Thammarat. This was changed in 1875, when Krabi was raised to a fourth-level town in the old system of Thai government. Administrators then reported directly to the central government in Bangkok, and Krabi's history as an entity separate from other provinces had begun.

Most-observed species

• Common Myna

  Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  769
• Brahminy Kite

  Haliastur indus (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  683
• Collared Kingfisher

  Todiramphus chloris (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  661
• Pacific Swallow

  Hirundo javanica Sparrman, 1789 · Aves
  611
• Large-billed Crow

  Corvus macrorhynchos Wagler, 1827 · Aves
  534
• Zebra Dove

  Geopelia striata (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  513
• Spotted dove

  Spilopelia chinensis (Scopoli, 1786) · Aves
  480
• Oriental Magpie-Robin

  Copsychus saularis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  467

Most recent

• M 3.8 — 2015-05-06
  1 km S of Ban Phru Nai, Thailand
• M 4.2 — 2015-05-05
  19 km SE of Ban Phru Nai, Thailand
• M 3.4 — 2015-03-24
  28 km SE of Ban Phru Nai, Thailand
• M 3.9 — 2012-04-16
  19 km E of Ban Mai Khao, Thailand