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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Ao Luek
| native_name = อ่าวลึก
| native_name_lang= th
| settlement_type = [[District]]
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| image_map = Amphoe 8105.svg
| map_caption = District location in [[Krabi province]]
| pushpin_map =
| pushpin_map_caption =
| subdivision_type = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name = Thailand
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Krabi province|Krabi]]
| subdivision_type2 = Seat
| subdivision_name2 =
| subdivision_type3 = [[Subdistrict]]s
| subdivision_name3 = 9
| subdivision_type4 = ''[[Muban]]s''
| subdivision_name4 = 52
| established_title = District established
| established_date =
| population_total = 55670
| population_as_of = 2014
| population_density_km2 = 62.7
| area_total_km2 = 772.989
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Postal code]]
| blank_info_sec1 = 81110
| blank_name_sec2 = [[Geocode]]
| blank_info_sec2 = 8105
| timezone = [[Time in Thailand|ICT]]
| utc_offset = +7
| coordinates = {{coord|8|22|39|N|98|43|18|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}}
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

'''Ao Luek''' ({{Langx|th|อ่าวลึก}}, {{IPA|th|ʔàːw lɯ́k|pron}}) is a district (''[[Districts of Thailand|amphoe]]'') in [[Krabi province]], [[Thailand]].

==Geography==
Neighbouring districts are (from the North clockwise): [[Plai Phraya district|Plai Phraya]], [[Khao Phanom district|Khao Phanom]], and west [[Thap Put district|Thap Put]]. To the south it borders [[Phang Nga Bay]], to the East is [[Mueang Krabi district|Mueang Krabi]] of Krabi province.

[[Than Bok Khorani National Park]] was established on 30 September 1998 and covers 104 km<sup>2</sup> of coastal limestone hills and 23 islands off the coast. In the national park is the [[Tham Hua Kalok|skull cave]] (''Tham Hua Kalok''), containing prehistoric paintings. At a cave in Ao Luek Nuea, Yai Ruak Cave, fossils of 700,000 year-old [[Javan rhinoceros]] and [[hyena]]s have been found.<ref>{{cite news |title=What prehistoric secrets might this Krabi cave hold? |url=https://www.nationthailand.com/detail/national/30355060 |access-date=25 September 2018 |work=The Nation |date=23 September 2018}}</ref>

==History==
In 1917, the district's name was changed from ''Pak Lao'' (ปากลาว) to ''Ao Luek''.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=34|issue=ก|pages=40–68|title=ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนชื่ออำเภอ|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2460/A/40.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107143904/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2460/A/40.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 November 2011|date=1917-04-29|language=Thai}}</ref>

== Administration ==

=== Central administration ===
Ao Luek is divided into nine sub-districts (''[[tambon]]s''), which are further subdivided into 52 administrative villages (''[[muban]]s'').

{|
|- valign=top
||
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! No.
! Name
! Thai
! Villages
! Pop.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/views/showDistrictData.php?statType=1&year=57&rcode=81|publisher=Department of Provincial Administration|title=Population statistics 2014|language=Thai|accessdate=2015-06-20}}</ref>
|-
||{{0}}1.||Ao Luek Tai||{{lang|th|อ่าวลึกใต้}}||{{0}}7||10,553
|-
||{{0}}2.||Laem Sak||{{lang|th|แหลมสัก}}||{{0}}6||{{0}}6,432
|-
||{{0}}3.||Na Nuea||{{lang|th|นาเหนือ}}||{{0}}7||{{0}}4,962
|-
||{{0}}4.||Khlong Hin||{{lang|th|คลองหิน}}||{{0}}5||{{0}}6,869
|-
||{{0}}5.||Ao Luek Noi||{{lang|th|อ่าวลึกน้อย}}||{{0}}6||{{0}}6,377
|-
||{{0}}6.||Ao Luek Nuea||{{lang|th|อ่าวลึกเหนือ}}||{{0}}6||{{0}}7,260
|-
||{{0}}7.||Khao Yai||{{lang|th|เขาใหญ่}}||{{0}}5||{{0}}4,346
|-
||{{0}}8.||Khlong Ya||{{lang|th|คลองยา}}||{{0}}6||{{0}}3,890
|-
||{{0}}9.||Ban Klang||{{lang|th|บ้านกลาง}}||{{0}}4||{{0}}4,981
|}
|| [[Image:Tambon 8105.png|180px|Map of districts]]
|}

=== Local administration ===
There are two sub-district municipalities (''[[Thesaban#Subdistrict municipality|thesaban sambon]]s'') in the district:
* Laem Sak (Thai: {{lang|th|เทศบาลตำบลแหลมสัก}}) consisting of parts of sub-district Laem Sak.
* Ao Luek Tai (Thai: {{lang|th|เทศบาลตำบลอ่าวลึกใต้}}) consisting of parts of sub-districts Ao Luek Tai and Ao Luek Nuea.

There are nine [[Subdistrict administrative organization|sub-district administrative organizations (SAO)]] in the district:
* Ao Luek Tai (Thai: {{lang|th|องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลอ่าวลึกใต้}}) consisting of parts of sub-district Ao Luek Tai.
* Laem Sak (Thai: {{lang|th|องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลแหลมสัก}}) consisting of parts of sub-district Laem Sak.
* Na Nuea (Thai: {{lang|th|องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลนาเหนือ}}) consisting of sub-district Na Nuea.
* Khlong Hin (Thai: {{lang|th|องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลคลองหิน}}) consisting of sub-district Khlong Hin.
* Ao Luek Noi (Thai: {{lang|th|องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลอ่าวลึกน้อย}}) consisting of sub-district Ao Luek Noi.
* Ao Luek Nuea (Thai: {{lang|th|องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลอ่าวลึกเหนือ}}) consisting of parts of sub-district Ao Luek Nuea.
* Khao Yai (Thai: {{lang|th|องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลเขาใหญ่}}) consisting of sub-district Khao Yai.
* Khlong Ya (Thai: {{lang|th|องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลคลองยา}}) consisting of sub-district Khlong Ya.
* Ban Klang (Thai: {{lang|th|องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลบ้านกลาง}}) consisting of sub-district Ban Klang.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.amphoe.com/menu.php?mid=1&am=7&pv=1 amphoe.com on Ao Luek]

{{Amphoe of Krabi}}

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[[Category:Districts of Krabi province]]

{{Krabi-geo-stub}}

Ao Luek district - Revision history

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