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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Takua Pa
| native_name = ตะกั่วป่า
| native_name_lang = th
| settlement_type = [[District]]
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| image_map = Amphoe 8205.svg
| map_caption = District location in [[Phang Nga province]]
| pushpin_map =
| pushpin_map_caption =
| subdivision_type = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name = Thailand
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Phang Nga Province|Phang Nga]]
| subdivision_type2 = Seat
| subdivision_name2 = Takua Pa
| population_total = 48,004
| population_as_of = 6 November 2002
| population_density_km2 = {{formatnum:72.5|R}}
| area_total_km2 = {{formatnum:599.4|R}}
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Postal code]]
| blank_info_sec1 = 82110
| blank_name_sec2 = [[Geocode]]
| blank_info_sec2 = 8205
| timezone = [[Time in Thailand|ICT]]
| utc_offset = +7
| coordinates = {{coord|8|52|10|N|98|20|35|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}}
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

'''Takua Pa''' ({{langx|th|ตะกั่วป่า}}, {{IPA|th|tā.kùa̯ pàː|pron}}) is a district (''[[amphoe]]'') in [[Phang Nga province]] in south [[Thailand]].

==Geography==
The district is on the [[Andaman Sea]] coast. To the north of the district is [[Si Phang Nga National Park]]. The southern part of the district contains [[Khao Lak-Lam Ru National Park]], which includes the beach resorts of [[Khao Lak]], devastated by the [[tsunami]] resulting from the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]].

Neighboring districts are [[Khura Buri district|Khura Buri]] to the north, [[Phanom district|Phanom]] of [[Surat Thani province]], [[Kapong district|Kapong]] to the east, and [[Thai Mueang district|Thai Mueang]] to the south.

==History==
[[File:Siam in 1900, During Rama V's Reign.jpg|thumb|Map of Takua Pa as a province of Siam in 1900<ref>{{Citation|last=Timtsunami8|title=English: An updated version of the map|date=2020-08-31|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_fix.png|access-date=2021-06-21}}</ref>]]
Originally named ''Takola'' ({{Langx|th|ตะโกลา}}), the town was one of the historic city states (''[[mueang]]'') dating back to [[Srivijaya]] times in the 13th century. It was also known as ''Takkolam'' ({{Langx|ta|தக்கோலம்}}) which is the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] word for "piper cubeba" and "calyptranthes jambalana". There is also a place in the [[Ancient Tamil country|Tamil country]] which up to now carries the same name ''Takkolam''. Takua Pa could have either abounded in the spices "calyptranthese jambalana" and "piper cubeba" or it could have been occupied by settlers from the Takkolam of the [[Ancient Tamil country|Tamil country]], or both.<ref name=Arokiaswamy2000>{{cite book | last = Arokiaswamy| first = Celine W.M.| title = Tamil Influences in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines| year = 2000|location = Manila| page = 46}}</ref> Takua Pa is said to have been the finest harbor on the west coast of the peninsula for trade between the kingdom of Srivijaya and the early [[Tamil people|Tamil]] kingdoms of the [[Cholas]] and [[Pallavas]] during different times in history. It was later renamed ''Takua Pa'' due to the rich ores found near the town: ''takua'' (ตะกั่ว) is the Thai word for [[lead]], even though [[tin]] was the most important ore found there.

Laem Pho Beach in the [[Chaiya district]] of [[Surat Thani province]], on the other side of the [[isthmus]] 200 km distant, is thought to have been a [[Srivijaya|Srivijaya Kingdom]] seaport in the 7th to 13th centuries. Srivijaya was an Indonesian city-state that grew to become an influential maritime power in what is now [[Southeast Asia]]. [[Tang dynasty]] (7th–10th centuries) ceramics have been found in the area as well as pottery from India and glassware from [[Persia]]. Similar finds have been made in Ban Thung Tuek of Takua Pa District, indicating that there may have been an overland route connecting the Gulf of Thailand with the [[Andaman Sea]]coast. This route would have enabled traders to avoid piracy in the narrow [[Strait of Malacca]].<ref name="BP-20190530">{{cite news |last1=Karnjanatawe |first1=Karnjana |title=Tales from the Southern Seas |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/special-reports/1686220/tales-from-the-southern-seas |accessdate=30 May 2019 |work=Bangkok Post |date=30 May 2019}}</ref>

There was a Hindu/Vishnu temple there in the 8th century CE. An important mercantile organisation called ''Kodumbalur [[Manigramam]]'', built a water tank for this temple. They left an inscription in Tamil. The tank was called "Avani Naaranam", the name of one of the Pallava emperors of Tamil Nadu.

The town was long administered by [[Nakhon Si Thammarat kingdom|Nakhon Si Thammarat]]. In 1892 it was converted to a province, part of the [[Monthon Phuket]]. This province was merged into Phang Nga Province on 1 April 1932.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=48|issue=ก|pages=576|script-title=th:พระบรมราชโองการ ประกาศ ยุบรวมท้องที่บางมณฑลและบางจังหวัด|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2474/A/576.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409015327/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2474/A/576.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 9, 2008|date=21 Feb 1932|language=Thai}}</ref> The district, Talat Yai ('big market', ตลาดใหญ่), was then renamed Takua Pa.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=49|issue=ง|pages=576|script-title=th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนนามอำภอตลาดใหญ่ เป็นอำเภอ ตะกั่วป่า|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2475/D/388.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510201041/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2475/D/388.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 10, 2012|date=1 May 1932|language=Thai}}</ref>

The district was an important tin-dredging area in the first half of the 20th century, with the English company, Siamese Tin Syndicate Ltd., and the Australian company, Satupulo No Liability Co., both operating dredges in the rivers, with narrow-gauge tramways following them upstream. The Asiatic Company also had a dredge and tramway further inland in Kapong District, depicted in the Thai film, ''[[The Tin Mine]]''. Siamese Tin operated here at least as late as 1967, but Thai firms assumed operations by the early-1980s. By 2008 there were no remaining signs of mining, as plantations, particularly rubber, covered the former dredged areas. The public library at Takua Pa town has photographs on display of the dredging and sluicing operations in their heyday in the 1920s and 1930s. The former Asiatic Company workshops can also still be seen in Kapong town.

The centre for the identification of bodies found after the 2004 tsunami is in the district. Opposite the identification centre is the cemetery where all unidentified foreign bodies have been buried. Laid out somewhat like the Commonwealth War Graves cemetery at Kanchanaburi. By late-2008 the cemetery was overgrown, run down, and inhabited by feral dogs.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

== Administration ==
[[Image:Bang Muang Beach.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Bang Muang Beach]]

=== Central administration ===
Takua Pa district is divided into eight sub-districts (''[[tambon]]s''), which are further subdivided into 51 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=82|publisher=Department of Provincial Administration|title=Population statistics 2014|language=Thai|accessdate=2015-06-17}}</ref>
|-
||{{0}}1.||Takua Pa||{{lang|th|ตะกั่วป่า}}||-||{{0}}8,815
|-
||{{0}}2.||Bang Nai Si||{{lang|th|บางนายสี}}||{{0}}9||11,767
|-
||{{0}}3.||Bang Sai||{{lang|th|บางไทร}}||{{0}}7||{{0}}2,876
|-
||{{0}}4.||Bang Muang||{{lang|th|บางม่วง}}||{{0}}8||10,091
|-
||{{0}}5.||Tam Tua||{{lang|th|ตำตัว}}||{{0}}6||{{0}}1,609
|-
||{{0}}6.||Khok Khian||{{lang|th|โคกเคียน}}||{{0}}9||{{0}}6,076
|-
||{{0}}7.||Khuek Khak||{{lang|th|คึกคัก}}||{{0}}7||{{0}}5,870
|-
||{{0}}8.||Ko Kho Khao||{{lang|th|เกาะคอเขา}}||{{0}}5||{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}900
|}
||[[Image:Tambon 8205.png|180px|Map of Tambon]]
|}

=== Local administration ===
There is one town (''[[Thesaban#Town municipality|thesaban mueang]]'') in the district:
* Takua Pa (Thai: {{lang|th|เทศบาลเมืองตะกั่วป่า}}) consisting of sub-district Takua Pa.

There are two sub-district municipalities (''[[Thesaban#Subdistrict municipality|thesaban tambon]]'') in the district:
* Bang Nai Si (Thai: {{lang|th|เทศบาลตำบลบางนายสี}}) consisting of sub-district Bang Nai Si.
* Khuek Khak (Thai: {{lang|th|เทศบาลตำบลคึกคัก}}) consisting of sub-district Khuek Khak.

There are four [[Subdistrict administrative organization|subdistrict administrative organizations (SAO)]] in the district:
* Bang Sai (Thai: {{lang|th|องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลบางไทร}}) consisting of sub-districts Bang Sai and Tam Tua.
* Bang Muang (Thai: {{lang|th|องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลบางม่วง}}) consisting of sub-district Bang Muang.
* Khok Khian (Thai: {{lang|th|องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลโคกเคียน}}) consisting of sub-district Khok Khian.
* Ko Kho Khao (Thai: {{lang|th|องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลเกาะคอเขา}}) consisting of sub-district Ko Kho Khao.

Takua Pa itself has town (''[[thesaban mueang]]'') status and covers the complete ''tambon'' Takua Pa. There are six [[tambon administrative organization]]s (TAO). Takua Pa is administered by the town council and Tam Tua by a neighboring TAO, Bang Sai.
{|
|- valign=top
||
{|
! No.
! Name
! Thai
! Village
! Pop.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dopa.go.th/xstat/p5182_01.html|publisher=Department of Provincial Administration|title=Population statistics 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120802120755/http://www.dopa.go.th/xstat/p5182_01.html|archivedate=2012-08-02}}</ref>
|-
||1.||Takua Pa||ตะกั่วป่า||-||{{0}}8,469
|-
||2.||Bang Nai Si||บางนายสี||9||10,820
|-
||3.||Bang Sai||บางไทร||7||{{0}}2,752
|-
||4.||Bang Muang||บางม่วง||8||10,235
|-
||5.||Tam Tua||ตำตัว||6||{{0}}1,581
|-
||6.||Khok Khian||โคกเคียน||9||{{0}}5,747
|-
||7.||Khuek Khak||คึกคัก||7||{{0}}5,172
|-
||8.||Ko Kho Khao||เกาะคอเขา||5||{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}854
|}
||[[Image:Tambon 8205.png|180px|Map of subdistricts]]
|}

==Climate==
{{Weather box|width=auto
|location = Takua Pa (1991–2020, extremes 1981-present)
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|collapsed =
|Jan record high C = 36.0
|Feb record high C = 38.2
|Mar record high C = 38.1
|Apr record high C = 38.4
|May record high C = 38.0
|Jun record high C = 36.1
|Jul record high C = 36.3
|Aug record high C = 35.2
|Sep record high C = 34.9
|Oct record high C = 35.5
|Nov record high C = 35.5
|Dec record high C = 35.6
|year record high C = 38.4
|Jan record low C = 16.0
|Feb record low C = 17.3
|Mar record low C = 18.6
|Apr record low C = 20.3
|May record low C = 21.7
|Jun record low C = 20.8
|Jul record low C = 21.1
|Aug record low C = 21.0
|Sep record low C = 20.9
|Oct record low C = 19.7
|Nov record low C = 19.9
|Dec record low C = 17.4
|year record low C = 16.0
|Jan high C = 32.6
|Feb high C = 33.2
|Mar high C = 33.6
|Apr high C = 33.7
|May high C = 32.6
|Jun high C = 31.9
|Jul high C = 31.5
|Aug high C = 31.3
|Sep high C = 30.9
|Oct high C = 31.1
|Nov high C = 31.8
|Dec high C = 31.9
| year high C =
|Jan mean C = 26.7
|Feb mean C = 27.1
|Mar mean C = 27.8
|Apr mean C = 28.3
|May mean C = 27.9
|Jun mean C = 27.7
|Jul mean C = 27.5
|Aug mean C = 27.3
|Sep mean C = 26.7
|Oct mean C = 26.5
|Nov mean C = 26.7
|Dec mean C = 26.7
| year mean C =
|Jan low C = 22.1
|Feb low C = 22.3
|Mar low C = 23.3
|Apr low C = 24.3
|May low C = 24.7
|Jun low C = 24.6
|Jul low C = 24.6
|Aug low C = 24.5
|Sep low C = 23.9
|Oct low C = 23.5
|Nov low C = 23.2
|Dec low C = 22.7
| year low C =
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 62.1
|Feb precipitation mm = 45.1
|Mar precipitation mm = 145.1
|Apr precipitation mm = 221.7
|May precipitation mm = 430.9
|Jun precipitation mm = 456.6
|Jul precipitation mm = 465.8
|Aug precipitation mm = 570.0
|Sep precipitation mm = 635.7
|Oct precipitation mm = 529.4
|Nov precipitation mm = 231.7
|Dec precipitation mm = 78.4
| year precipitation mm = 3872.5
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 4.9
|Feb precipitation days = 4.1
|Mar precipitation days = 8.6
|Apr precipitation days = 13.6
|May precipitation days = 20.2
|Jun precipitation days = 18.9
|Jul precipitation days = 19.7
|Aug precipitation days = 20.5
|Sep precipitation days = 22.5
|Oct precipitation days = 21.6
|Nov precipitation days = 13.8
|Dec precipitation days = 6.9
|year precipitation days = 175.3
|Jan humidity = 78.7
|Feb humidity = 78.1
|Mar humidity = 80.0
|Apr humidity = 82.5
|May humidity = 85.7
|Jun humidity = 85.8
|Jul humidity = 86.0
|Aug humidity = 86.7
|Sep humidity = 88.3
|Oct humidity = 88.3
|Nov humidity = 85.0
|Dec humidity = 80.1
| year humidity = 83.8
|Jan sun = 232.5
|Feb sun = 214.7
|Mar sun = 201.5
|Apr sun = 183.0
|May sun = 155.0
|Jun sun = 114.0
|Jul sun = 114.7
|Aug sun = 114.7
|Sep sun = 108.0
|Oct sun = 108.5
|Nov sun = 174.0
|Dec sun = 195.3
|year sun =
|Jand sun = 7.5
|Febd sun = 7.6
|Mard sun = 6.5
|Aprd sun = 6.1
|Mayd sun = 5.0
|Jund sun = 3.8
|Juld sun = 3.7
|Augd sun = 3.7
|Sepd sun = 3.6
|Octd sun = 3.5
|Novd sun = 5.8
|Decd sun = 6.3
|yeard sun = 5.3
|source 1 = [[World Meteorological Organization]]<ref name=WMOCLINO>{{cite web
| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/Thailand/CSV/TakuaPa_48561.csv
| title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020
| publisher = World Meteorological Organization
| access-date = 12 October 2023}}</ref>
|source 2 = Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department (sun 1981–2010)<ref name=RID>{{cite web
| url = http://water.rid.go.th/hwm/cropwater/CWRdata/ETo/ETo_PenMon_2554.pdf
| title = ปริมาณการใช้น้ำของพืชอ้างอิงโดยวิธีของ Penman Monteith (Reference Crop Evapotranspiration by Penman Monteith)
| publisher = Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department
| page = 115
| language = Thai
| accessdate = 8 August 2016}}</ref>(extremes)<ref name=TMD1>{{cite web
| url = http://climate.tmd.go.th/content/file/75
| title = Climatological Data for the Period 1981–2010
| publisher = Thai Meteorological Department
| accessdate = 4 August 2016
| archive-date = 26 December 2018
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181226035029/http://climate.tmd.go.th/content/file/75%0A
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Wikivoyage inline|Takua Pa}}
*[http://amphoe.com/menu.php?mid=1&am=390&pv=33 amphoe.com] (Thai)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061011124705/http://www.phangnga.go.th/english/Takuapa.htm Attractions of Takua Pa District, Phang Nga Provincial administration]

{{Amphoe Phang Nga}}
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[[Category:Districts of Phang Nga province|Takua Pa]]
[[Category:Populated places in Phang Nga province]]
[[Category:Mining communities in Thailand]]

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