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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Takua Thung
| native_name = ตะกั่วทุ่ง
| native_name_lang = th
| settlement_type = [[District]]
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| image_map = Amphoe 8204.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 =
| subdivision_type3 = ''[[Tambon]]''
| subdivision_name3 =
| subdivision_type4 = ''[[Muban]]''
| subdivision_name4 =
| established_title = District established
| established_date =
| population_total = 40392
| population_as_of = 1 January 2004
| population_density_km2 = {{formatnum:66.1|R}}
| area_total_km2 = {{formatnum:610.8|R}}
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Postal code]]
| blank_info_sec1 = 82130
| blank_name_sec2 = [[Geocode]]
| blank_info_sec2 = 8204
| timezone = [[Time in Thailand|ICT]]
| utc_offset = +7
| coordinates = {{coord|8|23|32|N|98|27|7|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}}
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

'''Takua Thung''' ({{langx|th|ตะกั่วทุ่ง}}, {{IPA|th|tā.kùa̯ tʰûŋ|pron}}) is a district (''[[Districts of Thailand|amphoe]]'') in the [[Phang Nga province]] in the south of [[Thailand]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Takua Thung (District, Phang Nga, Thailand) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=http://citypopulation.de/en/thailand/admin/phang_nga/8204__takua_thung/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=citypopulation.de}}</ref>

==History==
The old city hall was in Ban Khai, Tambon Bang Thong, [[Thai Mueang district]]. In 1894 Burmese troops attacked Mueang Takua Pa. Thalang and Takua Thung were the next targets. Then people of Takua Thung moved the city center to Tambon Kra Som, where it is located today. Takua Thung was downgraded to a district of Phang Nga in 1899.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}

==Geography==
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) [[Thai Mueang district|Thai Mueang]] and [[Mueang Phang Nga district|Mueang Phang Nga]]. To the southwest is the [[Phang Nga Bay]], to the south is the district [[Thalang district|Thalang]] of [[Phuket province]], separated by the Pak Phra Strait. To the west is the [[Andaman Sea]].

[[Namtok Raman Forest Park]] protects a 0.2 km<sup>2</sup> area around a scenic [[waterfall]]. The park was established on 26 October 1983. Most of the Phang Nga Bay coastline is part of the [[Ao Phang Nga National Park]].

The most important temple within the district is [[Wat]] Suwannakhuha, also commonly known as Wat Tham (lit. 'cave temple') due to several caves within a hill inside the temple area. The largest of these caves is decorated with [[Buddha]] images as well as [[stalactite]]s and [[stalagmite]]s.

== Administration ==
The district is divided into seven sub-districts (''[[tambon]]s''), which are further subdivided into 68 villages (''[[muban]]s''). There are two townships (''[[thesaban tambon]]s'') in the district, Krasom and Khok Kloi, each covering parts of the same-named tambon. Each of the ''tambons'' is administered by a tambon administrative organization (TAO). The sub-district of Khok Kloi will be the site of the [[Phang Nga airport]].
{|
|- valign=top
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{|
! No.
! Name
! Thai name
! Villages
! Pop.
||    
|-
||1.||Tham||ถ้ำ||9||3,596||
|-
||2.||Krasom||กระโสม||8||5,921||
|-
||3.||Kalai||กะไหล||12||5,801||
|-
||4.||Tha Yu||ท่าอยู่||7||3,284||
|-
||5.||Lo Yung||หล่อยูง||10||5,815||
|-
||6.||Khok Kloi||โคกกลอย||14||11,456||
|-
||7.||Khlong Khian||คลองเคียน||8||4,519
|}
|| [[Image:Tambon 8204.png|150px|Map of subdistricts]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061011124748/http://www.phangnga.go.th/english/Takuathung.htm Tourist attractions in the district at the Phang Nga province website]

{{Amphoe Phang Nga}}

[[Category:Districts of Phang Nga province|Takua Thung]]

Takua Thung district - Revision history

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