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Ko Lanta Yai Subdistrict
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Ko Lanta Yai Subdistrict

Ko Lanta Yai tambon includes the Si Raya old-town community, distinct from the entire physical island and the wider island district.

DistrictKo Lanta District
Official source · Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning
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Ko Ngai, also known as Ko Hai, is a Krabi island with a long eastern beach and shallow reefs, commonly reached through Trang's island routes.

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Ko Lanta Yai

Ko Lanta Yai is Lanta's main visitor island, with west-coast beaches, Saladan in the north, the east-coast old town and a national-park headland in the south. · 7.7 km away

Mu Ko Lanta

Mu Ko Lanta is the island group centred on Ko Lanta Yai and Ko Lanta Noi in Krabi, combining settled islands with smaller offshore destinations. · 7.7 km away

About Ko Lanta Yai Subdistrict

Ko Lanta Yai (เกาะลันตาใหญ่) is a subdistrict of Ko Lanta in Krabi. Si Raya, commonly called Lanta Old Town, is a historic community within the tambon, identified as Village 2 in official provincial records.

The police's historical account records the district's former civic centre here before its move to Ko Lanta Noi. The old town's coastal setting reflects maritime settlement and trade, described in the environmental-policy office's heritage study. The tambon should not be equated with the whole physical island, whose northern part includes Sala Dan, or with Ko Lanta District's full archipelago.

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24 October 2026
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