Nuea Khlong district

The minor district (king amphoe) was created on 1 April 1992 by splitting off eight tambons from Mueang Krabi district.{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=109|issue=53 ง special |pages=1|script-title=th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งเขตท้องที่อำเภอเมืองกระบี่ จังหวัดกระบี่ ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอเหนือคลอง|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2535/D/053/1.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309160227/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2535/D/053/1.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 9, 2012|date=April 22, 1992|language=Thai}} It was upgraded to a full district on 5 December 1996.{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=113|issue=62 ก|pages=5–8|script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอเหนือคลอง อำเภอนายายอาม อำเภอท่าตะเกียบ อำเภอขุนตาล อำเภอแม่ฟ้าหลวง อำเภอแม่ลาว อำเภอรัษฎา อำเภอพุทธมณฑล อำเภอวังน้ำเขียว อำเภอเจาะไอร้อง อำเภอชำนิ อำเภอโนนดินแดง อำเภอปางมะผ้า อำเภอสนธิ อำเภอหนองม่วง อำเภอเบญจลักษ์ อำเภอโพนนาแก้ว อำเภอบุ่งคล้า อำเภอดอนมดแดง และอำเภอลืออำนาจ พ.ศ. ๒๕๓๙|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2539/A/062/5.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521071930/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2539/A/062/5.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 21, 2009|date=November 20, 1996|language=Thai}}

Neighboring districts are (from the northwest clockwise): Mueang Krabi, Khao Phanom, Khlong Thom, and Ko Lanta. To the west is the Andaman Sea.

The district is divided into eight sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 56 villages (mubans). Nuea Khlong is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambon Nuea Khlong. Each tambon has a tambon administrative organization (TAO).

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Tambon Pakasai has long been the site of an electrical power generating plant run by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT). In 1964, three 20 MW coal-fired plants came on-line adjacent to a coal mine that supplied fuel for the boilers. The plants were replaced in 1995 by a 340 MW generating plant burning natural gas and petroleum. EGAT plans to build on the same site an 800 MW coal-fired plant{{cite news|last1=Praiwan|first1=Yuthana|title=Call on Krabi coal plant due in November|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/1101873/call-on-krabi-coal-plant-due-in-november|accessdate=4 October 2016|work=Bangkok Post|date=4 October 2016}} to come on-line in 2019, burning 2.3 million tonnes of coal yearly, imported from Indonesia, Australia, and South Africa. The development is estimated to cost 60 billion baht (US$2 billion). EGAT's plans have encountered significant resistance from local residents due to their health concerns and fears of detrimental environmental impact.{{cite book|title=Paradise at Risk: The Krabi Coal-fired Power Plant Project|date=2014|publisher=Greenpeace Southeast Asia|location=Bangkok|url=http://tcc.greenpeace.or.th/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ENGLISH-UPDATE.pdf|accessdate=14 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185253/http://tcc.greenpeace.or.th/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ENGLISH-UPDATE.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}} EGAT counters by claiming that the plant will be a "clean coal" facility. Critics maintain that clean coal has never been successfully demonstrated at scale.{{cite news|last1=Meigs|first1=James B|title=The Myth of Clean Coal: Analysis| url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a4947/4339171/|accessdate=18 October 2016|work=Popular Mechanics|date=2011-07-14}}

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