Trang, Thailand
{{About|the city Trang||Trang (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Trang
| native_name = ตรัง
| native_name_lang = th
| settlement_type = City Municipality
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| image1 = Trang City Hall.jpg
| image2 = Trang Lak Mueang 1.jpg
| image3 = Trang Railway Station.jpg
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| image_caption = Trang city hall, City Pillar Shrine of Trang, Trang railway station
| image_flag = Trang City Flag.webp
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| coordinates = {{coord|7|33|27|N|99|36|37|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Trang
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Mueang Trang
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| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Apichit Winothai
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| population_total = 59,894
| population_as_of = 2017
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| timezone1 = ICT
| utc_offset1 = +7
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| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = (+66) 75
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| website = {{URL|www.trangcity.go.th|trangcity.go.th}}
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| government_type = City Municipality
| leader_title1 = Vice Mayor
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| official_name = City of Trang
เทศบาลนครตรัง
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Thesaban nakhon Trang ({{Langx|th|เทศบาลนครตรัง}} (translated as Trang city municipality)), City of Trang, or Trang ({{Langx|th|ตรัง}}, {{IPA|th|trāŋ|pron}}), also called Mueang Thap Thiang ({{lang|th|เมืองทับเที่ยง}}), is a thesaban nakhon (city municipality) and the capital of Trang Province, Thailand. The city has a population of 59,637 (2005) and covers the whole tambon Thap Thiang of Mueang Trang district. Trang is 839 km south of Bangkok.{{cite web|title=Distance: Bangkok to Trang|url=https://www.google.co.th/search?q=distance+bangkok+to+trang&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr,ssl&ei=grFhVb6fNIOVuATsvYG4DQ|website=Google Maps|access-date=24 May 2015}}
Geography
Trang lies on the Trang River, roughly halfway between the Tenasserim Hills and the coast of the Andaman Sea.{{cite web|title=Trang|url=http://www.tourismthailand.org/Where-to-Go/Trang|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619033233/http://www.tourismthailand.org/Where-to-Go/Trang|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 June 2012|website=Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)|access-date=24 May 2015}}
Climate
Trang has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification Am). At just 8°N, the temperature in Trang is sees little variation throughout the year, although the pre-monsoon months from February to April are a little hotter in the daytime. The year is divided into a short dry season, from January to February, and a long wet season from March to December, with the heaviest rain in September. There is still some rain, however, in the dry season.
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|location = Trang (1991–2020, extremes 1951-present)
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 37.0
|Feb record high C = 40.0
|Mar record high C = 40.5
|Apr record high C = 40.3
|May record high C = 39.0
|Jun record high C = 36.8
|Jul record high C = 35.6
|Aug record high C = 35.7
|Sep record high C = 36.5
|Oct record high C = 35.6
|Nov record high C = 35.9
|Dec record high C = 34.8
|year record high C = 40.5
|Jan record low C = 15.9
|Feb record low C = 15.0
|Mar record low C = 17.9
|Apr record low C = 18.7
|May record low C = 20.6
|Jun record low C = 20.2
|Jul record low C = 19.0
|Aug record low C = 19.5
|Sep record low C = 20.0
|Oct record low C = 20.2
|Nov record low C = 17.3
|Dec record low C = 16.2
|year record low C = 15.0
|Jan high C = 32.6
|Feb high C = 34.2
|Mar high C = 35.3
|Apr high C = 35.4
|May high C = 34.0
|Jun high C = 33.1
|Jul high C = 32.7
|Aug high C = 32.6
|Sep high C = 32.3
|Oct high C = 32.1
|Nov high C = 31.5
|Dec high C = 31.3
| year high C =
|Jan mean C = 27.0
|Feb mean C = 27.7
|Mar mean C = 28.3
|Apr mean C = 28.5
|May mean C = 28.1
|Jun mean C = 27.7
|Jul mean C = 27.3
|Aug mean C = 27.2
|Sep mean C = 26.9
|Oct mean C = 26.7
|Nov mean C = 26.7
|Dec mean C = 26.5
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|Jan low C = 22.5
|Feb low C = 22.3
|Mar low C = 22.9
|Apr low C = 23.7
|May low C = 23.9
|Jun low C = 23.7
|Jul low C = 23.5
|Aug low C = 23.5
|Sep low C = 23.3
|Oct low C = 23.3
|Nov low C = 23.3
|Dec low C = 22.9
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|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 57.3
|Feb precipitation mm = 25.6
|Mar precipitation mm = 101.6
|Apr precipitation mm = 149.0
|May precipitation mm = 216.7
|Jun precipitation mm = 214.7
|Jul precipitation mm = 254.4
|Aug precipitation mm = 286.0
|Sep precipitation mm = 287.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 283.3
|Nov precipitation mm = 226.2
|Dec precipitation mm = 152.2
| year precipitation mm = 2254.0
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 4.6
|Feb precipitation days = 2.4
|Mar precipitation days = 6.0
|Apr precipitation days = 10.0
|May precipitation days = 15.0
|Jun precipitation days = 14.2
|Jul precipitation days = 15.4
|Aug precipitation days = 16.7
|Sep precipitation days = 17.4
|Oct precipitation days = 18.9
|Nov precipitation days = 14.9
|Dec precipitation days = 10.5
|year precipitation days = 146.0
|Jan humidity = 75.9
|Feb humidity = 72.2
|Mar humidity = 74.4
|Apr humidity = 79.1
|May humidity = 83.6
|Jun humidity = 84.6
|Jul humidity = 84.9
|Aug humidity = 85.0
|Sep humidity = 86.1
|Oct humidity = 86.9
|Nov humidity = 85.4
|Dec humidity = 81.7
| year humidity = 81.7
|Jan sun = 198.4
|Feb sun = 214.7
|Mar sun = 204.6
|Apr sun = 183.0
|May sun = 151.9
|Jun sun = 150.0
|Jul sun = 114.7
|Aug sun = 114.7
|Sep sun = 108.0
|Oct sun = 111.6
|Nov sun = 141.0
|Dec sun = 179.8
|year sun =
|Jand sun = 6.4
|Febd sun = 7.6
|Mard sun = 6.6
|Aprd sun = 6.1
|Mayd sun = 4.9
|Jund sun = 5.0
|Juld sun = 3.7
|Augd sun = 3.7
|Sepd sun = 3.6
|Octd sun = 3.6
|Novd sun = 4.7
|Decd sun = 5.8
|yeard sun = 5.1
|source 1 = World Meteorological Organization{{cite web
| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/Thailand/CSV/TrangAirport_48567.csv
| title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020
| publisher = World Meteorological Organization
| access-date = 12 October 2023}}
|source 2 = Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department (sun 1981–2010){{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 = 120
| language = th
| access-date = 8 August 2016}}(extremes){{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}}
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Transportation
The main road through Trang is Phetkasem Road (Route 4), which connects the city to Phatthalung and the border with Malaysia to the south-east, and to Krabi, Phang Nga, Phuket (via Route 402), Ranong, Chumphon, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Phetchaburi, Ratchaburi, and Bangkok to the north.
Trang Railway Station is on a branch (terminating at Kantang of the Southern Line of the State Railway of Thailand.
Trang is served by Trang Airport, seven km from the city.{{cite web|title=Trang Airport|url=http://dca.aviation.go.th/trang/EN/index.php|website=Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Thailand: Trang|access-date=24 May 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524135334/http://dca.aviation.go.th/trang/EN/index.php|archive-date=24 May 2015}} Thai AirAsia, Nok Air and Thai Lion Air provide services to Bangkok from Trang.
References
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External links
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