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Lanta Islands National Park

Covers 152 square Kilometers of Lanta Islands. This island forms the most southern district of Krabi province. It was known long ago by its name in the Malay language, Pulao Satak, which means Long Beach Island. Later, so many Thais, both Buddhist and Muslim, came to live on the island that there seemed to be a million eyes, which is what some people think Lanta means in Thai.

Others hold that the name is corrupted from Javanese "lan-tas", and means a fish grill (which is built of wood with a square grill on top where the fish are set in a circle). Several islands are in the National Park:

The district was established in December 1901.

The origin of the name is unclear, but it may originate from the Javanese word lantas, meaning a type of grill for fish. The name of the island was officially changed to "Ko Lanta" in 1917.

Geography

The district consists of two major islands, the larger, more populated Ko Lanta Yai and the smaller Ko Lanta Noi, as well as several minor islands. A popular tourist destination, the islands are known for their long, sandy beaches and scuba diving.

Neighboring districts are Nuea Khlong to the northwest and Khlong Thom to the northeast and east.

134 km? of the district belong to the Ko Lanta National Park, which was established in 1990 as the 62nd national park of Thailand.