Si Phang Nga National Park ( th, ศรีพังงา) is in Phang Nga Province in southern

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

, covering the eastern parts of the districts Khura Buri and Takua Pa. The landscape of the park is dominated by rugged mountains covered with

dipterocarp Dipterocarpaceae is a family of 16 genera and about 695 known species of mainly tropical lowland rainforest trees. The family name, from the type genus ''Dipterocarpus'', is derived from Greek (''di'' = two, ''pteron'' = wing and ''karpos'' = fru ...

forests, similar to the

Khao Sok Khao Sok National Park ( th, เขาสก, ) is in Surat Thani Province, Thailand. Its area is 461,712 rai ~ , and it includes the Cheow Lan Lake contained by the Ratchaprapha Dam. The park is the largest area of virgin forest in southern ...

adjoining it to the east. The establishment of the park was announced in the ''Royal Gazette'', Issue 105, Chapter 60 of 16 April 1988. The park occupies an area of 153,800 rai ~ .

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Si Phang Nga National Park Birding

Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation
Geography of Phang Nga province National parks of Thailand Protected areas established in 1988 Tenasserim Hills Tourist attractions in Phang Nga province 1988 establishments in Thailand {{PhangNga-geo-stub

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