Chumphon

Chumphon stands on the Gulf of Siam near the narrow Kra Isthmus. Routes across the peninsula connected it with Kra Buri and the shores facing the Andaman Sea. The town was recorded under the Ayutthaya kings in the fifteenth century and formed part of the network of Siamese settlements along the southern coast. Its position also exposed it to armies crossing the peninsula: Burmese forces attacked and burned Chumphon during the wars of the late eighteenth century.