Trang

Trang lies on the western side of the Malay Peninsula, where rivers from the hills reach the Andaman Sea. Its port linked southern Siam to routes across the Indian Ocean and to passages overland toward the eastern coast. During the Ayutthaya period Portuguese envoys and other travellers used routes through this region. Trang remained a trading community and port in the Thonburi and early Bangkok periods, serving both commerce and Siamese naval activity.