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Koh Tao Thailand
Tao Island is located on the east coast of Surat
Thani Province ,45 kilomaters to the northwest of
Pha Ngan Island.Its total surface area is 21 square
kilometers or approximately 13000 rais. Frpm noth
to sount it is 7.5 kilometers long and from east to
west it is 4.5 kilometers wide.Allmost all of the
island is mountainous.There are two amall island nearly;
Nang Yuan Island which measures about 202 rais whis
has a sand bar which connects its three islands together,and
Gong Sai Dang Islands (Shark Island),a tiny island
to the northeast of Koh Tao which has a total area
of just 6 rais
Koh Tao (Island) in the Past
Before 1927 when Thailand was ruled by the People's
Party,The Department of Corrections used Koh Tao and
KOh Tarutao,which is locates is located on the west
coast of thailand in satun Province,as prisons for
polictical prioners during the baworagej and the Sergeant
Revolutions.Later on this island was registered as
Royal Property and it was abandoned for a long time
in 1937.More and more people came to settle here and
now Koh tao is a Tambon of Pha Ngan Island district
,Surat Thani Province.There are three village o the
island ;Hat Sai Ree, Mae Hat and Chalok Ban Kaw
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