City Municipality in Trang, Thailand
Thesaban nakhon Trang (Thai: เทศบาลนครตรัง (translated as Trang city municipality)), City of Trang, or Trang (Thai: ตรัง, pronounced [trāŋ]), also called Mueang Thap Thiang (เมืองทับเที่ยง), is a thesaban nakhon (city municipality) and the capital of Trang Province, Thailand. The city has a population of 59,637 (2005) and covers the whole tambon Thap Thiang of Mueang Trang district. Trang is 839 km south of Bangkok.[1]
Geography
Trang lies on the Trang River, roughly halfway between the Tenasserim Hills and the coast of the Andaman Sea.[2]
Climate
Trang has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification Am). At just 8°N, the temperature in Trang is sees little variation throughout the year, although the pre-monsoon months from February to April are a little hotter in the daytime. The year is divided into a short dry season, from January to February, and a long wet season from March to December, with the heaviest rain in September. There is still some rain, however, in the dry season.
| Climate data for Trang (1991–2020)
|
| Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
| Record high °C (°F)
|
37.0
(98.6)
|
40.0
(104.0)
|
40.5
(104.9)
|
40.3
(104.5)
|
39.0
(102.2)
|
36.8
(98.2)
|
35.6
(96.1)
|
35.7
(96.3)
|
36.5
(97.7)
|
35.6
(96.1)
|
35.0
(95.0)
|
34.8
(94.6)
|
40.5
(104.9)
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
32.6
(90.7)
|
34.2
(93.6)
|
35.3
(95.5)
|
35.4
(95.7)
|
34.0
(93.2)
|
33.1
(91.6)
|
32.7
(90.9)
|
32.6
(90.7)
|
32.3
(90.1)
|
32.1
(89.8)
|
31.5
(88.7)
|
31.3
(88.3)
|
33.1
(91.6)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
27.0
(80.6)
|
27.7
(81.9)
|
28.3
(82.9)
|
28.5
(83.3)
|
28.1
(82.6)
|
27.7
(81.9)
|
27.3
(81.1)
|
27.2
(81.0)
|
26.9
(80.4)
|
26.7
(80.1)
|
26.7
(80.1)
|
26.5
(79.7)
|
27.4
(81.3)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
22.5
(72.5)
|
22.3
(72.1)
|
22.9
(73.2)
|
23.7
(74.7)
|
23.9
(75.0)
|
23.7
(74.7)
|
23.5
(74.3)
|
23.5
(74.3)
|
23.3
(73.9)
|
23.3
(73.9)
|
23.3
(73.9)
|
22.9
(73.2)
|
23.2
(73.8)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
17.0
(62.6)
|
15.0
(59.0)
|
17.9
(64.2)
|
18.7
(65.7)
|
20.6
(69.1)
|
20.2
(68.4)
|
19.0
(66.2)
|
19.5
(67.1)
|
20.0
(68.0)
|
20.2
(68.4)
|
19.0
(66.2)
|
17.5
(63.5)
|
15.0
(59.0)
|
| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
57.3
(2.26)
|
25.6
(1.01)
|
101.6
(4.00)
|
149.0
(5.87)
|
216.7
(8.53)
|
214.7
(8.45)
|
254.4
(10.02)
|
286.0
(11.26)
|
287.0
(11.30)
|
283.3
(11.15)
|
226.2
(8.91)
|
152.2
(5.99)
|
2,254
(88.74)
|
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)
|
4.6
|
2.4
|
6.0
|
10.0
|
15.0
|
14.2
|
15.4
|
16.7
|
17.4
|
18.9
|
14.9
|
10.5
|
146.0
|
| Average relative humidity (%)
|
75.9
|
72.2
|
74.4
|
79.1
|
83.6
|
84.6
|
84.9
|
85.0
|
86.1
|
86.9
|
85.4
|
81.7
|
81.7
|
| Mean monthly sunshine hours
|
198.4
|
214.7
|
204.6
|
183.0
|
151.9
|
150.0
|
114.7
|
114.7
|
108.0
|
111.6
|
141.0
|
179.8
|
1,872.4
|
| Mean daily sunshine hours
|
6.4
|
7.6
|
6.6
|
6.1
|
4.9
|
5.0
|
3.7
|
3.7
|
3.6
|
3.6
|
4.7
|
5.8
|
5.1
|
| Source 1: World Meteorological Organization[3]
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| Source 2: Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department (sun 1981–2010)[4](extremes)[5]
|
Transportation
The main road through Trang is Phetkasem Road (Route 4), which connects the city to Phatthalung and the border with Malaysia to the south-east, and to Krabi, Phang Nga, Phuket (via Route 402), Ranong, Chumphon, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Phetchaburi, Ratchaburi, and Bangkok to the north.
Trang is on a branch (terminating at Kantang of the Southern Line of the State Railway of Thailand.
Trang is served by Trang Airport, seven km from the city.[6] Thai AirAsia, Nok Air and Thai Lion Air provide services to Bangkok from Trang.
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