Ranong ( th, ระนอง
Pronunciation
) is a town ('' thesaban mueang'') in southern

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, capital of the Ranong Province and the Mueang Ranong District. The town covers completely the area of the '' tambon'' Khao Niwet (เขานิเวศน์). As of 2005, it had a population of 16,163. Ranong lies south-southwest of Bangkok by road.

Geography

Ranong is on the estuary of the Pak Chan (or Kraburi) River, opposite

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Kawthaung Kawthaung ( mnw, ကော့ပိ, , ; th, เกาะสอง; , ; ms, Pulodua, ڤولودوا) is a town located in the southernmost part of Myanmar, in the Tanintharyi Region. During British rule in Burma between 1824 and 1948, it was kn ...

(formerly Victoria Point). The Tenasserim Hills rise directly to the east of Ranong, and another small ridge runs along the edge of the estuary to the town's north.

Climate

Ranong has a tropical monsoon climate (

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''Am''). There is little variation in the temperature throughout the year, although the pre-monsoon months (February to April) are somewhat hotter in the day. However, Ranong's position to the west of the Tenasserim Hills means that the

monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscil ...

season's rains are greatly amplified, resulting in torrential rains from May until October, and significant rainfall in the transition months of April and November.

Transportation

Phet Kasem Road Phet Kasem Road (, , )ราชบัณฑิตยสถาน. ''อ่านอย่างไร และ เขียนอย่างไร ฉบับราชบัณฑิตยสถาน.'' พิมพ์ครั้งที่ ...

(Thailand Route 4) runs through the city.

Ranong Airport Ranong Airport ( th, ท่าอากาศยานระนอง) is an airport serving Ranong, a town in Ranong Province, Thailand. Location Ranong airport serves the province of Ranong in the southern part of the country, it is locat ...

is about south of town. The Port Authority of Thailand operates the Ranong Port, which is Thailand's principal

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port. In 2008, the

Ranong human-smuggling incident The Ranong human-smuggling incident was a human smuggling disaster in Ranong, Thailand in April 2008. 54 people suffocated to death in a seafood container while being smuggled from Myanmar, to Phuket, Thailand. Incident On the night of 9 April 2 ...

resulted in 54 deaths.

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* {{Authority control Populated places in Ranong province Myanmar–Thailand border crossings Ports and harbours of the Indian Ocean Cities and towns in Thailand