Khlong Wang Chao National Park (Thai

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Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

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Description

Khlong Wang Chao National Park is situated in the Thanon Thong Chai Mountain Range.
Most of the area consists of complicated mountains lying along the North and South. They are one part of Thanon Thong Chai Mountain Range and there is a plain area in their middle part which looks like two pan basins covering 3.2 square kilometre. The important mountain ranges are Yen, Tao Dam, Tat Rup Khai, Mi, Bang Cha Le Mountains, Bang Sung Peak etc. Yen mountain located in the western park is the highest peak at about 1898 metres (6,227 ft) above sea level, while the height of this area is about 300–2000 m (984.3–6,561.7 ft) above sea level.

This park lies in Wang Chao

Amphoe Wang Chao

-History:The minor district Wang Chao created by splitting off some part of Mueang Tak district. It was announced on June 26, 1996 and became effective on July 15....

, Mueang Tak

Amphoe Mueang Tak

Mueang Tak is the capital district of Tak Province, northern Thailand.-History:In Sukhothai era, Mueang Tak was the western frontier city. The old location of the city was in Tambon Ko Taphao, now Ban Tak district. It was moved because its old location was not strategically good. Another old city...

 districts of Tak Province

Tak Province

Tak is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Lamphun, Lampang, Sukhothai, Kamphaeng Phet, Nakhon Sawan, Uthai Thani and Kanchanaburi...

, Kosamphi Nakhon

Amphoe Kosamphi Nakhon

Kosamphi Nakhon is a district in the northwestern part of Kamphaeng Phet Province, northern Thailand.-History:In Sukhothai Kingdom era, Mueang Kosamphi was a satellite city of the frontier city Mueang Chakangrao , at same level as Mueang Nakhon Chum, Trai Trueng, Phan and Phangkha...

, Khlong Lan

Amphoe Khlong Lan

Khlong Lan is the westernmost district of Kamphaeng Phet Province, northern Thailand.-History:The area was originally part of Mueang Kamphaeng Phet district, then named Tambon Pong Nam Ron. The tambon Khlong Lan and Pong Nam Ron were upgraded to a minor district on June 1 1977...

 and Mueang Kamphaeng Phet

Amphoe Mueang Kamphaeng Phet

Mueang Kamphaeng Phet is the capital district of Kamphaeng Phet Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Kosamphi Nakhon, Phran Kratai, Sai Ngam, Khlong Khlung, Khlong Lan of Kamphaeng Phet Province and Wang Chao of Tak Province.-Administration:The district is subdivided...

 districts of Kamphaeng Phet Province

Kamphaeng Phet Province

Kamphaeng Phet is one of the provinces of Thailand, located in the north of the country. Neighboring provinces are Sukhothai, Phitsanulok, Phichit, Nakhon Sawan and Tak.- Etymology :...

, the West of Thailand.

History

On December 7, 1988, the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperative and parties have surveyed the condition of conservation, forest Khlong Wang Chao and Khlong Suan Mak Forests. They found the fertile and densely teak forest (Tectona grandis) and other features. They would like to conserve the forest, thus, Khlong Wang Chao National Park was gazetted on August 29, 1990 with 747 square kilometre as the 63rd park of Thailand.

External links

• National Park Division