Ranong is a town in southern Thailand

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...

, capital of the Ranong Province

Ranong Province

Ranong is one of the southern provinces of Thailand, on the coast of the Andaman Sea. It is the province with the fewest citizens. Neighboring provinces are Chumphon, Surat Thani and Phang Nga...

 and the Mueang Ranong district

Amphoe Mueang Ranong

Mueang Ranong is the capital district of Ranong Province, southern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are La-un of Ranong Province, Phato of Chumphon Province, and Kapoe of Ranong again...

. The town covers completely the area of the tambon

Tambon

Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2009 there are 7255 tambon, not including the 169 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains 8-10 tambon...

Khao Niwet (เขานิเวศน์). As of 2005 it has a population of 16,163, and has town status (thesaban mueang).

The town is located at the estuary of the Pak Chan (or Kraburi) River

Kraburi River

The Kraburi River , also Kra or Pak Chan River, is the boundary river between Thailand and Myanmar at the Kra Isthmus of the Malay Peninsula...

, opposite Myanmar

Myanmar

Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....

's Victoria Point

Victoria Point

Victoria Point may refer to:*Victoria Point, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia*Victoria Point , a 42 storey residential tower in Melbourne Docklands, Australia...

. Phetkasem Road (Thailand Route 4) runs through the city. The Ranong Airport

Ranong Airport

Ranong Airport is an airport serving Ranong, a town in the Ranong Province of Thailand....

 is located about 24 km south of the town.

The Port Authority of Thailand

Port Authority of Thailand

The Port Authority of Thailand is a state corporation of Thailand, responsible for the regulation and governance of the ports of Thailand, primarily the ports of Laem Chabang and Bangkok, the country's two largest ports. PAT operates Thai ports in conjunction with public companies including...

 operates the Port of Ranong, which is Thailand's principal Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

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port.