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Ko Sichang

Ko Sichang
เกาะสีชัง
Amphoe
Amphoe location in Chonburi Province
Amphoe location in Chonburi Province
Coordinates: 13°09′48″N 100°48′30″E / 13.16333°N 100.80833°E / 13.16333; 100.80833Coordinates: 13°09′48″N 100°48′30″E / 13.16333°N 100.80833°E / 13.16333; 100.80833
Country  Thailand
Province Chonburi
Seat Tha Thewawong
Area
 • Total 17.3 km2 (6.7 sq mi)
Population (2005)
 • Total 5,038
 • Density 291/km2 (750/sq mi)
Time zone ICT (UTC+7)
Postal code 20120
Geocode 2008

Ko Sichang (or Koh Sichang Thai: เกาะสีชัง  [kɔ̀ʔ sǐːtɕʰāŋ]) is a district (amphoe) of the province Chonburi, Thailand. It consists of the island of Ko Sichang and its adjoining islands. Ko Sichang is in the Gulf of Thailand, 12 km off the shore of Si Racha district.

King Rama IV, Rama V and Rama VI came to the island for rest. King Rama V initiated construction of a royal summer palace, named "Phra Chuthathut Palace" (Thai: พระจุฑาธุชราชฐาน) after his son who was born on this island. The royal residence was abandoned in 1893 after the French occupied the island during a conflict with Thailand over control of neighboring Laos. In 1900, the palace was torn down and reassembled in Bangkok, where it is now named Vimanmek Palace.

The British diplomat John Crawfurd visited the islands in 1822 during the mission described in his book Journal of an embassy from the Governor-General of India to the courts of Siam and Cochin-China: exhibiting a view of the actual state of those kingdoms. He reports that Francis Buchanan-Hamilton called the islands of Ko Sichang District the "Dutch Islands", and Ko Sichang itself as "Amsterdam", due to frequent visits by ships of the Dutch East India Company during the 17th century. American diplomat Edmund Roberts visited the district in the 1830s, which he documented in his book, Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat.


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