La-ngu District
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La-ngu ละงู |
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| Amphoe | |
 Amphoe location in Satun Province |
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| Coordinates: 6°51′50″N 99°48′9″E / 6.86389°N 99.80250°ECoordinates: 6°51′50″N 99°48′9″E / 6.86389°N 99.80250°E | |
| Country |
 Thailand
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| Province | Satun |
| Seat | La-ngu |
| Area | |
| • Total | 380.35 km2 (146.85 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 63,933 |
| • Density | 168.1/km2 (435/sq mi) |
| Time zone | ICT (UTC+7) |
| Postal code | 91110 |
| Geocode | 9105 |
La-ngu (Thai: ละงู) is a district (amphoe) of Satun Province, southern Thailand. La-ngu's port, Pak Bara, is the ferry port year-round for boats going to most of the islands in Tarutao Marine National Park, which includes Ko Lipe. It is now the proposed site of Thailand's deep-seaport on the Andaman Sea.
La-ngu was one of the three original districts of Satun, at first a minor district (king amphoe) under Thung Wa district. When the pepper production in Thung Wa district declined in the 1910s, many natives moved to the farmland of La-ngu. In 1930 the government adjusted the administrative structure to match the changed economic situation, making La-ngu a district and reducing Thung Wa to a minor district under La-ngu.
At first subdivided into seven tambon, in 1940 these were reduced to five. The sixth tambon, Khao Khao, was created on 1 August 1978.
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Thung Wa, Manang, Khuan Kalong and Tha Phae. To the west is the Andaman Sea.
A big part of the shoreline of the district as well as several islands are part of the Mu Ko Phetra National Park.
The district is subdivided into 6 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 64 villages (muban). Kamphaeng is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambon Kamphaeng. There are further 6 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
For more than two decades, plans for a deep-seaport at Pak Bara in La-ngu District have been vetted by the government, only to be dropped, then revived by successive governments. The seaport will be linked to a port in Songkhla on the Gulf of Thailand. The port will be capable of accommodating 825,000 TEU of cargo per year as well as supertankers. It would mean that vessels would not have to sail through the Malacca Straits, notorious for pirate attacks, to reach deep seaports at Laem Chabang or Bangkok. Construction of the port would involve the creation of an artificial island 430 m wide and one kilometre long, an area of 292 rai about four kilometres offshore connected by a bridge. The project includes the construction of roads, port facilities and railway lines, all totalling about 4,734 rai (757 hectares).
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