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Central Thailand, Thailand
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The Northern Gulf Coast is a region on the Central Plains of Thailand. It is travelled through to get to Southern Thailand.
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historic city
sand, sea, sun
beach resort on the gulf coast
Prachuap Khiri Khan (ประจวบคีรีขันธ) is a coastal town of roughly 27,000 inhabitants (2012) in western Thailand, roughly 100 km south of Hua Hin and 200 km north of Chumphon. Culturally it could be considered part of the central plains, but is geographically connected to southern Thailand as it is a part of the Malay Peninsula.
quiet beach resort south of Hua Hin
Kaeng Krachan National Park is on the Northern Gulf Coast region of Thailand, the country's largest national park, and since 2021 a natural world heritage site.
Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park (อุทยานแห่งชาติเขาสามร้อยยอด) is a national park in Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand. It is home of one of the largest freshwater marshes in the country and is the country's first coastal national park.
Kui Buri National Park (อุทยานแห่งชาติกุยบุรี) is a national park in Prachuap Khiri Khan, on the Northern Gulf Coast of Thailand. It is famous for its healthy population of wild elephants and gaur (Indian bison).
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