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The origin of the name "Khao Sam Roi Yot" is undetermined. Local lore has it that it means 'mountain with 300 peaks', [2] [6] or the range had been an island where 300 survivors from a sinking Chinese junk sought refuge, or the range was named after a local plant called sam roi yot. [4]
The Phraya Nakhon cave (Thai: ถ้ำพระยานคร, romanized: Tham Phraya Nakhon) is a cave in Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand. [1] It features the royal Kuha Karuhas Pavilion, illuminated by natural sunlight through a large skylight.
[2] The first national park was Khao Yai in 1961, when the National Park Act B.E. 2504 was passed. The first marine park was Khao Sam Roi Yot, established in 1966. In 1993 the administration of the national parks was split into two divisions, one for the terrestrial and one for the Marine National Park Division (MNPD). [3]
The dignitaries viewed it from an observation point in the marshes near Sam Roi Yot. He contracted malaria , of which he died on 1 October. In the reign of King Rama II , a new city was established at the mouth of the I Rom Canal known as Muang Bang Nang Rom. Prachuap became a seaside resort during the reign of King Rama V .
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Khao Chamao–Khao Wong National Park; Khao Khitchakut National Park; Khao Laem National Park; Khao Sip Ha Chan National Park; Khuean Srinagarindra National Park; Khun Phra Wo National Park; Kui Buri National Park; Lam Khlong Ngu National Park; Namtok Chet Sao Noi National Park [5] Namtok Huai Yang National Park; Namtok Khlong Kaeo National Park
Neighboring districts are Hua Hin to the north and Sam Roi Yot to the south. To the west is the Tanintharyi Division of Myanmar, to the east the Gulf of Thailand. The main water resource of the district is the Pran Buri River. The mangrove forest at the mouth of the river to the gulf of Thailand is protected as the Pran Buri Forest Park.
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