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Krabi town (thesaban Mueang) on the west coast of southern Thailand at the mouth of the River Krabi Andaman Sea. Since 2005, the city with a population of 24986. The city is the capital of Krabi Province and Krabi district. Tourism has become the most important feature of Krabi today. With its beautiful beaches and pristine islands, Krabi is now one of the most famous tourist destinations in Thailand.
In the early Rattanakosin or Bangkok period in the late eighteenth century, when the capital was finally settled at Bangkok, an elephant kraal was established in Krabi by order of Chao Phraya Nakorn (Noi), Governor of Nakhon Si Thammarat, which was then part of the Thai Kingdom. He sent his vizier, Phra Palad, to oversee this task, which was to ensure a regular supply of elephants for the larger cities. So many followers emigrated to the steps Krabi Phra Palad that soon there was a large community in three districts: Pakasai, Khlong PON, and Pak Lao. In 1872, King Chulalongkorn graciously elevated them to the status of the city, called Krabi, a word that preserves in its meaning the monkey symbolism of the old standard. The first governor of the city was Luang Thep Sena, though it continued for some time as a function of Nakhon Si Thammarat. This was changed in 1875, when Krabi was raised to the fourth level town in the old system the Government of Thailand. Administrators then reported directly to the central government in Bangkok, Krabi and history as a unique entity separated from the other provinces, began.