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Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Ao Luek, Khao
Phanom and Nuea Khlong. To the south and west borders the Phang
Nga Bay.
Also belonging to the district is the Phi
phi archipelago and several smaller islands. The karst landscape
at the coast created several popular touristical places, like the
beaches of Ao Nang or Railay, famous for rock climbers.
Khao Phanom Bencha National Park in the north of the district protects
the forests around Phanom Bencha, the highest elevation of Krabi
Province. That hills are also the source of the Krabi River, which
empties into the Phang Nga bay at the town Krabi. Its estuary with
mangrove forests and mudflats is a Ramsar protected wetland.
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