Khanom district
district in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand
Khanom (Thai: ขนอม, pronounced [kʰā.nɔ̌ːm]) is the northernmost district (amphoe) of Nakhon Si Thammarat province, southern Thailand.
Geography
The district is in the north of the province. To the west is Surat Thani province, while to the north and east is the Gulf of Thailand. Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Sichon of Nakhon Si Thammarat and Don Sak of Surat Thani.
Most of the coast line of district will be protected as part of the Hat Khanom - Mu Ko Thale Tai National Park, which is in the process of creation. The coast of the district consists of a series of beaches among the limestone and shale mountains of northern Nakhon Si Thammarat Range. Nai Plao Beach is the most popular of these beaches. Several caves are found in the hills, the most famous one is Khao Wang Thong cave. The major hills within the districts are Khao Luang (815 metres (2,674 ft)), Khao Phlao and Khao Dat Fa (732 metres (2,402 ft)) at the southeastern boundary to Sichon, and Khao Chai Son (535 metres (1,755 ft)) adjacent Khanom town at the Khanom Bay, the mouth of Khlong Khanom.
The main road is Highway 401, which passes through the southwestern part of the district.
“Khanom district” enters the record as district in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Khanom, district and Nakhon can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Khanom district” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Khanom, district and Nakhon provides the most credible route into that argument.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q475648. Authority coordinates are 9.205, 99.861. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Khanom district” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.