Ko Kut district
district in Trat province, Thailand
Ko Kut (Thai: เกาะกูด, pronounced [kɔ̀ʔ kùːt]) is a district (amphoe) of Trat province, eastern Thailand, consisting of a group of islands. With a population of 2,894 in 2011, it is the least populous of all of Thailand districts.
History
Originally, the area of the district was part of the sub-district (tambon) Ko Chang, Laem Ngop district. In 1952, the sub-district Ko Mak was established to cover the whole island, at that time subdivided into four villages (mubans). In 1980, three villages of Ko Mak were split off to create the Ko Kut sub-district. On 1 April 1990, the government upgraded tambon Ko Kut together with tambon Ko Mak to a minor district (king amphoe).
The Thai government on 15 May 2007 upgraded all 81 minor districts to full districts. With publication in the Royal Gazette on 24 August, the upgrade became official.
As local government entities, the two tambon administrative organizations (TAO) were created in 2003 and 2004 respectively. The Tambon Council Ko Kut was upgraded to a TAO in 2003, and Ko Mak in 2004.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Ko Kut district” is district in Trat province, Thailand. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through district, Trat and province, not as a finished interpretation.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q475787. Authority coordinates are 11.658, 102.542. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011, 1952, 1980 and 1990.
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This entry incorporates text from “Ko Kut 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.