Ko Chang island, known also as ‘Elephant Island’ because of its elephant shaped headland, is Thailand’s third largest island after Phuket and Samui. It is located around 300 kilometres east of Bangkok in Trat Province, in the Gulf of Thailand near the Cambodian border. Its population was 8,538 in 2019.
Trat province is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (changwat), and is located in the region of eastern Thailand. Its population was 229,958 in 2019. Its capital is Trat town. With 52 large and small islands featuring long, white, sandy beaches and unspoiled coral reefs, Trat offers delightful scenery and a number of tranquil hideouts for beach and nature-lovers.