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Koh Phangan is the largest of Samui's
neighbor islets boundary area of 168 sq km. Above 70% of its total area
is mountains and tropical forest. Lowlands are beaches and coconut fields.
A few 8,000 peoples live in Koh Phangan. The main population lives in Thongsala
Town.
Thai Language is used as the official language but the southern dialect is more widely spoken among the local people. English is understood in business circles and tourist.
Koh Phangan is a one of most district (Amphoe) of Surat Thani Province in Southern Region of Thailand. It is separated into 3 sub-districts (Tambon)--:Tambon Koh Phangan, Tambon Bantai and Tambon Koh Tao.
The economies product of Koh Phangan is coconut. Koh Samui and Koh Phangan produce more than 1 million coconuts per month export to Bangkok the others are sea food and tourism business.