Pak Phanang district

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Pak Phanang district" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Pak Phanang ปากพนัง
District
Beach in Pak Phanang
District location in Nakhon Si Thammarat province
Coordinates: 8°21′30″N 100°12′24″E / 8.35833°N 100.20667°E / 8.35833; 100.20667
Country	Thailand
Province	Nakhon Si Thammarat
Seat	Pak Phanang Fang Tawan-ok
Area
• Total	422.5 km2 (163.1 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	107,505
• Density	254.4/km2 (659/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code	80140
Geocode	8012

Pak Phanang (Thai: ปากพนัง, pronounced [pàːk pʰā.nāŋ]) is a district (amphoe) of Nakhon Si Thammarat province, southern Thailand.

The name of district means 'sheltered mouth', referring to the mouth of the Pak Phanang River protected from the open sea by a long peninsula.