{{refimprove|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Palian | native_name = ปะเหลียน | native_name_lang = th | settlement_type = District | image_skyline = {{multiple image | border = infobox | total_width = 280 | image_style = border:1; | perrow = 2/2/2 | image1 = | image2 = | image3 = | image4 = | image5 = | image6 = }} | image_alt = | image_caption = Ton Plew Waterfall, Namtok Pan Forest Park, Lumplok Waterfall, Yong Star Cape | image_map = Amphoe 9204.svg | map_caption = District location in Trang province | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Thailand | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Trang | subdivision_type2 = Seat | subdivision_name2 = Tha Kham | subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = ''Muban'' | subdivision_name4 = | established_title = District established | established_date = | population_total = 62914 | population_as_of = 2005 | population_density_km2 = {{formatnum:64.7|R}} | area_total_km2 = {{formatnum:973.13|R}} | leader_title = | leader_name = | blank_name_sec1 = Postal code | blank_info_sec1 = 92120 | blank_name_sec2 = Geocode | blank_info_sec2 = 9204 | timezone = ICT | utc_offset = +7 | coordinates = {{coord|7|10|18|N|99|41|12|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}} | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Palian''' ({{langx|th|ปะเหลียน}}, {{IPA|th|pā.lǐa̯n|pron}}) is a district (''amphoe'') in the southern part of Trang province, Thailand.

==Geography== Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) Kong Ra, Tamot, and Pa Bon of Phatthalung province, Khuan Kalong, Manang, and Thung Wa of Satun province, Hat Samran and Yan Ta Khao of Trang Province. <!--according to some maps the southern part of the district was changed to be part of Thung Wa, which then would be the only district of Satun to border Palian.-->

==History== Originally named ''Yong Sata'' (หยงสตา) or ''Tan Yong Sata'' (ตันหยงสตา; Kelantan-Pattani Malay means 'Mango Plum Cape'),<ref name="Čhaisamut1996">{{cite book|last=Čhaisamut|first=Yư̄nyat|title=ตรัง: เมืองท่าโบราณสองพันปี นายกรัฐมนตรีสองยุค &#91;Trang: Two thousand year old port city&#93;|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RehwAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=7 August 2021|year=1996|publisher=สํานักพิมพ์มติชน|language=Thai|isbn=978-974-7115-60-4|page=157}}</ref> it was renamed ''Palian'' in 1939.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=56|issue=ก|pages=354–364|script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนนามอำเภอ กิ่งอำเภอ และตำบลบางแห่ง พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๒|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2482/A/354.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219071714/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2482/A/354.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 19, 2009|date=April 17, 1939|language=Thai}}</ref>

Palian is believed to have been a seaport since ancient times, some 1,800 years ago, paired with ''Takola'' (now's Mueang Trang). When an ancient Greek merchant named Alexander sailed through here in 150, and told the story of his journey to Ptolemy. At that time, Palian was called ''Palanda''.<ref>{{cite web|trans-title=Archives of Ptolemy and United Kingdom of Khiri Rat|title=จดหมายเหตุปโตเลมีกับสหราชอาณาจักรคีรีรัฐ|language=thai|url=http://www.usakanae.com/index.php?lay=show&ac=article&Id=539664501|first=Rueangyot|last=Chantarakiri|accessdate=2020-03-02|work=Usakanae.com|date=2010-10-14|archive-date=2020-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207070916/http://www.usakanae.com/index.php?lay=show&ac=article&Id=539664501|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Administration== The district is divided into 10 sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 85 villages (''mubans''). Tha Kham is a township (''thesaban tambon'') which covers parts of ''tambon'' Tha Kham. There are a further 10 tambon administrative organizations (TAO). {| |- valign=top || {| ! No. ! Name ! Thai name ! Villages ! Pop. |- ||1.||Tha Kham||ท่าข้าม||9||8,296|| |- ||2.||Thung Yao||ทุ่งยาว||7||6,447|| |- ||3.||Palian||ปะเหลียน||14||10,932|| |- ||4.||Bang Duan||บางด้วน||6||4,103|| |- ||7.||Ban Na||บ้านนา||12||9,565|| |- ||9.||Suso||สุโสะ||11||6,417|| |- ||10.||Li Phang||ลิพัง||7||5,591|| |- ||11.||Ko Sukorn||เกาะสุกร||4||2,454|| |- ||12.||Tha Phaya||ท่าพญา||4||3,504|| |- ||13.||Laem Som||แหลมสอม||11||5,605|| |} ||&nbsp;200px|Map of districts |} <small>Missing numbers are ''tambons'' which now form Hat Samran District.</small>

==Notable people== *Poot Lorlek – Muay Thai fighter in 1970s

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070203114538/http://www.palian.dopatrang.go.th/ District website (Thai only)] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080320150652/http://www.amphoe.com/menu.php?am=171&pv=14&mid=1 amphoe.com]

{{Amphoe of Trang}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Palian}} Category:Districts of Trang province

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