Claim: Trang Province was once a part of the Srivijaya empire and was one of 12 satellite towns that existed almost a thousand years ago according to cultural records.
Evidence: The province was once a part of the Srivijaya empire, an ancient Hindu-Buddhist Melayu Kingdom and the Malay Sultanate of Kedah until 1810. According to cultural records Trang was one of 12 satellite towns that existed about 900 years ago, but it was during the reign of King Rama II that the province got its first governor.