  ko mak (, ) is a small island of trat province, thailand. the island is named after the areca nut (à¸«à¸¡à¸²à¸). ==history== the first settler on the island was chao sua seng, a chinese affairs officer during the reign of king rama v, who established a coconut plantation. he then sold the plantation to luang prompakdii, also a chinese affairs officer whose descendants still own the land to this day. luang prompakdii and his children are known to have established more coconut and rubber plantations, effectively covering most of the arable land in these two sought-after exports. the first attempt at attracting a tourism market was in 1974, when bungalows were built at ban ao nid on the east of the island. infrastructure, specifically transport and telecommunications were in their early stages and as a result, the tourism industry on ko mak took some time to become established. by 1987 certain beaches and land were cleared and the first resorts were built. ==political history== originally the area of the ko kut district was part of the subdistrict (tambon) ko chang, laem ngop district. in 1952 the subdistrict ko mak was established covering the whole island, at that time subdivided into 4 villages (muban). in 1980 three villages of ko mak were split off to create the subdist
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