Krabi is a southern province on Thailand's Andaman  seaboard  with perhaps the country's oldest   history     of continued   settlement. After dating   stone   tools, ancient colored     pictures,   beads,   pottery and skeletal remains  found in the province's  many cliffs and caves, it is thought that Krabi has  been home    to homo sapiens since the  period  25,000 -  35,000 B.C. In recorded  times it was called    the 'Ban Thai Samor', and was one of twelve   towns   that  used, before people were widely literate, the monkey  for  their standard. At that time, c. 1200 A.D., Krabi was tributary  to the Kingdom of Liger, a city on the Kara Peninsula's east coast  better known today as  Nakhon Si Thammarat

At the start of the Rattanakosin period, about 200 years ago, when the capital was finally settled at Bangkok, an elephant kraal was established in Krabi by order of Chao Phraya Nakorn (Noi), the governor of Nakhon Si Thammarat, which was by then a part of the Thai Kingdom. He sent his vizier, the Phra Palad, to oversee this task, which was to ensure a regular supply of elephants for the larger town. So followers many emigrated in the steps of the Phra Palad that soon Krabi had a large community in three different boroughs : Pakasai, Khlong Pon, and Pak Lao. In 1872, King Chulalongkorn graciously elevated these to town status, called Krabi, a word that preserves in its meaning the monkey symbolism of the old standard. The town's first governor was Luang Thep Sena, though it continued a while as a dependency of Nakhon Si Thammarat. This was changed in 1875, when Krabi was raised to a fourth-level town in the old system of Thai government. Administrators then reported directly to the central government in Bangkok, and Krabi's history as a unique entity separated from the other provinces, had begun.
During the present reign, the corps of civil servants, the merchants, and the population generally of Krabi and nearby provinces have together organized construction of a royal residence at Laem Hang Nak Cape for presentation to His Majesty the King. This lies thirty kilometers to the west of Krabi Town on the Andaman coast.

Administration
Krabi is divided into eight districts : Amphoe Muang (Krabi Town), Khao Panom, Khlong Thom, Plai Phraya, Ko Lanta, Ao Luk, and Lam Thap and, Nhua Khlong.

Size, Location and Boundaries
Krabi is on the Andaman Sea coast of south-west Thailand,
between 7' 30" and 8' 30" north latitude, and 98' 30" and 99' 30" west longitude.
Total area is 4,709 square kilometers bounded thus :
North  - Connects with Phang-nga and Sura Thani Provinces.
South  - Connects with Trang Provinces and the Andaman Sea.
East    - Connects with Trang and Nakhon Si Thammarat Provinces.
West   - Connects with Phang-nga Provinces and the Andaman Sea

Distances from Phuket to Neighboring Provinces

Phang-nga 86 kilometers
Phuket 176 kilometers
Trang 131 kilometers
Phatthalung 193 kilometers
Surat Thani 211 kilometers
Nakhon Si Thammarat 233 kilometers
Satun 276 kilometers

Geography
Krabi's mountainous physical geography is broken by highlands and plains on the mainland. The provincial administration also covers more than 130 islands in the Andaman Sea. Natural forest cover is chiefly mangrove and Cassia trees. Krabi's sandy clay soil conditions are perfect for a variety of agricultural products, including rubber trees, palms, mangos, coconuts, and coffee. The Krabi River flows 5 kilometers through the city and falls into the Andaman at Tambon Pak Nam. There are other streams as well : the Khlong Pakasai, the Khlong Krabi Yai and the Khlong Krabi Noi  in the province's highest range of mountains, the Khao Phanom Bencha. 

Climate 
Weather in Krabi is typically that of the tropical monsoon, providing the province with just two seasons, the hot season from January to April, and the rainy season from May to December. Monsoon winds, which change according to season, blow from the southeast, the southwest, and the northeast. Temperatures range between 16.9 and 37.3 degrees Celsius and the yearly rainfall averages 2,568.5 millimeters.

Krabi Festival
* Krabi Boek Fa Andaman Festival is annually held to inaugurate the province’s tourist season. The festival features parades, local products contests, sea Kayak competitions and boat races.