Kantang is a city in the western piece of Trang Province, Thailand. Kantang was the first capital of Trang Province, at first in Khuan Thani, and after that from 1893-1916 in Kantang itself. As the region was inclined to flooding, the capital was moved inland to its present area. The city column altar lak mueang of Trang is still at its unique area at Khuan Thani. The region is at the mouth of the Trang River. The Kantang District's central industry is fishing.
The business is exceptionally gathered in few hands and has as of late experienced harsh criticism by universal associations for human trafficking, over-angling, maltreatment of human rights, and through and through homicide. An Environmental Justice Foundation video went so far as to name Kanatang's Boonlarp Fishing Partnership, Ltd., as an especially appalling awful on-screen character. Neighboring areas are from the north clockwise Sikao, Mueang Trang, and Yan Ta Khao of Trang Province. Toward the southwest is the Andaman Sea. This city is tallied in flood prone territory. There are different waterway , which build up a main industry of fishing.