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Capital: Phuket (city)
Thai name: ภูเก็ต
Area: 547 km² rank 76th
Population: 432,464 as of 2025 · rank 61st
Density: 786 /km² rank 5th
Postal code: 83xxx
Calling code: 076
ISO 3166-2: TH-83
Region: Southern
Provincial site: phuket.go.th
Provincial motto: ไข่มุกอันดามัน สวรรค์เมืองใต้ หาดทรายสีทอง สองวีรสตรี บารมีหลวงพ่อแช่มPearl of the Andaman. Heavenly City of the South. Golden beaches. Two heroines. Virtue of Luang Pho Chaem.

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