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Patong ( , (2025). 9789747857047, กองวิชาการและแผนงาน. กรมการปกครอง / Technical Services and Planning Division. Department of Provincial Administration. ISBN 9789747857047 ) refers to the beach and town on Phuket Province's west coast. It is the main tourist resort on the island of Phuket, and is the centre of Phuket's nightlife and shopping. The beach became popular with Western tourists, especially Europeans, in the late-1980s. It has numerous and the area has expanded into a tourist place. Bangla Road is a popular street in this area with vibrant nightlife.
On 26 December 2004, Patong Beach along with many other areas along the west coast of Phuket and Thailand were struck by a tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. The wave caused a great deal of destruction to the waterfront of the beach and immediately inland and only one woman was killed in a basement seafront grocery store. Patong was one of the worst affected areas of Phuket, although the destruction was not as bad as nearby Khao Lak. Patong has largely recovered since the tsunami.
the waters off Patong Beach exceeded Thai Pollution Control Department standards for [[fecal coliform]] bacteria (FCB) and [[enterococci]] bacteria.(2025). 9786163163271, Pollution Control Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Thailand). . ISBN 9786163163271To avoid paying the municipal wastewater treatment fee of five [[baht|Thai baht]] per cubic meter, many households discharge their wastewater untreated into canals and the sea. Patong also has limited capacity to treat wastewater. The municipal wastewater treatment plant is nearing its capacity of 28,000 m3 a day. An upgrade be operational in 2018 which will increase capacity by an extra 9,000 m3 per day.
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