Ko Samui

Ko Samui, often called just Samui is an island of great natural beauty and variety in the Gulf of Thailand. The palm-fringed shoreline and coconut and fruit cultivation of the coastal lowlands rise to a central granite massif, the slopes of which are cloaked in virgin rainforest. OverviewMapSatellitePhoto MapDirectionsHotels

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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Chaweng and Lamai. Therefore a Bophut address is no guarantee that it is in or near the village. It has a lovely white beach and vibrant nightlife, especially at its north end.

Lamai

Lamai is a beach on the southeast coast of Ko Samui, Thailand.

Chaweng

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Chaweng is a beach on the east coast of Ko Samui. Confusingly, Bophut is also a large administrative and postal district even encompassing Chaweng.

Bophut

Bophut is a beach village on the northeast shore of Ko Samui.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Choeng Mon and Mae Nam.

Bang Rak

Bang Rak is in Ko Samui and is known for its Big Buddha statue.

Mae Nam

Mae Nam is a beach and a district on Ko Samui’s north shore. If you’re looking for a quiet, beautiful beach on otherwise hectic Ko Samui, this is it! Due to its proximity, the area is commonly referred to as “Big Buddha Beach.”…

Choeng Mon

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Choeng Mon is a small beach resort – https://www.thaibounty.com/resort-the-six-figure-challenge/ – on the north coast of Ko Samui, between Chaweng and Bang Rak.

Laem Yai

Laem Yai is a beach on the very northwest tip of the island of Ko Samui.

Samui South Coast

The South Coast is an area on Ko Samui.

Nathon

Nathon is a town on the west coast of the Thai island of Ko Samui, a commercial center and a major port for fishing and transport of goods and people to mainland Thailand.

Ko Samui

Type: City with 70,100 residents
Description: island in the gulf of Thailand
Also known as: “Kau Samui”, “Kaw Samui”, “Koh Samui”, “Koh Samuie”, “Kok Samoi Island”, “Samoi”, “Samoi Island”, “Samui island”, “Samuie”, “Smuey”, and “เทศบาลนครเกาะสมุย”
Categories: island and locality
Location: Surat Thani Province, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude of centre
9.5072° or 9° 30′ 26″ north
Longitude of centre
99.9958° or 99° 59′ 45″ east

Population
70,100
Elevation
394 metres (1,293 feet)

IATA airport code
USM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7355162734

Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1606595

Wiki­data ID
Q270375

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Afrikaans: “Ko Samui”
Arabic: “جزيرة ساموي”
Arabic: “كوه ساموي”
Azerbaijani: “Samuy adası”
Basque: “Ko Samui”
Belarusian: “Самуй”
Bishnupriya: “আম্ফোয়ে কো সামুই”
Bulgarian: “Ко Самуи”
Burmese: “ကော့စမွီကျွန်း”
Catalan: “Ko Samui”
Cebuano: “Ko Samui Island”
Chinese: “沙湄岛”
Chinese: “沙湄島”
Chinese: “苏梅岛”
Chinese: “蘇梅島”
Chinese: “蘇美島”
Chinese: “阁沙梅岛”
Croatian: “Ko Samui”
Czech: “Ko Samui”
Danish: “Koh Samui”
Dutch: “Amphoe Koh Samui”
Dutch: “Ko Samui”
Dutch: “Koh Samui”
Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره ساموى”
Estonian: “Ko Samui”
Estonian: “Koh Samui”
Estonian: “Samui”
Finnish: “Ko Samui”
French: “Ko Samui”
French: “Koh samui”
German: “Ko Samui”
German: “Samui”
Hebrew: “קו סאמוי”
Hebrew: “קו סמוי”
Hebrew: “קוסאמוי”
Hebrew: “קוסמוי”
Hungarian: “Ko Szamuj”
Indonesian: “Ko Samui”
Indonesian: “Koh Samui”
Interlingue: “Ko Samui”
Irish: “Ko Samui”
Italian: “Ko Samui”
Italian: “Koh Samui”
Japanese: “サムイ”
Japanese: “サムイ島”
Japanese: “テーサバーンナコーン・コ・サムイ”
Kazakh: “Samwï”
Kazakh: “Самуи”
Kazakh: “سامۋىي”
Khmer: “Samui”
Khmer: “កោះសមុយ”
Korean: “꼬 사무이”
Korean: “사무이”
Korean: “사무이섬”
Korean: “코 사무이”
Latvian: “Samui sala”
Lithuanian: “Samujis”
Malagasy: “Ko Samui”
Malay: “Ko Samui”
Malayalam: “കോ സമൂയി”
Northern Frisian: “Ko Samui”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Ko Samui”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Koh Samui”

Norwegian: “Ko Samui”
Panjabi: “ਕੋ ਸਮੂਈ”
Persian: “جزیره ساموی”
Polish: “Ko Samui”
Polish: “Samui”
Portuguese: “Ko Samui”
Russian: “Самуи”
Russian: “Самуй”
Somali: “Ko Samui”
Spanish: “Ko Samui”
Swedish: “Ko Samui”
Swedish: “Koh Samui”
Thai: “เกาะสมุย สุราษฏร์ธานี”
Thai: “เกาะสมุย”
Thai: “สมุย”
Thai: “อำเภอเกาะสมุย”
Turkish: “Ko Samui”
Turkish: “Koh samui”
Turkish: “Samui”
Ukrainian: “Самуї”
Urdu: “کو ساموی”
Vietnamese: “Ko Samui”
Welsh: “Ko Samui”
Welsh: “Samui”
Wu Chinese: “Koh Samui”
Wu Chinese: “苏梅岛”
Yue Chinese: “蘇梅島”

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About Mapcarta. A heartfelt thank you to Mapbox for providing outstanding maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Ko Samui”. Photo: Ssuri, CC BY-SA 3.0.