Phuket (; formerly known as Tha-Laang or Talang, or Junk Ceylon in Western sources, a distortion of the Malay Tanjung Salang, for example "Cape Salang")'s one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighbouring provinces are (from north clockwise) Phang Nga and Krabi, but as Phuket's an island there're no land boundaries. Phuket's Thailand’s largest island, approximately the size of Singapore. The island's connected to mainland Thailand by a bridge. It's situated off the west c… (More on Phuket)