at the start of the rattanakosin or Bangkok period in the late eighteenth century when the capital was finally settled at Bangkok an elephant kraal was established krabi by order of chao phraya nakorn noi the governor of nakorn si thammarat which was by then a part of the thai kingdom. he sent his vizier the phra to oversee this task which was to ensure a regular supply of elephants for the larger town . so many followers emigrated in the stepsthe phra palad that soon krabi had a large community in three different boroughs pakasai khiong pon and pak lao . in 1872 king chaulalongkorn graciously elevated these to town satus called krabi a word that preserves in its meaning the monkey symbolism of the old standard . the town first governor was luang thep sena though it continued a while as a dependency of nakorn si thammarat. this was changed in 1875 when krabi was raised to a fourth level town in the old system of thai government. administrators then reported directly to the central government in Bangkok and krabi history as a unique entity separated from the other provinces had begun