“Phuket” has discovered as archaeological evidence at Baan Kamala Amphur Kathu , Phuket .Tools and stone axe were unearthed indicating that humans have lived in this region at least 3,000 years ago .In the year B.C. 700 or the post 2nd century , an evidence was mentioned again in the records of sailors whose name is Claudius Ptolemy .He mentioned to the land as called “ Tagola Cape” which was pushed out to the south at the end of Phang-nga Province due to the movement of large tectonic faults called “ Klong Marui” that posting a long line from Surat Thani and Phang-Nga Provinces to the east of Phuket. Later the cape was gradually eroded by natural forces and finally detached from the main land and became island until the channel between Phuket and Phang-nga Provinces. It is now called “Pak Phra Strait” (A narrow channel only 8-9 meters in depth).