Koh Sukorn” is the second biggest island in Trang Sea, It is the one part of Palian District. The island is parallel with the beach just only 3 Kilometers. There are 4 villages and around 3,000 populations, almost 95% are Islam on this island.
According to legend told that “There was one family has son who need to go for adventure at Indonesia. It was lucky, he met a millionaire’s daughter and married her. He was Islam. One day, they sail a bark trade to Trang City, nearby his hometown. When his parent heard that they hurry up to waiting for at the pier and bought some “grilled pork” (famous food of Trang). But when he knew that his parent come, he ashamed and afraid that his wife will know that he was poor. So, he asked his seaman to pluck anchor and sail a bark away. His parent saw that, they were sad and reprobate to ungrateful son, wish the heaven punished him. Then throw away grilled pork into the sea. After that when a bark sail erelong, there was the storm follow by reprobate of parent. A bark wreck in the middle of the sea, all things disrupted become to small island and grilled pork became to “Koh Sukorn”
This island had an area around 8,750 Rai, One half was Agriculture and Animals, another one half was a hill for rubber plantations. Almost of population here were fisherman and rubber plantations. Besides of rice field and take one hundred sea buffalos to plow, there are watermelon garden that sweet, cracking and famous fruit on Koh Sukorn.
Koh Sukorn had view point that you can see the beautiful beaches and calm. Especially, on the west of the island “Loe Yai Beach” it was suitable for swim and see the sun set.