Phuket Town is the provincial capital. It is quite a charming city with Sino Portuguese shop houses, markets, hotels, car dealerships, hospitals and government offices. The town is becoming a bustling, commercial city support more now by the tourism industry then the resources industry as it was back maybe 20 years ago.

The beginning of the 20th century was a period of positive growth for Phuket. Tin mining boomed, and the very capable and benevolent governor Rasada Korsimbi helped diversify the island's economy and the capital city of Phuket began its modern expansion. The beginning of the 20th century was a period of rapid growth for Phuket, as witnessed by the town center its streets lined with handsome buildings.

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