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Khao Yee San village is located at foothill of Mount Yee San, which is a limestone mountain. It is surrounded by sea forests. At the area, 5 km west of the seacoast, is plenty with canals, natural or artificial, those are important routes of transportation since the old times. The area surrounding the mount is rich of natural resources and full of big trees. This community has been here for a very long time.

There are canals in the north and the east which shorten the way out to Mae Klong river at Umpawa and Mae Klong (Samut Songkram) without going around in the sea. The west is a sea forest, paddy field and other villages such as Ban Wung Manow, Ban Bang Khem, Ban Kluay and Ban Nong Sim. The south is a waterway, which is separated into two lines. One is Klong Yee San that leads to Kho Eto. The other is a canal called Praek Bang Eton or Praek Kamen that leads to Ban Lum Ton Pan and is connected to Klong Bang Taboon that leads to Taboon bay, which is the way to Mae Klong or the mouth of Petchabury river.

The Khao Yee San community does not only lack of fresh water, besides, they are crowded of mosquito population because they are closed to the sea forests. There are also plenty of cobras.

Besides fishery, the other popular long lasting occupation of almost the whole of Khao Yee San villagers is production of charcoal. There is a special big charcoal brazier. They replant trees to replace woods that they cut down for producing charcoal. At present, there are less use of charcoal, so there are only a few charcoal brazier left in the community.

Charcoal street 2