Mueang Samut Songkhram District

Mueang Samut Songkhram (Thai: เมืองสมุทรสงคราม, pronounced [mɯ̄a̯ŋ sā.mùt sǒŋ.kʰrāːm]) is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Samut Songkhram Province, central Thailand.

Mueang Samut Songkhram

เมืองสมุทรสงคราม
District
Mae Klong ferry pier beside Wat Ban Laem. The Mae Klong bisects Samut Songkhram.
District location in Samut Songkhram Province
Coordinates: 13°24′50″N 100°0′12″E
CountryThailand
ProvinceSamut Songkhram
SeatMae Klong
Area
 • Total169.057 km2 (65.273 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total106,182
 • Density628.29/km2 (1,627.3/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code75000
Geocode7501

History

The district was established in 1897, then named Lom Thuan and controlled by Monthon Ratchaburi. In 1900 the district office was moved to a temple area in Ban Prok. The district was named accordingly in 1917.[1] The office was moved again to Mae Klong camp, Mae Klong Subdistrict, and at the same time the name changed to Mae Klong in 1925.[2] In accordance with governmental policy that the capital district name should be the same as the provincial name, Mae Klong District was renamed "Mueang Samut Songkhram" in 1938.[3] Since 1964 the district office is in Tambon Mae Klong.

Thai local people still call Mueang Samut Songkhram by its old name Mae Klong.

Geography
Don Hoi Lot during high tide

The district is on the shore of the Bay of Bangkok, at the mouth of the Mae Klong River.

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Ban Laem Phetchaburi Province, Amphawa, and Bang Khonthi of Samut Songkhram, and Ban Phaeo and Mueang Samut Sakhon of Samut Sakhon Province.

Off the coast are the sandbanks of Don Hoi Lot famous for its endemic shell population of Solen regularis. The site has been listed as a Ramsar wetland since 2001.

Administration

The district is divided into 11 sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 85 villages (mubans). Samut Songkhram itself has town status (thesaban mueang) and covers tambon Mae Klong. There are a further 10 tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No. Name Thai Villages Pop.[4]
01.Mae Klongแม่กลอง-28,228
02.Bang Khan Taekบางขันแตก1208,736
03.Lat Yaiลาดใหญ่1217,861
04.Ban Prokบ้านปรก1108,678
05.Bang Kaeoบางแก้ว1009,162
06.Thai Hatท้ายหาด0605,138
07.Laem Yaiแหลมใหญ่0807,877
08.Khlong Khoenคลองเขิน0905,468
09.Khlong Khonคลองโคน0704,380
10.Nang Takhianนางตะเคียน0706,136
11.Bang Chakrengบางจะเกร็ง0504,518
  

References
  1. ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนชื่ออำเภอ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 34 (0 ก): 40–68. April 29, 1917.
  2. ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนแปลงอำเภอในจังหวัดสมุทรสงคราม (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 42 (0 ง): 24. 1925-04-05.
  3. พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนนามจังหวัด และอำเภอบางแห่ง พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๑ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 55 (0 ก): 658–666. November 14, 1938.
  4. "Population statistics 2017". Department of Provincial Administration. Archived from the original on 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2018-04-05.


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