Mueang Samut Songkhram District

Mueang Samut Songkhram เมืองสมุทรสงคราม
—  Amphoe  —
Amphoe location in Samut Songkhram Province
Coordinates: 13°24′50″N 100°0′12″E / 13.41389°N 100.00333°E / 13.41389; 100.00333Coordinates: 13°24′50″N 100°0′12″E / 13.41389°N 100.00333°E / 13.41389; 100.00333
Country	Thailand
Province	Samut Songkhram
Seat	Mae Klong
Area
- Total	169.057 km2 (65.3 sq mi)
Population (2008)
- Total	103,559
- Density	610.8/km2 (1,582/sq mi)
Time zone	THA (UTC+7)
Postal code	75000
Geocode	7501

Mueang Samut Songkhram (Thai: เมืองสมุทรสงคราม) is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Samut Songkhram Province, central Thailand.

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, Tambon Mae Klong, and at the same time the name changed to Mae Klong in 1925.^[2] By the government policy, the capital district name should be the same as the province name, Mae Klong district was renamed to Mueang Samut Songkhram in 1938.^[3] Since 1964 the district office located on Ekachai road, 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 located at 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 is listed as a Ramsar wetland since 2001.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 11 subdistricts (Tambon), which are further subdivided into 85 villages (muban). Samut Songkhram itself has town status (thesaban mueang) and covers the whole tambon Mae Klong. There are further 10 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No. Name Thai Villages Inh.[4] 01. Mae Klong แม่กลอง - 30,027 02. Bang Khan Taek บางขันแตก 12 08,944 03. Lat Yai ลาดใหญ่ 12 15,057 04. Ban Prok บ้านปรก 11 08,219 05. Bang Kaeo บางแก้ว 10 08,172 06. Thai Hat ท้ายหาด 06 04,775 07. Laem Yai แหลมใหญ่ 08 07,959 08. Khlong Khoen คลองเขิน 09 05,431 09. Khlong Khon คลองโคน 07 04,345 10. Nang Takhian นางตะเคียน 07 06,030 11. Bang Chakreng บางจะเกร็ง 05 04,600

References

1. ^ "ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนชื่ออำเภอ" (in Thai) (PDF). Royal Gazette 34 (0 ก): 40–68. April 29 1917. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2460/A/40.PDF. 
2. ^ "ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนแปลงอำเภอในจังหวัดสมุทรสงคราม" (in Thai). Royal Gazette 42 (0 ง): 24. 1925-04-05. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2468/D/24.PDF. 
3. ^ "พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนนามจังหวัด และอำเภอบางแห่ง พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๑" (in Thai) (PDF). Royal Gazette 55 (0 ก): 658–666. November 14 1938. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2481/A/658.PDF. 
4. ^ "Population statistics 2008". Department of Provincial Administration. http://www.dopa.go.th/xstat/p5175_01.html. 

External links

• amphoe.com (Thai)