Mueang Samut Prakan district (Thai: อำเภอเมืองสมุทรปราการ, pronounced [mɯ̄aŋ sā.mùt prāː.kāːn] ) or colloquially as Paknam Samut Prakan (Thai: ปากน้ำสมุทรปราการ) is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Samut Prakan province in central Thailand. The district has the highest population of all districts of Thailand.
Mueang Samut Prakan district
อำเภอเมืองสมุทรปราการ | |
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 District location in Samut Prakan province | |
  Mueang Samut Prakan district Location in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region  Mueang Samut Prakan district Location in Thailand | |
| Coordinates: 13°36′2″N 100°35′48″E / 13.60056°N 100.59667°E | |
| Country |  Thailand |
| Province | Samut Prakan |
| Seat | Pak Nam |
| Area | |
• Mueang district | 190.56 km2 (73.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Mueang district | 540,979 |
| • Density | 2,819.73/km2 (7,303.1/sq mi) |
| • City Municipality | 51,495 |
| Time zone | UTC+07:00 (ICT) |
| Postal code | 10270 |
| Geocode | 1101 |
Administration
editCentral administration
editMueang Samut Prakan is divided into 13 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 35 administrative villages (muban).
| No. | Name | Thai | Villages | Pop.[1] |
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| 1. | Pak Nam | ปากน้ำ | – | 51,495 |
| 2. | Samrong Nuea | สำโรงเหนือ | – | 72,495 |
| 3. | Bang Mueang | บางเมือง | – | 68,362 |
| 4. | Thai Ban | ท้ายบ้าน | – | 25,559 |
| 5. | Bang Pu Mai | บางปูใหม่ | – | 39,435 |
| 6. | Phraek Sa | แพรกษา | 7 | 60,549 |
| 7. | Bang Prong | บางโปรง | 4 | 10,239 |
| 8. | Bang Pu | บางปู | – | 6,729 |
| 9. | Bang Duan | บางด้วน | 8 | 7,992 |
| 10. | Bang Mueang Mai | บางเมืองใหม่ | – | 51,980 |
| 11. | Thepharak | เทพารักษ์ | 9 | 49,599 |
| 12. | Thai Ban Mai | ท้ายบ้านใหม่ | – | 48,037 |
| 13. | Phraek Sa Mai | แพรกษาใหม่ | 7 | 48,508 |
Missing numbers are tambons split off at the creation of Phra Samut Chedi district.
Local administration
editThere is one city (thesaban nakhon) in the district:
- Samut Prakan (Thai: เทศบาลนครสมุทรปราการ) consisting of subdistrict Pak Nam.
There are two towns (thesaban mueang) in the district:
- Pak Nam Samut Prakan (Thai: เทศบาลเมืองปากน้ำสมุทรปราการ) consisting of parts of subdistrict Bang Mueang.
- Phraek Sa Mai (Thai: เทศบาลเมืองแพรกษาใหม่) consisting of parts of subdistrict Phraek Sa Mai.
There are five subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon) in the district:
- Samrong Nuea (Thai: เทศบาลตำบลสำโรงเหนือ) consisting of parts of subdistricts Samrong Nuea, Bang Mueang Mai, Thepharak.
- Dan Samrong (Thai: เทศบาลตำบลด่านสำโรง) consisting of parts of subdistrict Samrong Nuea.
- Bang Mueang (Thai: เทศบาลตำบลบางเมือง) consisting of parts of subdistricts Bang Mueang, Bang Mueang Mai, Thepharak.
- Phraek Sa (Thai: เทศบาลตำบลแพรกษา) consisting of parts of subdistricts Phraek Sa, Thepharak, Phraek Sa Mai.
- Bang Pu (Thai: เทศบาลตำบลบางปู) consisting of subdistricts Thai Ban, Bang Pu Mai, Bang Pu, Thai Ban Mai.
There are four subdistrict administrative organizations (SAO) in the district:
- Phraek Sa (Thai: องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลแพรกษา) consisting of parts of subdistrict Phraek Sa.
- Bang Prong (Thai: องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลบางโปรง) consisting of subdistrict Bang Prong.
- Bang Duan (Thai: องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลบางด้วน) consisting of subdistrict Bang Duan.
- Thepharak (Thai: องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลเทพารักษ์) consisting of parts of subdistrict Thepharak.
Economy
editInterhides Public Company (IHL)[2] operates nine tanning factories in Bang Pu Mai and is building a tenth factory there to be operational by 2020. IHL produce finished leathers for international footwear, automotive, and furniture companies.[3]
Environment
editThe district's coastline has seen severe erosion since the 1990s.[4] Coastal mangrove forests were destroyed and replaced with shrimp farms. Three to five metres of shoreline has been submerged every year since then, resulting in the loss of 4,000 rai of land to the sea.[5]
Thailand lost almost one third of its coastal mangrove forests between 1961 and 2000. According to Thailand's Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, a quarter of the country's shores—about 700 kilometres (500 miles)—are eroding, some "severely".[6]
Transportation
editSamut Prakan is served by the southern end of the Sukhumvit Line on the BTS Skytrain (from Samrong to Kheha stations). The major thoroughfare in Samut Prakan is Sukhumvit Road, which links the city to Central Bangkok all the way towards the Cambodian border in Trat.
Education
editThe Thai Sikh International School is in Samrong, in the district.[7]
Health
editSamut Prakan Hospital, the main hospital of the province is located in the district.
References
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- ^ "Population statistics 2018" (in Thai). Department of Provincial Administration. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
- ^ Tuntiwutthipong, Worrapong (7 June 2017). "Company Update: Interhides" (PDF). Krungsri Securities. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ^ "Interhides: The first tannery in Asia to be awarded Global Tannery of the Year 2018". Bangkok Post. 30 March 2018.
- ^ Barrow, Richard (14 April 2016). "Khun Samut Chin". Explore Samut Prakan. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ Wipatayotin, Apinya (10 December 2017). "Shoring up defences" (in Spectrum). Bangkok Post. Vol. 10, no. 50. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "Against the tide: Thai 'floating temple' defies coastal erosion". The Nation. Agence France-Presse. 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
- ^ "Contact Us." Thai Sikh International School Archived 2013-05-26 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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- Amphoe.com (in Thai)
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