Mueang Samut Prakan district explained

Official Name:Mueang Samut Prakan district
Native Name:อำเภอเมืองสมุทรปราการ
Native Name Lang:th
Settlement Type:District
Pushpin Map:Bangkok Metropolitan Region#Thailand
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Mapsize:250px
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region##Location in Thailand
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Samut Prakan
Subdivision Type2:Seat
Subdivision Name2:Pak Nam
Population Total:540,979
Population As Of:2018
Blank Name Sec1:Postal code
Blank Info Sec1:10270
Blank Name Sec2:Geocode
Blank Info Sec2:1101
Timezone:ICT
Utc Offset:+07:00
Total Type:Mueang district
Population Blank1 Title:City Municipality
Population Blank1:51,495

Mueang Samut Prakan district (Thai: อำเภอเมืองสมุทรปราการ, in Thai pronounced as /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.

Administration

Central administration

Mueang Samut Prakan is divided into 13 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 35 administrative villages (muban).

No.NameThaiVillagesPop.[1]
1.Pak NamThai: ปากน้ำ51,495
2.Samrong NueaThai: สำโรงเหนือ72,495
3.Bang MueangThai: บางเมือง68,362
4.Thai BanThai: ท้ายบ้าน25,559
5.Bang Pu MaiThai: บางปูใหม่39,435
6.Phraek SaThai: แพรกษา760,549
7.Bang ProngThai: บางโปรง410,239
8.Bang PuThai: บางปู6,729
9.Bang DuanThai: บางด้วน87,992
10.Bang Mueang MaiThai: บางเมืองใหม่51,980
11.ThepharakThai: เทพารักษ์949,599
12.Thai Ban MaiThai: ท้ายบ้านใหม่48,037
13.Phraek Sa MaiThai: แพรกษาใหม่748,508
Missing numbers are tambons split off at the creation of Phra Samut Chedi district.

Local administration

There is one city (thesaban nakhon) in the district:

There are two towns (thesaban mueang) in the district:

There are five subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon) in the district:

There are four subdistrict administrative organizations (SAO) in the district:

Economy

Interhides 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

The 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

Samut 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

The Thai Sikh International School is in Samrong, in the district.

Health

Samut Prakan Hospital, the main hospital of the province is located in the district.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population statistics 2018. Department of Provincial Administration. Thai. 2019-11-21.
  2. Web site: Tuntiwutthipong. Worrapong. Company Update: Interhides. Krungsri Securities. 7 June 2017. 31 March 2018.
  3. News: Interhides: The first tannery in Asia to be awarded Global Tannery of the Year 2018. Bangkok Post. 30 March 2018.
  4. Web site: Barrow . Richard . Khun Samut Chin . Explore Samut Prakan . 14 April 2016 . 14 April 2019.
  5. News: Wipatayotin. Apinya. Shoring up defences. 10 December 2017. Bangkok Post. in Spectrum. 10. 50. 10 December 2017.
  6. News: Against the tide: Thai 'floating temple' defies coastal erosion . 2019-04-14 . The Nation . Agence France-Presse . 2019-04-08.