Mueang Samut Songkhram (Thai: เมืองสมุทรสงคราม, pronounced [mɯ̄a̯ŋ sā.mùt sǒŋ.kʰrāːm]) 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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] 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

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.

Don Hoi Lot during high tide

Administration

Central government

The district is divided into 11 subdistricts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 87 villages (mubans).[1]

Map of subdistricts
No. Subdistricts Thai Villages Pop.
1. Mae Klong แม่กลอง - 25,623
2. Bang Khan Taek บางขันแตก 12 8,593
3. Lat Yai ลาดใหญ่ 12 18,602
4. Ban Prok บ้านปรก 11 8,635
5. Bang Kaew บางแก้ว 10 9,495
6. Thai Hat ท้ายหาด 6 5,158
7. Laem Yai แหลมใหญ่ 8 7,645
8. Khlong Khoen คลองเขิน 9 5,452
9. Khlong Khon คลองโคน 7 4,296
10. Nang Takhian นางตะเคียน 7 6,143
11. Bang Chakreng บางจะเกร็ง 5 4,386
Total 87 104,028

Local government

As of December 2023 there are: two municipalities (thesaban), of which Samut Songkhram itself has town status (thesaban mueang) and covers subdistrict Mae Klong and Bang Chakreng is a subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon). There are further nine subdistrict administrative organizations - SAO (ongkan borihan suan tambon - o bo to).[1]

Town municipality Pop. website
Mueang Samut Songkhram 25,623 smsk-city.go.th
Subdistrict municipality Pop. website
Bang Chakreng 4,389
Subdistrict adm.org-SAO Pop. website
Lat Yai 18,602 ladyai.go.th
Bang Kaew 9,495 bangkaewsamutsongkhram.go.th
Ban Prok 8,635 banprok.go.th
Ban Khan Taek 8,593 bangkhunteak.go.th
Laem Yai 7,645 leamyai.go.th
Nang Takhian 6,143 nangthakean.go.th
Khlong Khoen 5,452 khlongkhoen.go.th
Thai Hat 5,158 thaihad.go.th
Khlong Khon 4,296 klongkone.go.th

Healthcare

Hospital

There is general hospital in Samut Songkhram with 282 beds.

Health promoting hospitals

There are total nineteen health-promoting hospitals in the district, of which; one in Ban Prok and Thai Hat, two in Ban Khan Taek, Ban Kaew, Laem Yai, Khlong Khoen, Khlong Khon, Nang Takhian and Bang Chakreng, three in Lat Yai.[5]

Religion

There are forty-three Theravada Buddhist temples in the district.
One in Laem Yai, two in Bang Kaew, Thai Hat and Bang Chakreng, three in Nang Takhian, four in Khlong Khoen, five in Lat yai, six in Mae Klong, Ban Prok and Khlong Khon and ten in Bang Khan Taek.[6][7]

Economy

Some people are fishermen or work in the twelve fish and seafood processing factories:[8]

  • Three in Mae Klong subdistrict
  • Two in Ban Khan Taek subdistrict
  • Four in Bang Kaew subdistrict
  • Three in Bang Chakreng subdistrict

References

  1. ^ a b c "Official statistics registration systems". Department of Provincial Administration. Retrieved 10 January 2025, year 2023 >village level >ExcelFile >no.7501-7599 >Excel line 79672-80009{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  2. ^ ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนชื่ออำเภอ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 34 (ก): 40–68. April 29, 1917. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2011.
  3. ^ ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนแปลงอำเภอในจังหวัดสมุทรสงคราม (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 42 (ง): 24. 1925-04-05. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2012.
  4. ^ พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนนามจังหวัด และอำเภอบางแห่ง พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๑ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 55 (ก): 658–666. November 14, 1938. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2011.
  5. ^ "Name-of-the-hospital-service-unit". Ministry of Public Health. Retrieved 14 March 2025, >health zone 5 no.08509-08512, 08514-08527, 14873{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  6. ^ "list of temples". Retrieved 14 March 2025, Sect Maha Nikai no.275010101-275011102{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  7. ^ "list of temples". Retrieved 14 March 2025, Sect Dhammayut no.675010101-675010903{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  8. ^ "List of Thailand fish and Seafood Establishments Approved for Export to Taiwan" (PDF). Department of Fisheries. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
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