Country Thailand Time zone THA (UTC+7) Geocode 7501 Population 103,559 (2008) | Seat Mae Klong Postal code 75000 Area 169 km² Province Samut Songkhram Province | |
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Points of interest Wat Pechsamut Worawiharn, Wat Ban Laem, Wat Yai, Wat Nang Ta Khian, Wat Suan Kaew Utthayan | ||
Mueang Samut Songkhram (Thai: เมืองสมุทรสงคราม, [mɯ̄a̯ŋ sā.mùt sǒŋ.kʰrāːm]) is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Samut Songkhram Province, central Thailand.
Contents
- Map of Mueang Samut Songkhram District Samut Songkhram Thailand
- History
- Geography
- Administration
- References
Map of Mueang Samut Songkhram District, Samut Songkhram, 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. 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. 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. 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
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).