Amphoe Mueang Satun
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| Province: | Satun |
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| Area: | 880.2 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 101,557 (2005) |
| Pop. density: | 115.4 inh./km² |
| Geocode: | 9101 |
| Postal code: | 91000 |
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Mueang Satun (Thai: เมืองสตูล) is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Satun Province, southern Thailand.
[edit] History
Due to many problems in Syburi state, King Rama III ordered to devide Syburi state to be 4 sections, Kubang Pasu, Syburi(Kedah), Perlis and Satun in 1833. He set Mueang Satun under Nakhon Si Thammarat.
In 1897 King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) merged the 4 cities and established Monthon Syburi. But when the United Kingdom and Siam (Thailand) signed the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Satun only remained with Siam. Mueang Satun was moved to under Monthon Phuket in 1910.
Originally Satun province was subdivided into 2 districts and one minor district. Mambang (มำบัง) was one of these two original districts, which was renamed to Mueang Satun in 1939.
[edit] Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the northwest clockwise) Tha Phae, Khuan Don of Satun Province, the state Perlis of Malaysia and the Andaman Sea.
The Tarutao National Marine Park containing the Tarutao and Adang archipelagos belong to the district. Also some part of the boundary area to Malaysia is protected in the Thale Ban National Park.
[edit] Administration
The district is subdivided into 12 communes (tambon), which are further subdivided into 67 villages (muban). The town (thesaban mueang) Satun covers the complete tambon Phiman. There are further two townships (thesaban tambon) - Chalung and Che Bi Lang, both covering parts of the same-named tambon. There are also 11 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
| No. | Name | Thai name | Villages | Inh. | |
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| 1. | Phiman | พิมาน | - | 21,498 | |
| 2. | Khlong Khut | คลองขุด | 7 | 16,790 | |
| 3. | Khuan Khan | ควนขัน | 6 | 6,702 | |
| 4. | Ban Khuan | บ้านควน | 7 | 9,684 | |
| 5. | Chalung | ฉลุง | 14 | 11,989 | |
| 6. | Ko Sarai | เกาะสาหร่าย | 7 | 4,848 | |
| 7. | Tanyong Po | ตันหยงโป | 3 | 2,829 | |
| 8. | Che Bi Lang | เจ๊ะบิลัง | 6 | 9,032 | |
| 9. | Tam Ma Lang | ตำมะลัง | 3 | 4,850 | |
| 10. | Pu Yu | ปูยู | 3 | 2,869 | |
| 11. | Khuan Pho | ควนโพธิ์ | 6 | 5,099 | |
| 12. | Ket Ri | เกตรี | 6 | 5,367 |
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| Amphoe of Satun |  |
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| Amphoe: | Mueang Satun - Khuan Don - Khuan Kalong - Tha Phae - La-ngu - Thung Wa | ||
| King Amphoe: | Manang | ||
