Amphoe Mueang Samut Songkhram

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Mueang Samut Songkhram
เมืองสมุทรสงคราม
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Province:	Samut Songkhram
District office:	Mae Klong 13°24′50″N, 100°0′12″E
Area:	169.057 km²
Inhabitants:	103,268 (2005)
Pop. density:	610.8 inh./km²
Geocode:	7501
Postal code:	75000
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Mueang Samut Songkhram (Thai: เมืองสมุทรสงคราม) is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Samut Songkhram Province, central Thailand.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Administration
4 References
5 External links

[edit] 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.^[1] The office was moved again to Mae Klong camp, Tambon Mae Klong, and at the same time the name changed to Mae Klong. 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.^[2] 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.

[edit] Geography

Don Hoi Lot during high tide

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.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 11 subdistricts (Tambon), which are further subdivided into 87 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).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh.
1.	Mae Klong	แม่กลอง	-	30,956
2.	Bang Khan Taek	บางขันแตก	12	9,100
3.	Lat Yai	ลาดใหญ่	12	14,258
4.	Ban Prok	บ้านปรก	11	8,077
5.	Bang Kaeo	บางแก้ว	10	7,951
6.	Thai Hat	ท้ายหาด	6	4,645
7.	Laem Yai	แหลมใหญ่	8	7,894
8.	Khlong Khoen	คลองเขิน	9	5,382
9.	Khlong Khon	คลองโคน	7	4,332
10.	Nang Takhian	นางตะเคียน	9	6,076
11.	Bang Chakreng	บางจะเกร็ง	5	4,597