Amphoe Mueang Suphanburi

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Mueang Suphanburi
เมืองสุพรรณบุรี
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Province:	Suphanburi
District office:	14°29′4″N, 100°7′25″E
Area:	540.9 km²
Inhabitants:	158,087 (2000)
Pop. density:	292.3 inh./km²
Geocode:	7201
Postal code:	72000
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Mueang Suphanburi (Thai: เมืองสุพรรณบุรี) is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Suphanburi Province, central Thailand.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Administration
4 References

[edit] History

Suphan Buri is a old city. In the era of Ankorian king Jayavarman VII, inscription called Prasat Phra Khan (จารึกปราสาทพระขรรค์) was made and which mentions the name of Suvarnapura^[1]. Later Suphan Buri become important city of Ayutthaya kingdom. According to Chinese Annals called "Da Ming Shi Lu" (『大明実録』), Nakharinthathirat (Intharatcha or Nakhon In), before ascending the throne of Ayutthaya, was a ruler of Suphan Buri and tribute to Chinese Emperor as a King of Supan Buri (Su Men Bang Wang or 蘇門邦王)^[2]. Later in 16th century, Suphanburi become battle field of King Naresuan and Burmese crown prince^[1].

This area was the center of Mueang Suphanburi, called San Khwaeng Suphanburi (ศาลแขวงสุพรรณบุรี). When the government created a district, it was called Wihan Daeng. Later the district name was changed to be Tha Phi Liang. In 1939 the district name was changed to be Mueang Suphanburi to correspong with the province name.

[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Bang Pla Ma, U Thong, Don Chedi, Si Prachan of Suphanburi province, Wiset Chai Chan of Ang Thong province and Phak Hai of Ayutthaya Province.

The main water resource of the district is the Tha Chin river or Suphan river.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 20 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 123 villages (muban). Suphanburi itself is a town (thesaban mueang) which covers the tambon Tha Philiang completely and parts of Rua Yai and Tha Rahat. There are further three townships (thesaban tambon) - Tha Sedet covers the complete tambon Sa Kaeo, Suan Taeng covers parts of the tambon Suan Taeng and Sala Khao, and Pho Phraya covers parts of the tambon Pho Phraya. There are further 18 Tambon administrative organizations.

1.	Tha Phi Liang	ท่าพี่เลี้ยง
2.	Rua Yai	รั้วใหญ่
3.	Thap Ti Lek	ทับตีเหล็ก
4.	Tha Rahat	ท่าระหัด
5.	Phai Khwang	ไผ่ขวาง
6.	Khok Kho Thao	โคกโคเฒ่า
7.	Don Tan	ดอนตาล
8.	Don Masang	ดอนมะสังข์
9.	Phihan Daeng	พิหารแดง
10.	Don Kamyan	ดอนกำยาน
11.	Don Pho Thong	ดอนโพธิ์ทอง
12.	Ban Pho	บ้านโพธิ์
13.	Sa Kaeo	สระแก้ว
14.	Taling Chan	ตลิ่งชัน
15.	Bang Kung	บางกุ้ง
16.	Sala Khao	ศาลาขาว
17.	Suan Taeng	สวนแตง
18.	Sanam Chai	สนามชัย
19.	Pho Phraya	โพธิ์พระยา
20.	Sanam Khli	สนามคลี

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b เข้าใจถิ่นเข้าใจเที่ยว สุพรรณบุรี, การท่องเที่ยวแหงประเทศไทย, 2547, p.7 ISBN 9789747177145 or Appriciate the Locality, Travel Knowaladgableably, Suphan Buri Tourism Authority of Thailand, 2000, p.7 ISBN 9789747177459
^ Fujiwara, Riichiro "Relations between China and Siam in the Early period of the Ming Dynasty", Studies on History of South-East Asia, Kyoto: Hozokan, 1988, pp.3-43 (Japanese Thesis)