Amphoe Sattahip
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| Province: | Chonburi |
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| Area: | 333.4 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 127,579 (2005) |
| Pop. density: | 382.7 inh./km² |
| Geocode: | 2009 |
| Postal code: | 20180 |
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Sattahip is a district (Amphoe) in the province Chonburi, Thailand. It is located at the southern tip of the province, close to the tourism center Pattaya.
[edit] Geography
Neighboring districts are Bang Lamung to the north, and Ban Chang of Rayong Province to the west. To the south and the east is the Gulf of Thailand.
[edit] Places
The Juksamet Port of Sattahip is one of the few deep-water ports of Thailand. Also the Sattahip Naval Base is the largest base of the Royal Thai Navy and is home to the HTMS Chakri Naruebet, the Navy's sole aircraft carrier.
The Ban Sattahip Air Base (U-Tapao International Airport) was used extensively by the US Air Force during the Vietnam War. The Sattahip Naval Base was the site of the 20th World Scout Jamboree in December 2002/January 2003.
[edit] Administration
The district is subdivided into 5 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 41 villages (muban). There are three townships (thesaban tambon) - Sattahip, Na Chom Thian and Bang Sare. Sattahip covers parts of tambon Sattahip and Phlu Ta Luang, Na Chom Thian and Bang Sare each parts of the same-named tambon. There are further 5 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
| No. | Name | Thai name | Villages | Inh. | |
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| 1. | Sattahip | สัตหีบ | 9 | 68,543 | |
| 2. | Na Chom Thian | นาจอมเทียน | 9 | 11,336 | |
| 3. | Phlu Ta Luang | พลูตาหลวง | 8 | 26,341 | |
| 4. | Bang Sare | บางเสร่ | 11 | 15,627 | |
| 5. | Samaesan | แสมสาร | 4 | 5,732 |
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