Mueang Samut Prakan District


Mueang Samut Prakan or colloquially as Paknam Samut Prakan is the capital district of Samut Prakan Province, central Thailand. The district has the highest population of all districts of Thailand.

Administration

Central administration

Mueang Samut Prakan is divided into 13 subdistricts, which are further subdivided into 35 administrative villages.
No.NameThaiVillagesPop.
1.Pak Namปากน้ำ-51,495
2.Samrong Nueaสำโรงเหนือ-72,495
3.Bang Mueangบางเมือง-68,362
4.Thai Banท้ายบ้าน-25,559
8.Bang Pu Maiบางปูใหม่-39,435
10.Phraek Saแพรกษา760,549
11.Bang Prongบางโปรง410,239
12.Bang Puบางปู-6,729
13.Bang Duanบางด้วน87,992
14.Bang Mueang Maiบางเมืองใหม่-51,980
15.Thepharakเทพารักษ์949,599
16.Thai Ban Maiท้ายบ้านใหม่-48,037
17.Phraek Sa Maiแพรกษาใหม่748,508

Missing numbers are tambons split off at the creation of Phra Samut Chedi District.

Local administration

There is one city in the district:
There are two towns in the district:
There are five subdistrict municipalities in the district:
There are four subdistrict administrative organizations in the district:
Interhides Public Company operates nine tanning factories in Bang Pu Mai and is building a tenth factory there to be operational by 2020. IHL produce finished leathers for international footwear, automotive, and furniture companies.

Environment

The district's coastline has seen severe erosion since the 1990s. Coastal mangrove forests were destroyed and replaced with shrimp farms. Three to five metres of shoreline has been submerged every year since then, resulting in the loss of 4,000 rai of land to the sea.
Thailand lost almost one third of its coastal mangrove forests between 1961 and 2000. According to Thailand's Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, a quarter of the country's shores—about 700 kilometres —are eroding, some "severely".

Education

The Thai Sikh International School is in Samrong, in the district.