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Samut Prakan Province

From Wikipedia

Samut Prakan is one of the central provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are in the west and north Bangkok and Chachoengsao to the east.

Suvarnabhumi Airport (or also called (New) Bangkok International Airport) is located in the Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan province.

Geography

Samut Prakan is located at the mouth of the Chao Phraya river to the Gulf of Thailand. Thus the province is also sometimes called Pak Nam, the Thai word for the mouth of a river. The part of the province located on the western side of the river consist mostly of rice and prawn fields as well as mangrove forests, while the east part is the urban center - including industrial factories. It is part of the Bangkok metropolis, the urbanization on both sides of the provincial boundary is identical. The province has a coastline of approximately 47.2 kilometer.

History

The province was created during the Ayutthaya period, with its administrative center located at Prapadaeng. It was the sea port of Siam, and was secured with forts, town moats and town-walls. King Rama II starting the building of the new center at Samut Prakan in 1819, after his predecessor King Taksin had disbanded the town fortification. Altogether six forts were built on both sides of the Chao Phraya river, and on an island in the river the pagoda Phra Samut Chedi was erected. Of the original six forts only two still exist today, Phi Sua Samut and Phra Chulachomklao.

By the way, the word samut means sea and prakan means fortress.

The giant three-headed statue of the elephant god Erawan is in Samut Prakan.

Symbols

The provincial seal shows the temple Phra Samut Chedi, the most important site of Buddhist worship in the province.

Provincial tree is Thespesia populnea .

Administrative divisions

The province is subdivided into 5 districts (Amphoe) and 1 minor districts (King Amphoe). The districts are further subdivided into 50 communes (tambon) and 396 villages (muban). There are one city (thesaban nakhon), two towns (thesaban mueang) and 13 townships (thesaban tambon). For the national elections the province is divided into 7 voting districts.
Amphoe
1. Mueang Samut Prakan 2. Bang Bo 3. Bang Phli	4. Phra Pradaeng 5. Phra Samut Chedi
King Amphoe
6. Bang Sao Thong

Map of Samut Prakan Province.