AMPHOE MUEANG SAMUT PRAKAN

'Mueang Samut Prakan' is the capital district (''Amphoe Mueang'') of Samut Prakan Province, central Thailand. The district has the highest population of all districts of Thailand.

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Tourist attractions

Administration

Tourist attractions

There are now 3 major tourist attractions of the province are located in the capital district.
In Tambon Bang Pu Mai is Mueang Boran or Ancient City, a park that features downscaled replicas of all major historical buildings of Thailand. It was used as a set for some scenes in the film ''Two Brothers''.
There is also the Erawan Museum which is a large sculpture of the 3 headed elephant. Inside is a museum that features 4 pillars depicting the major religions of the world, various theistic themes and sculptures made using pottery.
The other popular tourist draw is the Crocodile Farm in Tambon Tai Ban.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 13 subdistricts (''tambon''). The city (''thesaban nakhon'') Samut Prakan covers the whole ''tambon'' Pak Nam. There are 5 townships (''thesaban tambon'') - Dan Sam Rong covers parts of ''tambon'' Samrong Nuea, Samrong Nuea covers further parts of ''tambon'' Samron Nuea and parts of Bang Mueang Mai and Thepharak. Bang Mueang covers parts of ''tambon'' Bang Mueang, Bang Mueang Mai and Thepharak. Bang Pu covers the whole ''tambon'' Bang Pu, Bang Pu Mai, Thai Ban and Thai Ban Mai; Phraek Sa covers parts of ''tambon'' Phraek Sa and Phraek Sa Mai. There are further 6 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO) responsible for the non-municipal areas.

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh.
1.	Pak Nam	ปากน้ำ	-	57,046
2.	Samrong Nuea	สำโรงเหนือ	10	72,666
3.	Bang Mueang	บางเมือง	10	54,319
4.	Thai Ban	ท้ายบ้าน	11	24,652
8.	Bang Pu Mai	บางปูใหม่	10	36,842
10.	Phraek Sa	แพรกษา	8	27,969
11.	Bang Prong	บางโปรง	4	8,822
12.	Bang Pu	บางปู	4	7,037
13.	Bang Duan	บางด้วน	8	8,744
14.	Bang Mueang Mai	บางเมืองใหม่	11	49,314
15.	Thepharak	เทพารักษ์	9	49,851
16.	Thai Ban Mai	ท้ายบ้านใหม่	8	45,269
17.	Phraek Sa Mai	แพรกษาใหม่	6	17,610

The missing geocodes in the table are the ''tambon'' which were split off at the creation of Amphoe Phra Samut Chedi.