Mueang Samut Prakan district
Mueang Samut Prakan district or colloquially known as Paknam Samut Prakan is the capital district of Samut Prakan province in central Thailand. It has the highest population of all districts in the country.
Administration
Central administration
Mueang Samut Prakan is divided into 13 subdistricts, which are further subdivided into 35 administrative villages.| No. | Name | Thai | Villages | Pop. |
| 1. | Pak Nam | ปากน้ำ | – | 51,495 |
| 2. | Samrong Nuea | สำโรงเหนือ | – | 72,495 |
| 3. | Bang Mueang | บางเมือง | – | 68,362 |
| 4. | Thai Ban | ท้ายบ้าน | – | 25,559 |
| 5. | Bang Pu Mai | บางปูใหม่ | – | 39,435 |
| 6. | Phraek Sa | แพรกษา | 7 | 60,549 |
| 7. | Bang Prong | บางโปรง | 4 | 10,239 |
| 8. | Bang Pu | บางปู | – | 6,729 |
| 9. | Bang Duan | บางด้วน | 8 | 7,992 |
| 10. | Bang Mueang Mai | บางเมืองใหม่ | – | 51,980 |
| 11. | Thepharak | เทพารักษ์ | 9 | 49,599 |
| 12. | Thai Ban Mai | ท้ายบ้านใหม่ | – | 48,037 |
| 13. | Phraek Sa Mai | แพรกษาใหม่ | 7 | 48,508 |
Missing numbers are tambons split off at the creation of Phra Samut Chedi district.
Local administration
There is one city in the district:- Samut Prakan consisting of subdistrict Pak Nam.
- Pak Nam Samut Prakan consisting of parts of subdistrict Bang Mueang.
- Phraek Sa Mai consisting of parts of subdistrict Phraek Sa Mai.
- Samrong Nuea consisting of parts of subdistricts Samrong Nuea, Bang Mueang Mai, Thepharak.
- Dan Samrong consisting of parts of subdistrict Samrong Nuea.
- Bang Mueang consisting of parts of subdistricts Bang Mueang, Bang Mueang Mai, Thepharak.
- Phraek Sa consisting of parts of subdistricts Phraek Sa, Thepharak, Phraek Sa Mai.
- Bang Pu consisting of subdistricts Thai Ban, Bang Pu Mai, Bang Pu, Thai Ban Mai.
- Phraek Sa consisting of parts of subdistrict Phraek Sa.
- Bang Prong consisting of subdistrict Bang Prong.
- Bang Duan consisting of subdistrict Bang Duan.
- Thepharak consisting of parts of subdistrict Thepharak.
Economy
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".
Transportation
Samut Prakan is served by the southern end of the Sukhumvit Line on the BTS Skytrain.The major thoroughfare in Samut Prakan is Sukhumvit Road, which links the city to Central Bangkok all the way towards the Cambodian border in Trat.