Mueang Satun District

Mueang Satun
เมืองสตูล
Amphoe

Amphoe location in Satun Province
Coordinates: 6°37′24″N 100°4′0″E / 6.62333°N 100.06667°E / 6.62333; 100.06667Coordinates: 6°37′24″N 100°4′0″E / 6.62333°N 100.06667°E / 6.62333; 100.06667
Country  Thailand
Province Satun
Seat Khlong Khut
Area
  Total 880.2 km2 (339.8 sq mi)
Population (2005)
  Total 101,557
  Density 115.4/km2 (299/sq mi)
Time zone THA (UTC+7)
Postal code 91000
Geocode 9101

Mueang Satun (Thai: เมืองสตูล) is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Satun Province, southern Thailand.

History

Due to many problems in Syburi (Kedah) state, King Rama III ordered the division of Syburi into 4 separate mueang - Kubang Pasu, Syburi, Perlis and Satun in 1833. He set Mueang Satun under Nakhon Si Thammarat.

In 1897, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) reunified the 4 cities under the newly established Monthon (มณฑล) Syburi. When the United Kingdom and Siam (Thailand) signed the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, only Satun remained with Siam, which was then set under Monthon Phuket (มณฑลภูเก็ต) in 1910, until 1933.

Originally Satun Province was subdivided into 2 districts and one minor district. Mambang (มำบัง) was one of these two original districts, which was renamed to Mueang Satun in 1938, when all capital districts were named according to the corresponding province name.[1]

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the northwest clockwise) Tha Phae, Khuan Don of Satun Province, the state Perlis of Malaysia and the Andaman Sea. The Tarutao National Marine Park containing the Tarutao and Adang archipelagos belong to the district. Also some part of the boundary area to Malaysia is protected in the Thale Ban National Park. Satun's privileged geographic location permits it to host Thailand's landing points for optical fiber submarine communications cable Segment FEA (FLAG Europe Asia) of the 28,000-kilometer-long FLAG (Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe); and for the 49,000-kilometer-long SEA-ME-WE 3, which links regions of Southeast Asia to regions of the Middle East and Western Europe.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 12 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 67 villages (muban). The town (thesaban mueang) Satun covers the complete tambon Phiman. There are further three townships (thesaban tambon) - Chalung and Che Bi Lang, both covering parts of the same-named tambon, and Khlong Khut the whole tambon Khlong Khut. There are also 10 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No. Name Thai name Villages Inh.
1.Phimanพิมาน-21,498
2.Khlong Khutคลองขุด716,790
3.Khuan Khanควนขัน66,702
4.Ban Khuanบ้านควน79,684
5.Chalungฉลุง1411,989
6.Ko Saraiเกาะสาหร่าย74,848
7.Tanyong Poตันหยงโป32,829
8.Che Bilangเจ๊ะบิลัง69,032
9.Tam Malangตำมะลัง34,850
10.Puyuปูยู32,869
11.Khuan Phoควนโพธิ์65,099
12.Ketriเกตรี65,367

References

  1. พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนนามจังหวัด และอำเภอบางแห่ง พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๑ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 55 (0 ก): 658. November 14, 1938.
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