Mueang Phuket district explained

Official Name:Mueang Phuket
Native Name:เมืองภูเก็ต
Native Name Lang:th
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Thailand
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Phuket
Subdivision Type2:Seat
Subdivision Name2:Talat Yai
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Type4:Muban
Established Title:District established
Population Total:196,733
Population As Of:1 January 1992
Blank Name Sec1:Postal code
Blank Info Sec1:83000 and 83100
Blank Name Sec2:Geocode
Blank Info Sec2:8301
Timezone:ICT
Utc Offset:+7
Coordinates:7.89°N 98.385°W

Mueang Phuket (Thai: เมืองภูเก็ต, in Thai pronounced as /mɯ̄a̯ŋ pʰūː.kèt/) is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Phuket province, Thailand. Phuket town itself is in the district's northeast.

Geography

The district encompasses the southern part of the island of Phuket. The western and southern coast consists of several heavily used beaches, from the northwest counter-clockwise: Karon, Kata, Kata Noi, Nai Han, Rawai, and Friendship Beach along Chalong Bay. The beaches are separated from each other by rocky capes, most notably Phromthep Cape at the southernmost tip of the island.

History

Originally named Thung Kha (ทุ่งคา), it was renamed Mueang Phuket on 14 November 1938.[1]

Temples

The most important of the 29 Buddhist temples of Phuket is Wat Chalong (วัดฉลอง or, more formally, วัดไชยธาราราม). It is dedicated to two venerated monks, Luang Pho Chaem (หลวงพ่อแช่ม) and Luang Pho Chuang (หลวงพ่อช่วง), who, with their knowledge of herbal medicine, helped those injured in a tin miners rebellion in 1876.

Administration

The district is divided into eight sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 44 villages (mubans). The town of Phuket has city status (thesaban nakhon) and covers tambons Talad Yai and Talad Nuea; Karon, Ratsada, Rawai, and Wichit have sub-district municipality status (thesaban tambon) and each cover the complete same-named tambon. Chalong and Ko Kaeo have a tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

Nr.NameThai nameVillagesPop.
1.Talat Yaiตลาดใหญ่-52,192
2.Talat Nueaตลาดเหนือ-23,381
3.Koh Kaeoเกาะแก้ว710,136
4.Ratsadaรัษฎา733,534
5.Wichitวิชิต938,701
6.Chalongฉลอง1018,072
7.Rawaiราไวย์713,623
8.Karonกะรน47,094

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Notes and References

  1. Royal Gazette. 55. ก. 658. th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนนามจังหวัด และอำเภอบางแห่ง พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๑. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2481/A/658.PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20111108064242/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2481/A/658.PDF. dead. November 8, 2011. November 14, 1938. Thai.