| Official Name: | Mueang Samut Prakan district |
| Native Name: | อำเภอเมืองสมุทรปราการ |
| Native Name Lang: | th |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Pushpin Map: | Bangkok Metropolitan Region#Thailand |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250px |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region##Location in Thailand |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Samut Prakan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Seat |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pak Nam |
| Population Total: | 540,979 |
| Population As Of: | 2018 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Postal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 10270 |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Geocode |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 1101 |
| Timezone: | ICT |
| Utc Offset: | +07:00 |
| Total Type: | Mueang district |
| Population Blank1 Title: | City Municipality |
| Population Blank1: | 51,495 |
Mueang Samut Prakan district (Thai: อำเภอเมืองสมุทรปราการ, in Thai pronounced as /mɯ̄aŋ sā.mùt prāː.kāːn/) or colloquially as Paknam Samut Prakan (Thai: ปากน้ำสมุทรปราการ) is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Samut Prakan province in central Thailand. The district has the highest population of all districts of Thailand.
Mueang Samut Prakan is divided into 13 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 35 administrative villages (muban).
| No. | Name | Thai | Villages | Pop.[1] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Pak Nam | Thai: ปากน้ำ | – | 51,495 | |
| 2. | Samrong Nuea | Thai: สำโรงเหนือ | – | 72,495 | |
| 3. | Bang Mueang | Thai: บางเมือง | – | 68,362 | |
| 4. | Thai Ban | Thai: ท้ายบ้าน | – | 25,559 | |
| 5. | Bang Pu Mai | Thai: บางปูใหม่ | – | 39,435 | |
| 6. | Phraek Sa | Thai: แพรกษา | 7 | 60,549 | |
| 7. | Bang Prong | Thai: บางโปรง | 4 | 10,239 | |
| 8. | Bang Pu | Thai: บางปู | – | 6,729 | |
| 9. | Bang Duan | Thai: บางด้วน | 8 | 7,992 | |
| 10. | Bang Mueang Mai | Thai: บางเมืองใหม่ | – | 51,980 | |
| 11. | Thepharak | Thai: เทพารักษ์ | 9 | 49,599 | |
| 12. | Thai Ban Mai | Thai: ท้ายบ้านใหม่ | – | 48,037 | |
| 13. | Phraek Sa Mai | Thai: แพรกษาใหม่ | 7 | 48,508 |
There is one city (thesaban nakhon) in the district:
There are two towns (thesaban mueang) in the district:
There are five subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon) in the district:
There are four subdistrict administrative organizations (SAO) in the district:
Interhides Public Company (IHL)[2] 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.[3]
The district's coastline has seen severe erosion since the 1990s.[4] 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.[5]
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 (500 miles)—are eroding, some "severely".[6]
Samut Prakan is served by the southern end of the Sukhumvit Line on the BTS Skytrain (from Samrong to Kheha stations).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.
The Thai Sikh International School is in Samrong, in the district.
Samut Prakan Hospital, the main hospital of the province is located in the district.