Mueang Satun district explained

Official Name:Mueang Satun
Native Name:เมืองสตูล
Native Name Lang:th
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Thailand
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Satun
Subdivision Type2:Seat
Subdivision Name2:Khlong Khut
Subdivision Type3:Tambon
Subdivision Type4:Muban
Established Title:District established
Population Total:101557
Population As Of:2005
Blank Name Sec1:Postal code
Blank Info Sec1:91000
Blank Name Sec2:Geocode
Blank Info Sec2:9101
Timezone:ICT
Utc Offset:+7
Coordinates:6.6233°N 100.0667°W

Mueang Satun (Thai: เมืองสตูล, in Thai pronounced as /mɯ̄a̯ŋ sā.tūːn/) is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Satun province, southern Thailand.

History

As a punishment for the retaliation against Siamese Kingdom, King Rama III ordered Syburi (Kedah) to be divided into four separate mueangs: Kubang Pasu, Syburi, Perlis, and Satun in 1833. He set Mueang Satun under Nakhon Si Thammarat. The kingdom was known as Setul Mambang Segara. In 1897, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) reunified the four 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 placed under Monthon Phuket (มณฑลภูเก็ต) in 1910, until 1933.

Originally Satun province was divided into two districts and one minor district. Mambang (มำบัง) was one of these two original districts, which was renamed "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 parts of the boundary area with Malaysia is protected in the Thale Ban National Park. Satun's 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 the Middle East and Western Europe.

Administration

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

No.NameThai nameVillagesPop.
1.Phimanพิมาน-21,498
2.Khlong Khutคลองขุด716,790
3.Khuan Khanควนขัน66,702
4.Ban Khuanบ้านควน79,684
5.Chalungฉลุง1411,989
6.Koh Saraiเกาะสาหร่าย74,848
7.Tanyong Poตันหยงโป32,829
8.Chebilangเจ๊ะบิลัง69,032
9.Tam Malangตำมะลัง34,850
10.Puyuปูยู32,869
11.Khuan Phoควนโพธิ์65,099
12.Ketriเกตรี65,367

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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.