Mueang Sing Buri district explained

Official Name:Mueang Sing Buri
Native Name:เมืองสิงห์บุรี
Native Name Lang:th
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Thailand
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Singburi
Subdivision Type2:Seat
Subdivision Type3:Tambon
Subdivision Type4:Muban
Established Title:District established
Population Total:58044
Population As Of:2000
Blank Name Sec1:Postal code
Blank Info Sec1:16000
Blank Name Sec2:Geocode
Blank Info Sec2:1701
Timezone:ICT
Utc Offset:+7
Coordinates:14.8883°N 100.4047°W

Mueang Sing Buri (in Thai pronounced as /mɯ̄a̯ŋ sǐŋ bū.rīː/) is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Sing Buri province, central Thailand.

History

Mueang Sing was a city before the establishment of the Sukhothai Kingdom. The old city was founded in Tambon Chaksi. King Ramathibodi I (Uthong) of Ayutthaya Kingdom set Mueang Sing, Mueang In, and Mueang Phrom as the inner cities under Lopburi, the northern frontier city of Ayutthaya. In the reign of King Trailokanat, government administration was reformed and the three cities were downgraded to be level four cities (เมืองจัตวา) because they were not far from the capital of the kingdom. When Ayutthaya was conquered by Burmese troops, Sing Buri was the city of warlord Phraya Tak (later King Taksin the Great). In 1895 King Rama V settled Monthon Thesaphiban, Sing Buri was placed in Monthon Krungkao.

It became Mueang Sing Buri District in 1901, under the name Amphoe Bang Phutsa. In 1938 the government changed the name of the capital district to be the same as the name of the province.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) In Buri of Singburi Province, Tha Wung of Lopburi province, Phrom Buri, Tha Chang, Khai Bang Rachan, and Bang Rachan of Sing Buri Province.

Administration

The district is divided into eight sub-districts (tambons).

1.Bang Phutsaบางพุทรา
2.Bang Manบางมัญ
3.Phok Ruamโพกรวม
4.Muang Muม่วงหมู่
5.Hua Phaiหัวไผ่
6.Ton Phoต้นโพธิ์
7.Chaksiจักรสีห์
8.Bang Krabueบางกระบือ