Mueang Trat district explained

Official Name:Mueang Trat
Native Name:เมืองตราด
Native Name Lang:th
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Thailand
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Trat
Subdivision Type2:Seat
Subdivision Name2:Nong Samet
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Type4:Muban
Established Title:District established
Population Total:89661
Population As Of:2000
Blank Name Sec1:Postal code
Blank Info Sec1:23000
Blank Name Sec2:Geocode
Blank Info Sec2:2301
Timezone:ICT
Utc Offset:+7
Coordinates:12.2317°N 102.5133°W

Mueang Trat (Thai: เมืองตราด, in Thai pronounced as /mɯ̄a̯ŋ tràːt/) is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Trat province, eastern Thailand.

History

The area was settled in 1901 as a khwaeng of Mueang Trat. The government upgraded the khwaeng to Mueang Trat District in 1908. In 1921 the district was renamed Bang Phra after the name of the central tambon. The district name was changed to Mueang Trat in 1938 due to a new naming policy for capital districts.[1]

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise): Laem Ngop, Khao Saming, and Bo Rai of Trat Province; Pursat and Koh Kong Provinces of Cambodia; Khlong Yai of Trat Province; and the Gulf of Thailand.

The district has one border crossing into Cambodia, at Ban Tha Sen. It is a "temporary" crossing, open only several days a week. there are plans to construct a permanent border crossing.[2]

Administration

The district is divided into 14 sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 97 villages (mubans). Trat itself has town (thesaban mueang) status and covers the tambon Bang Phra and part of Wang Krachae. The township (thesaban tambon) Tha Phrik Noen Sai covers the complete tambon Tha Phrik and parts of Noen Sai. There are a further 12 tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

1.Bang Phraบางพระ
2.Nong Sametหนองเสม็ด
3.Nong Sanoหนองโสน
4.Nong Khan Songหนองคันทรง
5.Huang Nam Khaoห้วงน้ำขาว
6.Ao Yaiอ่าวใหญ่
7.Wang Krachaeวังกระแจะ
8.Huai Raengห้วยแร้ง
9.Noen Saiเนินทราย
10.Tha Phrikท่าพริก
11.Tha Kumท่ากุ่ม
12.Takangตะกาง
13.Chamrakชำราก
14.Laem Klatแหลมกลัด

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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. 8 November 2011. November 14, 1938. Thai.
  2. News: Waewkraihong . Jakkrit . Boom along the border . 1 July 2019 . Bangkok Post . 1 July 2019.