Mueang Phuket
Mueang Phuket is the capital district of Phuket province, Thailand. Phuket town itself is in the district's northeast.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: amphoe with 312,000 residents
- Description: district in Phuket province, Thailand
- Also known as: “Amphoe Thung Kha” and “Mueang Phuket district”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wat Chalong and Muang Phuket Municipal School.
Wat Chalong
Buddhist temple
Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The most important of the 29 buddhist temples of Phuket is Wat Chalong or officially Wat Chaiyathararam, located in the Chalong Subdistrict, Mueang Phuket District. Wat Chalong is situated 4 km west of Mueang Phuket.
Wat Mongkolnimit
Buddhist temple
Photo: Eustaquio Santimano, CC BY 2.0.
Wat Mongkolnimit is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 4 km northeast of Mueang Phuket.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Phuket Town and Phuket Old Town.
Phuket Town
Phuket is a city in the southeast of Phuket Island, Thailand, and the capital of Phuket province. As of 2024 the city municipality had a population of 71,284 and an urban population of 252,515 in the entire district of Amphoe Mueang.
Phuket Old Town
Neighborhood
Photo: Mussi Katz, CC0.
The Old Town is an area of historical interest in the city of Phuket. The main streets of Old Town are Thalang, Phang Nga, Krabi, Dibuk, and Yoawarat. Old Town is noted for Sino-Portuguese buildings on both sides of the street. Phuket Old Town is situated 3½ km northeast of Mueang Phuket.
Mueang Phuket
- Location: Phuket, Southern Thailand, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bishnupriya to Thai—“Mueang Phuket” goes by many names.
- Bishnupriya: “আম্ফোয়ে মুয়েং ফুকেত”
- Catalan: “Mueang Phuket”
- Cebuano: “Amphoe Mueang Phuket”
- Chinese: “Mueang Phuket Kūn”
- Chinese: “普吉府治县”
- Chinese: “普吉府治縣”
- Dutch: “Amphoe Muang Phuket”
- Dutch: “Amphoe Mueang Phuket”
- French: “Mueang Phuket”
- German: “Amphoe Mueang Phuket”
- Italian: “Distretto di Mueang Phuket”
- Japanese: “プーケット・シティー”
- Japanese: “プーケット・タウン”
- Japanese: “プーケットシティー”
- Japanese: “プーケットタウン”
- Japanese: “ムアンプーケット郡”
- Korean: “므앙푸껫군”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Mueang Phuket Kūn”
- Persian: “شهرستان مینگ پوکت”
- Romanian: “Districtul Mueang Phuket”
- Russian: “Пхукет”
- Russian: “Столичный ампхе Пхукет”
- Thai: “เมืองภูเก็ต”
- Thai: “อ.เมืองภูเก็ต”
- Thai: “อำเภอเมืองภูเก็ต”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wichit and Ban Kwang Tung.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ko Kui and Khao Bo Rae.
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