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Samut Prakan Province

Samut Prakan

Mueang Samut Prakan district or colloquially known as Paknam Samut Prakan is the capital district of in central . It has the highest population of all districts in the country.
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  • Type: amphoe with 795,000 residents
  • Description: district in Samut Prakan province, Thailand
  • Also known as: “Muang Samut Prakan”, “Mueang Samut Prakan”, and “Mueang Samut Prakan district”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ancient Siam and Kheha.

Theme park
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is a museum park featuring replicas of famous Siamese sites. It was constructed by Lek Viriyaphan and occupies over 200 acres in the shape of Thailand.

Metro station
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is a BTS Skytrain station, on the Sukhumvit Line in , . It is the current eastern terminus of the line. The station was opened on 6 December 2018 as part of the 13-km eastern extension.

Zoo
The Samutprakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo was a famous crocodile zoo in Samut Prakarn Province, Thailand that operated from 1950 to its temporary closure in 2020. is situated 6 km west of Samut Prakan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Samut Prakan.

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officially the City of is the capital of in . It is located 25 kilometres south of , The city was established in 1999.

Samut Prakan

Latitude
13.5686° or 13° 34′ 7″ north
Longitude
100.6515° or 100° 39′ 5″ east
Population
795,000
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
7P52HM92+CH
Geo­Names ID
1608623
Wiki­data ID
Q2219208
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In Other Languages

From Bishnupriya to Waray—“Samut Prakan” goes by many names.
  • Bishnupriya: “আম্ফোয়ে মুয়েং সামুত প্রাকান”
  • Cebuano: “Amphoe Mueang Samut Prakan”
  • Chinese: “北欖区”
  • Chinese: “北欖直轄縣”
  • Chinese: “沙沒巴干府治縣”
  • Chinese: “沙沒巴幹府治縣”
  • Chinese: “沙没巴干”
  • Chinese: “沙没巴干县”
  • Chinese: “沙没巴干府治县”
  • Chinese: “沙没巴干縣”
  • Dutch: “Amphoe Muang Samut Prakan”
  • Dutch: “Amphoe Mueang Samut Prakan”
  • Dutch: “เมืองสมุทรปราการ”
  • French: “Mueang Samut Prakan”
  • French: “Samut Prakan”
  • German: “Amphoe Mueang Samut Prakan”
  • German: “Pak Nam”
  • German: “Paknam”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Mueang Samut Prakan”
  • Japanese: “ムアンサムットプラーカーン郡”
  • Korean: “므앙사뭇쁘라깐군”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Samut Prakan”
  • Persian: “ساموت پراکان”
  • Polish: “Samut Prakan”
  • Romanian: “Districtul Mueang Samut Prakan”
  • Scots: “Mueang Samut Prakan Destrict”
  • Serbian: “Самут Пракан”
  • Serbian: “สมุทรปราการ”
  • Swedish: “Samut Prakan”
  • Thai: “เมืองสมุทรปราการ”
  • Thai: “อ. เมือง จ. สมุทรปราการ”
  • Thai: “อ.เมืองสมุทรปราการ”
  • Thai: “อำเภอเมืองสมุทรปราการ”
  • Thai: “อำเภอสมุทรปราการ”
  • Urdu: “موئانگ ساموت پراکان ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Mueang Samut Prakan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Samut Prakan”

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