Mueang Samut Songkhram district

The district was established in 1897, then named Lom Thuan and controlled by Monthon Ratchaburi. In 1900 the district office was moved to a temple area in Ban Prok. The district was named accordingly in 1917. The office was moved again to Mae Klong camp, Mae Klong Subdistrict, and at the same time the name changed to Mae Klong in 1925. In accordance with governmental policy that the capital district name should be the same as the provincial name, Mae Klong district was renamed "Mueang Samut Songkhram" in 1938. Since 1964 the district office is in Tambon Mae Klong. Thai local people still call Mueang Samut Songkhram by its old name Mae Klong. ==Geography==

The district is on the shore of the Bay of Bangkok, at the mouth of the Mae Klong River. Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Ban Laem Phetchaburi province, Amphawa, and Bang Khonthi of Samut Songkhram, and Ban Phaeo and Mueang Samut Sakhon of Samut Sakhon province. Off the coast are the sandbanks of Don Hoi Lot famous for its endemic shell population of Solen regularis. The site has been listed as a Ramsar wetland since 2001. during high tide ==Administration==

Central government The district is divided into 11 subdistricts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 87 villages (mubans). Local government As of December 2023 there are: two municipalities (thesaban), of which Samut Songkhram itself has town status (thesaban mueang) and covers subdistrict Mae Klong and Bang Chakreng is a subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon). There are further nine subdistrict administrative organizations - SAO (ongkan borihan suan tambon - o bo to). ==Healthcare==

Hospital There is general hospital in Samut Songkhram with 282 beds. Health promoting hospitals There are total nineteen health-promoting hospitals in the district, of which; one in Ban Prok and Thai Hat, two in Ban Khan Taek, Ban Kaew, Laem Yai, Khlong Khoen, Khlong Khon, Nang Takhian and Bang Chakreng, three in Lat Yai. ==Religion==

There are forty-three Theravada Buddhist temples in the district. One in Laem Yai, two in Bang Kaew, Thai Hat and Bang Chakreng, three in Nang Takhian, four in Khlong Khoen, five in Lat yai, six in Mae Klong, Ban Prok and Khlong Khon and ten in Bang Khan Taek. ==Economy==

Some people are fishermen or work in the twelve fish and seafood processing factories: • Three in Mae Klong subdistrict • Two in Ban Khan Taek subdistrict • Four in Bang Kaew subdistrict • Three in Bang Chakreng subdistrict ==References==