Mueang Satun District

Mueang Satun (Thai: เมืองสตูล, pronounced [mɯ̄a̯ŋ sā.tūːn]) is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Satun Province, southern Thailand.

Mueang Satun

เมืองสตูล
District
District location in Satun Province
Coordinates: 6°37′24″N 100°4′0″E
CountryThailand
ProvinceSatun
SeatKhlong Khut
Area
 • Total880.2 km2 (339.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total101,557
 • Density115.4/km2 (299/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code91000
Geocode9101

History
Further information: The Kingdom of Setul Mambang Segara

As a punishment for the retaliation against Siamese Kingdom, King Rama III ordered Syburi (Kedah) to be divided into four separate mueangs: Kubang Pasu, Syburi, Perlis, and Satun in 1833. He set Mueang Satun under Nakhon Si Thammarat. The kingdom was known as Setul Mambang Segara.

In 1897, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) reunified the four cities under the newly established Monthon (มณฑล) Syburi. When the United Kingdom and Siam (Thailand) signed the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, only Satun remained with Siam, which was then placed under Monthon Phuket (มณฑลภูเก็ต) in 1910, until 1933.

Originally Satun Province was divided into two districts and one minor district. Mambang (มำบัง) was one of these two original districts, which was renamed "Mueang Satun" in 1938, when all capital districts were named according to the corresponding province name.[1]

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the northwest clockwise) Tha Phae, Khuan Don of Satun Province, the state Perlis of Malaysia and the Andaman Sea. The Tarutao National Marine Park containing the Tarutao and Adang archipelagos belong to the district. Also some parts of the boundary area with Malaysia is protected in the Thale Ban National Park. Satun's location permits it to host Thailand's landing points for optical fiber submarine communications cable Segment FEA (FLAG Europe Asia) of the 28,000-kilometer-long FLAG (Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe); and for the 49,000-kilometer-long SEA-ME-WE 3, which links regions of Southeast Asia to the Middle East and Western Europe.

Administration

The district is divided into 12 sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 67 villages (muban). The town (thesaban mueang) Satun covers tambon Phiman. There are a further three townships (thesaban tambon): Chalung and Che Bi Lang, both covering parts of the same-named tambons, and Khlong Khut covers tambon Khlong Khut. There are also 10 tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No. Name Thai name Villages Pop.
1.Phimanพิมาน-21,498
2.Khlong Khutคลองขุด716,790
3.Khuan Khanควนขัน66,702
4.Ban Khuanบ้านควน79,684
5.Chalungฉลุง1411,989
6.Ko Saraiเกาะสาหร่าย74,848
7.Tanyong Poตันหยงโป32,829
8.Che Bilangเจ๊ะบิลัง69,032
9.Tam Malangตำมะลัง34,850
10.Puyuปูยู32,869
11.Khuan Phoควนโพธิ์65,099
12.Ketriเกตรี65,367

References
  1. พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนนามจังหวัด และอำเภอบางแห่ง พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๑ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 55 (0 ก): 658. November 14, 1938.
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