Mueang Trat district

Mueang Trat

เมืองตราด
Mueang Trat เมืองตราด
District
	Residanggamport Residence
	District location in Trat province
	Coordinates: 12°13′54″N 102°30′48″E / 12.23167°N 102.51333°E
Country	Thailand
Province	Trat
Seat	Nong Samet
Area
• Total	938.611 km2 (362.400 sq mi)
Population (2000)
• Total	89,661
• Density	95.5/km2 (247/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code	23000
Geocode	2301

Mueang Trat (Thai: เมืองตราด, pronounced [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. As of 2019^[update] 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 Phra	บางพระ
2.	Nong Samet	หนองเสม็ด
3.	Nong Sano	หนองโสน
4.	Nong Khan Song	หนองคันทรง
5.	Huang Nam Khao	ห้วงน้ำขาว
6.	Ao Yai	อ่าวใหญ่
7.	Wang Krachae	วังกระแจะ
8.	Huai Raeng	ห้วยแร้ง
9.	Noen Sai	เนินทราย
10.	Tha Phrik	ท่าพริก
11.	Tha Kum	ท่ากุ่ม
12.	Takang	ตะกาง
13.	Chamrak	ชำราก
14.	Laem Klat	แหลมกลัด

References

^ พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนนามจังหวัด และอำเภอบางแห่ง พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๑ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 55 (ก): 658. 14 November 1938. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2011.
^ Waewkraihong, Jakkrit (1 July 2019). "Boom along the border". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 1 July 2019.

External links

Trat travel guide from Wikivoyage
amphoe.com

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[1] พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนนามจังหวัด และอำเภอบางแห่ง พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๑ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 55 (ก): 658. 14 November 1938. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2011.

[BP-20190701-2] Waewkraihong, Jakkrit (1 July 2019). "Boom along the border". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 1 July 2019.

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