Samae Dam (, ) is a ''

khwaeng A ''khwaeng'' (, ) is an administrative subdivision used in the fifty districts of Bangkok and a few other city municipalities in Thailand. Currently, there are 180 ''khwaeng'' in Bangkok. A ''khwaeng'' is roughly equivalent to a ''tambon'' in ot ...

'' (sub-district) of

Bang Khun Thian District Bang Khun Thian (, ) is one of the 50 districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. Its neighbors, clockwise from the north, are Bang Bon, Chom Thong, and Thung Khru Districts of Bangkok, Phra Samut Chedi district of Samut Prakan province and Mu ...

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estim ...

History

Samae Dam is an area where

Mon people The Mon (; Thai Mon: ဂကူမည်; , ; , ) are an ethnic group who inhabit Lower Myanmar's Mon State, Kayin State, Kayah State, Tanintharyi Region, Bago Region, the Irrawaddy Delta, and several areas in Thailand (mostly in Pathum Than ...

lived since the reign of King

Nangklao Nangklao (born Thap; 31 March 1788 – 2 April 1851), also known by his regnal name Rama III, was the third Monarchy of Thailand, king of Siam from the Chakri dynasty, ruling from 21 July 1824 to 2 April 1851. Nangklao was the eldest surviving ...

(Rama III) during the early Rattanakosin. With most of them immigrated from Mahachai or

Samut Sakhon Samut Sakhon (, , is a city in Thailand; it is the capital of Samut Sakhon province. It is also part of the Bangkok Metropolitan Region. Toponymy Samut Sakhon was formerly called Tha Chin (Chinese Pier) probably because, in the old days, it had ...

, and settled along the Khlong Sunak Hon, a canal excavated during the reign of King Nangklao to the Mahachai quarter. The name "Samae Dam" means Indian mangrove (''Avicennia officinalis''), a species of

mangrove A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline water, saline or brackish water. Mangroves grow in an equatorial climate, typically along coastlines and tidal rivers. They have particular adaptations to take in extra oxygen a ...

that was burned to make

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which is the original occupation of locals. The scenes of the burning of mangrove charcoal were mentioned in ''Nirat Mueang Phet'', a travelogue of the renowned poet Sunthon Phu in 1854. Nowadays, Bang Kradi quarter in Samae Dam is well known for being a Mon settlement as well as a cultural tourism destination.

Geography

Samae Dam is a northern part of the district, with a total area of 35.975 km² (13.890 mi²). Samae Dam is an

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. It is bounded by other sub-districts (from north clockwise): Bang Bon Tai, Khlong Bang Bon in Bang Bon District, Bang Khun Thian, Chom Thong in Chom Thong District, Tha Kham in its district (

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, Khlong Wat Sing and Khlong Sanam Chai are borderlines), Tha Kham in its district (Khlong Sanam Chai is a borderline), Tha Kham in its district (Khlong Sanam Chai, Khlong Phraya Chaiyot Sombat, Lamrang Ta Nen are the borderlines), Phan Thai Norasing and Bang Nam Chuet in

Mueang Samut Sakhon District Mueang Samut Sakhon (, ) is the capital district ('' amphoe mueang'') of Samut Sakhon province, central Thailand. History ''Mueang'' Tha Chin dates back to the Ayutthaya Kingdom. The city was managed by the Defence ministry. King Maha Chakkrap ...

of Samut Sakhon Province (Khlong Samae Dam Nuea and Khlong Samae Dam Tai are the borderlines), respectively.

Population

In the 2018 it has the entire population 124,916 people.กรมการปกครอง. กระทรวงมหาดไทย. "รายงานสถิติจำนวนประชากรและบ้าน ประจำปี พ.ศ. 2561." ��อนไลน์ เข้าถึงได้จาก: http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/views/showZoneData.php?rcode=1021&statType=1&year=2018.

Transportation

Samae Dam is easily accessible via

Rama II Road 300px, Rama II Road in the area of Samut Sakhon Province Rama II Road (, ; usually shortened to , ) or Highway 35 (, ) is a road in Thailand heading towards the south. Rama II Road starts from Chom Thong District in the Thonburi side of Bangko ...

(Highway 35). The area served by many bus lines of the

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(BMTA), such as 68, 76, 105, 140, 142, 147, 720 etc. Samae Dam also served by the Kan Kheha, Rang Sakae, Rang Pho, Sam Yaek, and Phrom Daen Railway Halts of the

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(SRT), whose Maeklong Railway runs through the area.

Places

*Bang Khun Thian District Office *Bang Khun Thian Market * CentralPlaza Rama II *

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Rama II *

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Rama II * Nakornthon Hospital *Thon Buri Community Housing *Chao Mae Ngu Chong Ang and Son Shrine *Wat Kamphaeng *Wat Bang Kradi *Wat Sakae Ngam *Wat Samae Dam *Mon Art and Cultural Centre of Bang Kradi

References

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