 Samut
Sakhon was formerly called Muang Tha Chin probable due to its dealing with
a vast number of Chinese junks in the old days. Later, in the year 1548
during King Phra Maha Chakkraphat reign, he commanded Muang Tha Jeen to
be used as the center for recruiting troops from various seaside towns.
He changed the name from Tha Jeen to Sakhon Buri. In the year 1704 King
Sua made a royal visit by Ekkachai (the royal barge) through Khok Kham Canal
which is very curvy. Phanthai Norasing, the coxswain, could not operate
the proper steering thus causing damage to the prow due to hitting the limb
of a tree. To forster the steadiness of the palace law, Phanthai Norasing
begged the king to slaughter him King Sua then commanded to have a new canal
be dug to eliminate the sharp curves of Khok Kham Canal and the mouth of
the new canal meets the Tha Chin River in front of Mahachai Town. However,
this new canal was completed in the reign of King Thaisa and named Khlong
Mahachai thus causing the people to call this town Muang Mahachai. Still
later it was renamed Samut Sakhon during the reign of King Rama IV but is
still popularly called Mahachai by the villagers. Samut Sakhon is located
28 kilometers from Bangkok along Highway No. 35, the Thon Buri - Pak Tho
Highway and 38 kilometers along Highway No. 4, the Petchakasem Highway through
Setthakit I Road. |
| General
Information |
| Area
sq km |
872
|
|
|
Anual
rainfall mm (2002) |
-
|
| Forest
Land (1999) |
17
|
1.9 %
|
Days
of rain (2002) |
-
|
| Farm
Land (1999) |
242
|
27.8 %
|
Mean
Temperature High/Low (2002) |
-
/
-
|
| Unclassified
Land (1999) |
613
|
70.3 %
|
BOI
Zone |
1
|
| Population
/ sq. km (2003) |
513
|
|
Gross
provincial product rank (2001) |
7
|
|
|
| Population |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
1996 |
| Male |
48.8 %
|
4.9 %
|
49.0 %
|
49.1 %
|
49.2 %
|
49.0 %
|
49.4 %
|
49.4 %
|
| Female |
51.2 %
|
95.1 %
|
51.0 %
|
50.9 %
|
50.8 %
|
51.0 %
|
50.6 %
|
50.6 %
|
| Total |
448,199
|
442,914
|
435,588
|
428,814
|
421,738
|
416,393
|
407,146
|
399,072
|
|
|
| Household
income (baht) |
2002 |
2000 |
1998 |
1996 |
1994 |
| Average
monthly income |
16,437
|
13,775
|
17,565
|
15,997
|
10,629
|
| Average
monthly expenditures |
13,146
|
11,537
|
12,543
|
11,699
|
10,998
|
| Voluntary
reserves |
20.0 %
|
16.2 %
|
28.6 %
|
26.9 %
|
-
|
| Monthly
income / Person |
5,302
|
4,051
|
5,018
|
4,847
|
3,321
|
| Average
household size |
3.1
|
3.4
|
3.5
|
3.3
|
3.2
|
|
|
| Gross
provincial product |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
1996 |
1995 |
1994 |
| Agriculture |
15.1 %
|
16.5 %
|
15.5 %
|
17.0 %
|
13.8 %
|
13.9 %
|
14.8 %
|
16.4 %
|
| Manufacturing |
62.8 %
|
63.4 %
|
63.2 %
|
62.5 %
|
62.8 %
|
63.0 %
|
61.9 %
|
61.3 %
|
| Construction |
2.5 %
|
1.1 %
|
1.2 %
|
0.8 %
|
1.8 %
|
2.0 %
|
2.8 %
|
2.0 %
|
| Transport
& communication |
2.6 %
|
2.4 %
|
2.3 %
|
2.5 %
|
3.5 %
|
2.5 %
|
3.0 %
|
2.7 %
|
| Wholesale
& retail trade |
4.6 %
|
4.3 %
|
4.5 %
|
4.4 %
|
5.0 %
|
4.8 %
|
4.8 %
|
4.8 %
|
| Services |
4.1 %
|
4.0 %
|
4.1 %
|
3.7 %
|
3.6 %
|
3.8 %
|
3.3 %
|
3.4 %
|
| Others |
8.3 %
|
8.3 %
|
9.2 %
|
9.1 %
|
9.5 %
|
10.0 %
|
9.4 %
|
9.4 %
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total
(million baht) |
106,147
|
102,884
|
93,352
|
93,773
|
89,610
|
87,321
|
82,986
|
73,660
|
| GPP
per capita (baht) |
243,686
|
239,926
|
221,350
|
225,203
|
220,093
|
218,810
|
207,928
|
188,986
|
|
|
| Commercial
bank |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
1996 |
| No.
of offices |
44
|
42
|
43
|
47
|
37
|
37
|
38
|
36
|
| Deposits
(million baht) |
59,545
|
59,167
|
57,235
|
47,706
|
45,496
|
45,496
|
39,872
|
35,985
|
| Loans
(million baht) |
26,902
|
23,502
|
20,874
|
24,279
|
26,504
|
26,504
|
27,792
|
28,034
|
| Deposits
/ capita (baht) |
138,859
|
140,293
|
137,454
|
117,171
|
114,004
|
113,994
|
102,298
|
94,217
|
| Loans/deposits
ratio |
45.2 %
|
39.7 %
|
36.5 %
|
50.9 %
|
58.3 %
|
58.3 %
|
69.7 %
|
77.9 %
|
|
|
| Public
health |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
1996 |
1995 |
1994 |
1993 |
| No.
of hospitals |
8
|
7
|
8
|
8
|
11
|
9
|
8
|
7
|
5
|
| No.
of hospital beds |
1,340
|
1,112
|
849
|
915
|
965
|
1,008
|
1,052
|
892
|
558
|
| Avg.
Beds / Hospital |
167
|
158
|
106
|
114
|
87
|
112
|
131
|
127
|
111
|
| Capita
/ Hospital bed |
325
|
385
|
496
|
455
|
421
|
395
|
379
|
436
|
684
|
| No.
of physicians |
200
|
122
|
109
|
111
|
102
|
104
|
107
|
101
|
64
|
| Capita
/ Physician |
2,177
|
3,514
|
3,869
|
3,751
|
3,991
|
3,837
|
3,729
|
3,859
|
5,967
|
|
No. of dentists |
23
|
22
|
21
|
21
|
17
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
11
|
|
Capita / Dentist |
18,938
|
19,491
|
20,082
|
19,828
|
23,949
|
23,474
|
22,172
|
20,513
|
34,721
|
| No.
of nurses |
549
|
524
|
368
|
367
|
351
|
373
|
396
|
316
|
253
|
|
|
| Education |
2002 |
2000 |
1998 |
1996 |
1994 |
1993 |
| No.
of teachers |
-
|
3,142
|
3,223
|
3,117
|
3,028
|
3,008
|
| No.
of students |
-
|
78,554
|
74,676
|
71,090
|
66,723
|
61,830
|
| No.
of schools |
-
|
150
|
149
|
148
|
147
|
147
|
| No.
of classrooms |
-
|
2,264
|
2,249
|
2,234
|
2,179
|
2,163
|
| Ratio
: students / teacher |
-
|
25.0
|
23.2
|
22.8
|
22.0
|
20.6
|
| Ratio
: students / classroom |
-
|
34.7
|
33.2
|
31.8
|
30.6
|
28.6
|
|
|
| |
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