Samut
Prakan, also known as Pak Nam, is located 29 kilometres south
of Bangkok, around the area where the Chao Phraya River flows
into the Gulf of Thailand. It is a town of the Ayutthaya period.
Samut Prakan is home to countless historical and cultural sites.
It occupies an area of 1,004 square kilometres and is administratively
divided into 5 districts (Amphoes) and 1 sub-district (Ging Amphoe);
Amphoe Muang Samut Prakan, Amphoe Phra Pradaeng, Amphoe Bang Phli,
Amphoe Bang Bo, Amphoe Phra Sumut Chedi, and Ging Amphoe Bang
Sao Thong.
