Sattahip ( th, สัตหีบ, ) is a district (''
amphoe
An amphoe (sometimes also ''amphur'', th, อำเภอ, )—usually translated as "district"—is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Groups of ''amphoe'' or districts make up the provinces, and are analogous to countie ...
'') in
Chonburi province,
Thailand. It is at the southern tip of the province southeast of
Bangkok. In 2014, the district had a population of 157,000 in an area of 348,122 km
2.
Geography
Neighboring districts are
Bang Lamung to the north, and
Ban Chang of
Rayong province to the east. To the south and the west is the
Gulf of Thailand
The Gulf of Thailand, also known as the Gulf of Siam, is a shallow inlet in the southwestern South China Sea, bounded between the southwestern shores of the Indochinese Peninsula and the northern half of the Malay Peninsula. It is around in l ...
.
Islands
Several islands are in Sattahip District, the largest of which is
Ko Khram Yai. Many of the islands are in
Sattahip Bay
Sattahip Bay ( th, อ่าวสัตหีบ, , ) is a bay in the east side of the Gulf of Siam or Gulf of Thailand. It is in Sattahip District, Chonburi Province, Thailand.
History
Prince Abhakara Kiartivongse (1880–1923), son of King Ch ...
(อ่าวสัตหีบ).
History
The recorded history of Sattahip begins with a woman named Jang, who owned much land in Sattahip District. Admiral Prince
Abhakara Kiartivongse
Admiral Prince Abhakara Kiartivongse, Prince of Chumphon (19 December 1880 – 19 May 1923) ( th, พระองค์เจ้าอาภากรเกียรติวงศ์, , full title: th, พระเจ้าบรมวงศ์ ...
, a son of
King Rama V
Chulalongkorn ( th, จุฬาลงกรณ์, 20 September 1853 – 23 October 1910) was the fifth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, titled Rama V. He was known to the Siamese of his time as ''Phra Phuttha Chao Luang'' (พร ...
, was sent to create a
naval base at Sattahip. He thought it was perfect owing to the many small islands that protected it from wind and waves. He ask Jang for land on the seacoast, and she donated the area that the prince needed.
In Thai, ''satta'' ( th, สัต) means 'seven', while hip ( th, หีบ) means 'box' or 'barrier'. Thus Sattahip means the 'seven barriers', which are the islands that protect the coast of the district. These islands are Ko Phra, Ko Yo, Ko Mu, Ko Tao Mo, Ko Nen, Ko San Chalam and Ko Bo.
The minor district (
king amphoe) Sattahip was created on 1 April 1937 by separating the sub-districts Sattahip and Na Chom Thien from
Bang Lamung district. It was upgraded to a full district in 1953.
Climate
Administration
The district is divided into five sub-districts (''
tambons''), which are further subdivided into 41 villages (''
muban
Muban ( th, หมู่บ้าน; , ) is the lowest administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74,944 administrative mu ...
s''). There are three sub-district municipalities (''
thesaban tambons''): Sattahip, Na Chom Thian, and Bang Sare. Sattahip covers parts of ''tambons'' Sattahip and Phlu Ta Luang. Na Chom Thian and Bang Sare each parts of the same-named ''tambon''. There are a further five
tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
References
External links
*
amphoe.com
{{Authority control
Districts of Chonburi province