Thai Ban ( th, ท้ายบ้าน, ) is a ''
tambon
''Tambon'' ( th, ตำบล, ) is a local governmental unit in Thailand. Below district (''amphoe'') and province (''changwat''), they form the third administrative subdivision level. there were 7,255 tambons, not including the 180 ''khwaeng'' ...
'' (sub-district) in
Mueang Samut Prakan District
Mueang Samut Prakan district ( th, อำเภอเมืองสมุทรปราการ, ) or colloquially as ''Paknam Samut Prakan'' ( th, ปากน้ำสมุทรปราการ) is the capital district ('' amphoe mueang' ...
,
Samut Prakan Province.
Toponymy
Its name ''"Thai Ban"'' literally translates to "the end of the ''
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 ...
'' (village)". Because during the reign of King
Chulalongkorn
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 ...
(Rama V), it was considered a very distant area from the downtown Samut Prakan, also colloquially known as
Pak Nam. At that time it was called ''"Thai Ban Talat"'' (the end of the marketplace), later called ''"Thai Ban"'' for short.
Geography
Adjacent areas are, clockwise from north, Pak Nam,
Thai Ban Mai,
Bang Pu Mai, all of them are in its district, and
Laem Fa Pha in
Phra Samut Chedi District
Phra Samut Chedi ( th, พระสมุทรเจดีย์, ) is the westernmost district (''amphoe'') of Samut Prakan province in central Thailand.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the west, clockwise) Bang Khun Thian and Thung ...
(across
Chao Phraya River
The Chao Phraya ( or ; th, แม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา, , or ) is the major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the centre of the country. It flows through Bangkok and then into the Gulf of Thailand.
Et ...
). It borders
Bay of Bangkok
The Bay of Bangkok ( th, อ่าวกรุงเทพ, , ), also known as the Bight of Bangkok, is the northernmost part of the Gulf of Thailand, roughly extending from Hua Hin District to the west and Sattahip District to the east. Three o ...
(upper
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 ...
) to the south.
Administration
Central administration
The entire area is under the administration of Bang Pu Sub-District
Municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
.
Local administration
Thai Ban is divided into seven administrative villages.
Population
As of April 30, 2022, it had a total population of 24,350 people (11,866 males, 12,484 females) in 11,415 households.
Places
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Wat Asokaram
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Wat Rat Pho Thong
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Wat Thong Kong
*
Hadamara Aksornlak Wittaya School
*
Taurak Kindergarten
*Thai Ban Health Promoting Hospital
*Ammara Beach Roundabout
Neighbouring places
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Bang Pu Recreation Center
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Bangpoo Industrial Estate
*
Kheha BTS Station (E23)
References
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Tambon of Samut Prakan Province
Populated places on the Chao Phraya River