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.