Samut Prakan: facts

At a glance

• Country: Thailand
• Region: Samut Prakan
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 388,920
• Coordinates: 13.5976° N, 100.5972° E
• Time zone: Asia/Bangkok (UTC+07:00)
• Currency: Baht (THB)
• Distance to the capital, Bangkok: 20 km (13 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK): 19 km (12 mi), straight line
• Don Mueang International Airport (DMK): 35 km (22 mi), straight line
• U-Tapao–Rayong–Pattaya International Airport (UTP): 111 km (69 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Phra Samut Chedi: 2.8 km (1.7 mi)
• Bang Na: 9.2 km (5.7 mi)
• Phra Pradaeng: 9.7 km (6.0 mi)
• Thung Khru: 10 km (6 mi)
• Phra Khanong: 12 km (7 mi)

Things to see

• City Pillar Shrine Paknam (San Lak Muang) (place of worship)
• Pom Peek Ka Park (park)
• Rama IX Health Park (park)
• Wat Phra Samut Chedi (place of worship)
• lee (museum)