Amphoe Mueang Saraburi
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Mueang Saraburi is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Saraburi Province
Saraburi Province
Saraburi is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Lopburi, Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Nayok, Pathum Thani and Ayutthaya. Saraburi has been an important town since ancient times...

, central Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

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History

In 1896 when the Northeastern railway was built and passed by Tambon Pak Phriao. The governor of Saraburi, Phraya Phichai Ronnarong Songkhram moved the capital district from Sao Hai
Amphoe Sao Hai
Sao Hai is a district in Saraburi Province, central Thailand.-History:In 1549, King Chakkraphat ordered to separate some part of Mueang Lopburi and Nakhon Nayok to create Mueang Saraburi by military policy....

 district to the area.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Chaloem Phra Kiat
Amphoe Chaloem Phra Kiat, Saraburi Province
Chaloem Phra Kiat is a district in the northern part of Saraburi Province, central Thailand.-History:Tambon Huai Bong, Ban Keng, Khao Din Phatthana, Phu Khae and Na Phra Lan were separated from Amphoe Mueang Saraburi to create the new district...

, Kaeng Khoi
Amphoe Kaeng Khoi
Kaeng Khoi is a district in the northeastern part of Saraburi Province, central Thailand.-History:The district was created in 1827 and called Khwaeng Kaeng Khoi. The office was located at Ban Tan Diao. In 1897, the Khwaeng was converted to an Amphoe...

, Wihan Daeng
Amphoe Wihan Daeng
Wihan Daeng is a district in southern part of Saraburi Province, central Thailand.- History :Tambon Nong Moo of Nong Khae district was separated to create the minor district Nong Moo in 1937. The district office was moved to Ban Lam on Suwannason road in 1957...

, Nong Khae
Amphoe Nong Khae
Nong Khae is a district in the southern part of Saraburi Province, central Thailand.-History:There were records that the district already existed in 1899.Amphoe Nong Khae has the Na Roeng Khlong that connects to the Pa Sak River...

, Nong Saeng
Amphoe Nong Saeng, Saraburi Province
-History:Originally, the district was a minor district under the district Sao Hai. It was upgraded to a full district in 1953.The most people of Nong Saeng migrated from Vientiane. They established their new town nearby a pond that has many Saeng trees around...

 and Sao Hai
Amphoe Sao Hai
Sao Hai is a district in Saraburi Province, central Thailand.-History:In 1549, King Chakkraphat ordered to separate some part of Mueang Lopburi and Nakhon Nayok to create Mueang Saraburi by military policy....

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Mueang Saraburi is an important land transportation hub. Mittraphap Road begins at the downtown, as well as the northeastern railway line passing through it.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 11 subdistricts (tambon
Tambon
Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2009 there are 7255 tambon, not including the 169 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains 8-10 tambon...

), which are further subdivided into 77 villages (muban
Muban
Muban is the lowest administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as village, they are the subdivision of tambon. As of 2008, there are 74944 administrative villages in Thailand. As of the 1990 census, the average village consisted of 144 households or 746 persons.A muban does not...

). The town (thesaban mueang) Saraburi
Saraburi
Saraburi is a town in central Thailand, capital of the Saraburi Province. As of 2005, it has a population of 61,900, and covers the complete tambon Pak Phriao of the Mueang Saraburi district....

 covers the whole tambon Pak Phriao. The township (thesaban tambon) Phok Phaek covers part of the tambon Nong No. Kut Nok Plao and Takut are two further recently created townships.
1. Pak Phriao ปากเพรียว
5. Dao Rueang ดาวเรือง
6. Na Chong นาโฉง
7. Khok Sawang โคกสว่าง
8. Nong No หนองโน
9. Nong Yao หนองยาว
10. Pak Khao San ปากข้าวสาร
11. Nong Pla Lai หนองปลาไหล
12. Kut Nok Plao กุดนกเปล้า
13. Taling Chan ตลิ่งชัน
14. Takut ตะกุด

Missing numbers are tambon which now from the district Chaloem Phra Kiat.
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