Amphoe Sattahip

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Amphoe Sattahip

Sattahip is a district (amphoe
Amphoe

An amphoe is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as district, amphoe make up the Provinces of Thailand....
) in the province Chonburi

Chonburi Province

Chonburi is a Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chachoengsao Province, Chanthaburi Province and Rayong Province. To the west is the Gulf of Thailand....
, Thailand

Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
. It is located at the southern tip of the province, close to the tourism center Pattaya

Pattaya

Pattaya is a city in Thailand, located on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand , about 165 km southeast of Bangkok located within but not part of Amphoe Bang Lamung in the province of Chonburi Province....
.

hboring districts are Bang Lamung

Amphoe Bang Lamung

Bang Lamung is a district in the southern part of Chonburi Province, Thailand....
to the north, and Ban Chang

Amphoe Ban Chang

Ban Chang is the westernmost district of Rayong Province, eastern Thailand....
of Rayong Province

Rayong Province

Rayong province is a Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chonburi Province and Chanthaburi Province. To the south is the Gulf of Thailand....
to the west. To the south and the east is the Gulf of Thailand

Gulf of Thailand

The Gulf of Thailand is a body of water that borders, but is not part of the South China Sea . The gulf is bordered by Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam....
.

Juksamet Port of Sattahip is one of the few deep-water ports of Thailand. Also the Sattahip Naval Base is the largest base of the Royal Thai Navy

Royal Thai Navy

The Royal Thai Navy is the navy of Thailand and was established in the late 1800s. Admiral Prince Abhakara Kiartiwongse is "The Father of Royal Thai Navy"....
and is home to the HTMS Chakri Naruebet, the Navy's sole aircraft carrier

Aircraft carrier

An aircraft carrier is a warship designed with a primary mission of deploying and recovering aircraft, acting as a seagoing airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a navy force to project air power great distances without having to depend on local bases for staging aircraft operations....
.

The Ban Sattahip Air Base (U-Tapao International Airport)

U-Tapao International Airport

U-Tapao International Airport , also spelled Utapao and U-Taphao, is a public airport serving Rayong, a city in Thailand. It is approximately southeast of Bangkok, near Sattahip on the Gulf of Siam....
was used extensively by the US Air Force during the Vietnam War

Vietnam War

The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina Wars, the Vietnam Conflict, or often in Vietnam the American War occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1959 to April 30, 1975....
.

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Chonburi Province

Chonburi is a Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chachoengsao Province, Chanthaburi Province and Rayong Province. To the west is the Gulf of Thailand....
, Thailand

Thailand

Pattaya

Geography

Neighboring districts are Bang Lamung

Amphoe Bang Lamung

Bang Lamung is a district in the southern part of Chonburi Province, Thailand....
to the north, and Ban Chang

Amphoe Ban Chang

Ban Chang is the westernmost district of Rayong Province, eastern Thailand....
of Rayong Province

Rayong Province

Gulf of Thailand

The Gulf of Thailand is a body of water that borders, but is not part of the South China Sea . The gulf is bordered by Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam....
.

Places

The Juksamet Port of Sattahip is one of the few deep-water ports of Thailand. Also the Sattahip Naval Base is the largest base of the Royal Thai Navy

Royal Thai Navy

Aircraft carrier

U-Tapao International Airport

Vietnam War

World Scout Jamboree

The World Scout Jamboree is a Scouting Jamboree of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, typically attended by several tens of thousands of Scouts from around the world, aged 14 to 17....
in December 2002/January 2003.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 5 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 2000 census there are 7254 tambon, not including the 154 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every Amphoe contains 8-10 tambon....
), which are further subdivided into 41 villages (muban
Muban

Muban is the lowest Administrative divisions of Thailand. Usually translated as village, they are the subdivision of tambon. As of the census of 2000 there were 69,307 villages, including some villages in the more rural districts of Bangkok....
). There are three townships (thesaban tambon) - Sattahip, Na Chom Thian and Bang Sare. Sattahip covers parts of tambon Sattahip and Phlu Ta Luang, Na Chom Thian and Bang Sare each parts of the same-named tambon. There are further 5 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh. Population File:Population density.pngIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings....
1.	Sattahip	??????	9	68,543
2.	Na Chom Thian	??????????	9	11,336
3.	Phlu Ta Luang	?????????	8	26,341
4.	Bang Sare	???????	11	15,627
5.	Samaesan	??????	4	5,732