Mueang Kanchanaburi is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Kanchanaburi Province

Kanchanaburi Province

- History :Archaeology found in Kanchanaburi dates back to the 4th century which proves of trade with surrounding countries even in that time. Very little is also historically known about the actual Khmer influence in Kanchanaburi but there is evidence of their occupation with Prasat Muang Singh –...

, 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

Mueang

Mueang

Mueang were historical semi-independent city-states or principalities in present-day Thailand, Laos, parts of northern Vietnam and the Shan State of Myanmar. Smaller Mueang were subordinate to more powerful neighboring Mueang, which in turn were subordinate to the central king, as described in...

Kanchanaburi was changed status to be the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Kanchanaburi province in 1913.

The old district office was located at Lak Mueang Road, Tambon Ban Nuea. It was moved to Sang Chuto Road, Tambon Pak Phraek on October 1, 1954.

Geography

Neighboring are (from west clockwise) Tanintharyi Division

Tanintharyi Division

Tanintharyi Region , is an administrative region of Myanmar, covering the long narrow southern part of the country on the Kra Isthmus. It borders with the Andaman Sea to the west and with the Tenasserim Hills, beyond which lies Thailand, to the east. To the north is the Mon State. The capital of...

 of Myanmar

Myanmar

Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....

, Sai Yok

Amphoe Sai Yok

Sai Yok ) is a district in the Kanchanaburi province in western Thailand.- Geography :The district is located in the valley of the Khwae Noi river. It borders to Myanmar to the south. Along the river the Death Railway runs till Nam Tok. The Sai Yok National Park was created on October 27, 1980...

, Si Sawat

Amphoe Si Sawat

Si Sawat is a district in the Kanchanaburi Province in western Thailand.- Geography :Neighboring districts are Ban Rai of Uthai Thani Province, Dan Chang of Suphanburi Province, Nong Prue, Bo Phloi, Kanchanaburi, Sai Yok and Thong Pha Phum of Kanchanburi Province.The district is dominated by the...

, Bo Phloi

Amphoe Bo Phloi

-History:The minor district Bo Phloi was created by splitting some part of Mueang Kanchanaburi district. It was upgraded to a full district on July 16 1963.-Geography:...

, Tha Muang

Amphoe Tha Muang

Tha Muang is a district in the southern part of Kanchanaburi Province, central Thailand.-History:The district was established in 1898, the named Tai . Mr. Chom was the first head of district. Later people in the district moved southward to nearby Wat Si Loha Rat Bamrung then they changed the...

, Dan Makham Tia

Amphoe Dan Makham Tia

Dan Makham Tia is a district in the southern part of Kanchanaburi Province, central Thailand.-History:The area of Dan Makham Tia was a village more than 200 years. It was a border village of Mueang Kanchanaburi to Burma....

 of Kanchanaburi Province and Suan Phueng

Amphoe Suan Phueng

Suan Phueng is a district in the western part of Ratchaburi Province, central Thailand.-History:Suan Phueng was the rural area of Chom Bueng district. The government sent a group of developing soldiers to the area between 1968-1971...

 of Ratchaburi Province

Ratchaburi Province

Ratchaburi is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Kanchanaburi, Nakhon Pathom,Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram and Phetchaburi...

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The important water resources are the Khwae Noi and Khwae Yai

Khwae Yai River

The Khwae Yai River , also known as the Si Sawat , is a river in western Thailand. It flows for about 380 kilometres through Sangkhla Buri, Si Sawat, and Mueang Districts of Kanchanaburi Province, where it merges with the Khwae Noi to form the Mae Klong River at Pak Phraek subdistrict.The famous...

 rivers, which join at the town Kanchanaburi to form the Mae Klong River.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 13 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 99 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) Kanchanaburi

Kanchanaburi

Kanchanaburi ) is a town in the west of Thailand and the capital of Kanchanaburi province. In 2006 it had a population of 31,327...

 covers the tambon Ban Nuea, Ban Tai, and parts of Pak Phraek, Tha Makham, and also parts of the tambon Tha Lo of neighboring Tha Muang district

Amphoe Tha Muang

Tha Muang is a district in the southern part of Kanchanaburi Province, central Thailand.-History:The district was established in 1898, the named Tai . Mr. Chom was the first head of district. Later people in the district moved southward to nearby Wat Si Loha Rat Bamrung then they changed the...

. Additionally there are 3 townships (thesaban tambon) - Kaeng Sian, Nong Bua and Talat Ya each covering parts of the same-named tambon, and 11 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh. Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
1.	Ban Nuea	บ้านเหนือ
11,851
2.	Ban Tai	บ้านใต้
6,842
3.	Pak Phraek	ปากแพรก	13	28,688
4.	Tha Makham	ท่ามะขาม	5	12,422
5.	Kaeng Sian	แก่งเสี้ยน	9	9,154
6.	Nong Bua	หนองบัว	8	9,272
7.	Lat Ya	ลาดหญ้า	7	30,161
8.	Wang Dong	วังด้ง	11	8,023
9.	Chong Sadao	ช่องสะเดา	7	3,649
10.	Nong Ya	หนองหญ้า	9	7,423
11.	Ko Samrong	เกาะสำโรง	8	7,298
13.	Ban Kao	บ้านเก่า	15	12,657
16.	Wang Yen	วังเย็น	7	6,157

Missing numbers belong to tambon which now form Dan Makham Tia