Samut Songkhram is one of the central provinces

Provinces of Thailand

Thailand is divided into 76 provinces , which are geographically grouped into 6 regions. The capital Bangkok is not a province but a special administrative area and is included as the 77th province since it is administered at the same level as the other 76 provinces. The name of the provinces are...

 (changwat) of Thailand

Thailand

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Neighboring provinces are (from the south clockwise) Phetchaburi

Phetchaburi Province

Phetchaburi is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Ratchaburi, Samut Songkhram and Prachuap Khiri Khan...

, Ratchaburi

Ratchaburi Province

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

 and Samut Sakhon

Samut Sakhon Province

Samut Sakhon ) is one of the central provinces of Thailand.Neighboring provinces are Samut Songkhram, Ratchaburi, Nakhon Pathom and Bangkok.- Etymology :...

. Local people call Samut Songkhram Mae Klong

Mae Klong

The Mae Klong is a river in western Thailand. The river begins at the confluence of the Khwae Noi or Khwae Sai Yok and the Khwae Yai River or Khwae Si Sawat in Kanchanaburi, pass Ratchaburi Province and empties into the Gulf of Thailand in Samut Songkhram....

. The province is the smallest of all Thai provinces areawise. Chang and Eng Bunker

Chang and Eng Bunker

Chang and Eng Bunker were the conjoined twin brothers whose condition and birthplace became the basis for the term "Siamese twins".-Life:...

, the famous Siamese twins were born here.
The word Samut originates from the Sanskrit

Sanskrit

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 word Smudra meaning ocean

Ocean

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, and the word Songkhram from Sanskrit Sangrama meaning war

War

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