Sattahip Town
Sattahip is approxiatmely 37 km"s from Pattaya and 17 kilometres from Ban Chang. Sattahip is famous for its
large naval base, fish market and army bases, including anti aircraft fields and navy port.
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Sattahip is a district (Amphoe) in the province Chonburi, Thailand. It is located at the southern tip of the province,
close to the tourism center Pattaya.
Sattahip Geography
Sattahip is a coastal and mountainious area, its Neighbouring districts are Bang Lamung to the north, and Ban Chang of Rayong Province to the west. To the south and the
east is the Gulf of Thailand.
Sattahip Attractions
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 and is home to the HTMS Chakri Naruebet, the Navy's sole aircraft carrier.
The Air Base (U-Tapao International
Airport) was used extensively by the US Air Force during the Vietnam War. The Sattahip Naval Base was the site of the
20th World Scout Jamboree in December 2002/January
2003.
The district is subdivided into 5 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 41 villages (muban). 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. |
|
| 1. |
Sattahip |
สัตหีบ |
9 |
68,543 |
|
| 2. |
Na Chom Thian |
นาจอมเทียน |
9 |
11,336 |
|
| 3. |
Phlu Ta Luang |
พลูตาหลวง |
8 |
26,341 |
|
| 4. |
Bang Sare |
บางเสร่ |
11 |
15,627 |
|
| 5. |
Samaesan |
แสมสาร |
4 |
5,732 |
|
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