{{Short description|Sub-district in Bangkok, Thailand}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Samae Dam |native_name = แสมดำ |settlement_type = [[Khwaeng]] | coordinates = |motto = | image_map = {{#property:P242}} | map_caption = Location in [[Bang Khun Thian District]] <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name ={{flag|Thailand}} |subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Bangkok]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Amphoe|Khet]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Bang Khun Thian District|Bang Khun Thian]] <!-- Politics -----------------> |established_title = |established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_total_km2 = 35.975 |area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/upload/user/00000130/BMA_STATISTICS%202563/ebook%2063.pdf|script-title=th:สถิติกรุงเทพมหานครประจำปี 2563|trans-title=Bangkok Statistics 2020|author=Administrative Strategy Division, Strategy and Evaluation Department, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration|date=2021|access-date=27 November 2021|lang=th|archive-date=30 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930084153/https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/upload/user/00000130/BMA_STATISTICS%202563/ebook%2063.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |area_water_km2 = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 125133 |population_density_km2 = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = [[Indochina Time|ICT]] |utc_offset = +7 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code = {{#property:P281}} |area_code = |blank_name = [[TIS 1099]] |blank_info = {{#property:P1067}} |website = |footnotes = |image_skyline = CentralPlaza Rama 2 Bangkok 03.02.2018.jpg |caption = [[CentralPlaza Rama II]] interior }} '''Samae Dam''' ({{langx|th|แสมดำ}}, {{IPA|th|sā.mɛ̌ː dām|pron}}) is a ''[[khwaeng]]'' (sub-district) of [[Bang Khun Thian District]], [[Bangkok]].
==History== Samae Dam is an area where [[Mon people]] lived since the reign of King [[Nangklao]] (Rama III) during the early [[Rattanakosin]]. With most of them immigrated from Mahachai or [[Samut Sakhon province|Samut Sakhon]], and settled along the Khlong Sunak Hon, a canal excavated during the reign of King Nangklao to the Mahachai quarter.
The name "Samae Dam" means [[Avicennia officinalis|Indian mangrove]] (''Avicennia officinalis''), a species of [[mangrove]] that was burned to make [[charcoal]] which is the original occupation of locals. The scenes of the burning of mangrove charcoal were mentioned in ''Nirat Mueang Phet'', a travelogue of the renowned poet [[Sunthon Phu]] in 1854.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/thanainan/permalink/3330981500287635/|author=รามัญคดี - MON Studies|date=2020-07-23|language=Thai|work=Facebook|title="งานศิลปกรรมที่บางกระดี่บอกอะไรกับเรา?"|trans-title=What does the art works at Bang Kradi tell us?}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thaipbspodcast.com/podcast/tracks/12967/EP.+25%3A+%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1|work=TPBS|language=Thai|date=2020-09-19|title=EP. 25: คลองสนามชัยและคลองโคกขาม|trans-title=Khlong Sanam Chai and Khlong Khok Kham|format=Podcast|last1=Boontharm|first1= Dinar|last2= Payakaphan|first2= Chaowat}}</ref>
Nowadays, Bang Kradi quarter in Samae Dam is well known for being a Mon settlement as well as a cultural tourism destination.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://db.sac.or.th/museum/museum-detail/129|title=Mon Art and Cultural Centre of Bang Kradi|work=Museums in Thailand}}</ref>
==Geography== Samae Dam is a northern part of the district, with a total area of 35.975 km<sup>2</sup> (13.890 mi<sup>2</sup>). Samae Dam is an [[urban area]].
It is bounded by other sub-districts (from north clockwise): Bang Bon Tai, Khlong Bang Bon in [[Bang Bon District]], [[Khwaeng Bang Khun Thian|Bang Khun Thian]], Chom Thong in [[Chom Thong District, Bangkok|Chom Thong District]], Tha Kham in its district ([[Maeklong Railway]], Khlong Wat Sing and [[Khlong Sanam Chai]] are borderlines), [[Tha Kham, Bang Khun Thian|Tha Kham]] in its district (Khlong Sanam Chai is a borderline), Tha Kham in its district (Khlong Sanam Chai, Khlong Phraya Chaiyot Sombat, Lamrang Ta Nen are the borderlines), Phan Thai Norasing and Bang Nam Chuet in [[Mueang Samut Sakhon District]] of Samut Sakhon Province (Khlong Samae Dam Nuea and Khlong Samae Dam Tai are the borderlines), respectively.<ref name=tahi>{{cite web|url=https://www.thaitambon.com/tambon/102107|title=ข้อมูลแขวงแสมดำ เขตบางขุนเทียน กรุงเทพมหานคร|trans-title=Information of Samae Dam sub-district, Bang Khun Thian district, Bangkok|language=Thai|work=ThaiTambon}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|journal=ราชกิจจานุเบกษา|volume=114|issue=พิเศษ 121 ง|pages=122–126|title=ประกาศกรุงเทพมหานคร เรื่อง พื้นที่แขวงท่าข้าม และเปลี่ยนแปลงพื้นที่แขวงแสมดำ เขตบางขุนเทียน|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2540/E/121/122.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021015652/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2540/E/121/122.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 21, 2012|date=1997-12-24|language=Thai}}</ref>
==Population== In the 2018 it has the entire population 124,916 people.<ref>กรมการปกครอง. กระทรวงมหาดไทย. "รายงานสถิติจำนวนประชากรและบ้าน ประจำปี พ.ศ. 2561." [ออนไลน์]. เข้าถึงได้จาก: http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/views/showZoneData.php?rcode=1021&statType=1&year=2018.</ref>
==Transportation== Samae Dam is easily accessible via [[Rama II Road]] (Highway 35). The area served by many bus lines of the [[Bangkok Mass Transit Authority]] (BMTA), such as 68, 76, 105, 140, 142, 147, 720 etc.<ref name=tahi/>
Samae Dam also served by the Kan Kheha, Rang Sakae, Rang Pho, Sam Yaek, and Phrom Daen Railway Halts of the [[State Railway of Thailand]] (SRT), whose Maeklong Railway runs through the area.
==Places== *Bang Khun Thian District Office *Bang Khun Thian Market *[[CentralPlaza Rama II]] *[[Big C]] Rama II *[[Tesco Lotus]] Rama II *[[Nakornthon Hospital]] *Thon Buri Community Housing *Chao Mae Ngu Chong Ang and Son Shrine *Wat Kamphaeng *Wat Bang Kradi *Wat Sakae Ngam *Wat Samae Dam *Mon Art and Cultural Centre of Bang Kradi ==References== {{reflist}}
[[Category:Bang Khun Thian district]] [[category:Subdistricts of Bangkok]] {{coord|13.660761|100.435370|type:landmark_region:TH_dim:2000|display=title}}