Samut Prakan

Samut Prakan province, is one of the central provinces of Thailand. It is a  part of the Bangkok Metropolitan Region. Samut Prakan was previously once home to a Dutch trading post who referred to the area as New Amsterdam.

The province was created during the era of the Ayutthaya Kingkon,  with its administrative centre at Prapadaeng. It was the sea port of Siam, and was secured with forts, town moats, and town walls. King Rama II started building the new centre at Samut Prakan in 1819, after his predecessor King Taksin  had abandoned the town fortifications. Altogether six forts were built on both sides of the Chao Phraya River, and on an island in the river the pagoda, Phra Samut Chedi, was erected. These were involved in the Paknam incident of 13 July 1893, which ended the Franco-Siamese conflict with a French naval blockade of Bangkok. Of the original six forts only two still exist today, Phi Sua Samut and Phra Chulachomklao.

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