Tha Maka district

Tha Maka (Thai: ท่ามะกา, pronounced [tʰâː má.kāː]) is the southeasternmost district (amphoe) of Kanchanaburi province, central Thailand and is located west of Bangkok.

Tha Maka ท่ามะกา
District
Wat Phra Thaen Dong Rang
District location in Kanchanaburi province
Coordinates: 13°55′15″N 99°45′56″E
Country	Thailand
Province	Kanchanaburi
Seat	Tha Maka
Area [1]
• Total	341 km2 (132 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	131,797
• Density	386/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code	71120 + 71130 + 70190
Calling code	034
ISO 3166 code	TH-7105

Geography

Neighbouring districts are (from the west clockwise) Tha Muang, Phanom Thuan of Kanchanaburi Province, Song Phi Nong of Suphanburi province, Kamphaeng San of Nakhon Pathom province, and Ban Pong of Ratchaburi province.

The important water resource is the Mae Klong River.

Administration

Provincial administration

The district is divided into seventeen subdistricts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 154 administrative villages (mubans).^[2]

No.	Subdistrict	Thai	Villages	Pop.
01.	Phong Tuek	พงตึก	006	004,077
02.	Yang Muang	ยางม่วง	009	006,740
03.	Don Cha-em	ดอนชะเอม	010	007,197
04.	Tha Mai	ท่าไม้	010	008,884
05.	Takhram En	ตะคร้ำเอน	016	018,745
06.	Tha Maka	ท่ามะกา	011	013,636
07.	Tha Ruea	ท่าเริอ	00-	005,301
08.	Khok Tabong	โคกตะบอง	008	003,989
09.	Don Khamin	ดอนขมิ้น	009	007,604
10.	Ulok Si Muen	อุโลกสี่หมืน	008	007,083
11.	Khao Samsip Hap	เขาสามสิบหาบ	008	005,957
12.	Phra Thaen	พระแท่น	016	009,817
13.	Wai Niao	หวายเหนียว	007	006,638
14.	Saen To	แสนตอ	013	009,171
15.	Sanam Yae	สนามแย้	007	007,022
16.	Tha Sao	ท่าเสา	008	005,193
17.	Nong Lan	หนองลาน	008	004,743
		Total	154	131,797

Local government

Municipalities

As of December 2024 there are: nine municipal (thesaban) areas in the district: Tha Ruea Phra Thaen (ท่าเรือพระแท่น) is a town municipality (thesaban mueang) and covers parts of Tha Ruea and Takhram En subdistricts. Further there are eight subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambons) of which Nong Lan and Tha Mai both cover the whole subdistrict; Phra Thaen and Phra Thaen Lam Phraya cover the entire Phra Thaen subdistrict; Don Khamin, Wai Niao and Tha Maka cover parts of the same named subdistrict.^[3]

00Tha Ruea Phra Thaen 00town municipality	00Pop.	04710501	trpcity.go.th
Tha Ruea	05,301
Takhram En	05,056
Total	10,357

Subdistrict municipality	Pop.	LAO code	website
Tha Mai	8,884	05710504	thamaikan.go.th
Tha Maka	8,027	05710503	thamaka.go.th
Phra Thaen	6,195	05710505	pratancity.go.th
Nong Lan	4,743	05710502	nonglan.go.th
Wai Niao	4,389	05710507	whaynieo.go.th
Don Khamin	4,299	05710508	donkhamin.go.th
Phra Thaen Lam Phraya	3,622	05710520	pratanlumpraya.go.th

00Luk Kae subdistrict mun.	Pop.	05710506	lukkae.go.th
Don Khamin	3,305

Subdistrict administrative organizations

The non-municipal areas are administered by twelve subdistrict administrative organizations - SAO (ongkan borihan suan tambon - o bo toh).^[3]

Subdistrict adm.org - SAO	Pop.	LAO code	website
Takhram En SAO	13,689	06710509	takram-en.go.th
Saen To SAO	09,171	06710513	saentor.go.th
Don Cha-em SAO	07,197	06710516	donchaem.go.th
Ulok Si Muen	07,083	06710521	uloksemun.com
Sanam Yae SAO	07,022	06710512	sanamyae.go.th
Yang Muang SAO	06,740	06710511	yangmuang.go.th
Khao Samsip Hap SAO	05,957	06710514	khaosamsibhab.go.th
Tha Maka SAO	05,609	06710517	tamaka.go.th
Tha Sao SAO	05,193	06710518	thasao-tmk.go.th
Phong Tuek SAO	04,077	06710519	pongtuk.go.th
Khok Tabong SAO	03,989	06710515	khoktabong.go.th
Wai Niao SAO	02,249	06710510	wnsao.go.th

Education

• 56 primary schools
• 7 secondary schools^[4]

Healthcare

Hospital

Tha Maka district is served by two hospitals

• Makarak Hospital with 280 beds.
• Tha Ruea Hospital with 29 beds.

Health promoting hospitals

In the district there are fifteen health-promoting hospitals in total; except for Tha Maka and Tha Ruea, all subdistricts have a health promoting hospital.^[5]

Religion

There are forty-six Theravada Buddhist temples in the district.^[6]

1 Ulok Si Muen	1 Wai Niao	2 Don Khamin	2 Khok Tabong	2 Saman Yae
2 Tha Mai	2 Tha Maka	2 Tha Ruea	2 Tha Sao	2 Yang Muang
3 Don Cha-em	3 Phong Tuek	3 Saen To	4 Takhram En	5 Khao Samsip Hap
5 Nong Lan	5 Phra Thaen

The Christians have six churches and muslims have one mosque..^[7]