Samut Songkhram

Samut Songkhram is a small Thai province on the Gulf of Thailand, southwest of Bangkok. In the namesake provincial capital, the Chang-Eng Siamese Twins Memorial commemorates Chang and Eng Bunker, famous conjoined twins. The city’s Boat Museum documents life on the Mae Klong river. In the province’s center is the Wat Amphawa Chetiyaram, a grand Buddhist temple on the site of King Rama II’s alleged birthplace.

Samut Songkhram is at the mouth of the Mae Klong River to the Bay of Bangkok (upper Gulf of Thailand). With several canals (khlong) the water of the river is spread through the province for irrigation. At the coast are many lakes for producing sea salt. The sandbar Don Hoi Lot at the mouth of the river is famous for its endemic shell population of Solen regularis.It covers a total area of 416.7 km2 (about 160.9 sq mi). It can be considered the smallest province in Thailand.This province is home to places of worship of the three major religions. There are 110 Buddhist temples, two Christian churches and one mosque.