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Tha Maka district

Tha Maka (, ) is the southeasternmost district (amphoe) of Kanchanaburi province, central Thailand and is located west of Bangkok.

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).

Local government

Municipalities

As of December 2024 there are: nine municipal (thesaban) areas in the district: Tha Ruea Phra Thaen () 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.

Subdistrict administrative organizations

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

Education

  • 56 primary schools
  • 7 secondary schools

Healthcare

Hospital

Tha Maka district is served by two hospitals

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.

Religion

There are forty-six Theravada Buddhist temples in the district.

The Christians have six churches and muslims have one mosque.

References