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Maha Chai
Maha Chai is a sub-urban area in Samut Sakorn Province in Thailand. Maha Chai was the old name of the province in a Samut Sakorn established in 1704. After King Mongkut named it Maha Chai it became a Sub urban area or a small city. Nowadays after Burmese immigrants started coming to Thailand, Maha Chai became the home to Thailand’s largest Burmese immigrant community.

History
Maha Chai was originally named Ta Chin which refers to the name of the Chinese port because before the foreigner which came to trade with Thailand was Chinese and their boat always dock on this port. The name is from “Ta” meaning port and “Chin’ means Chinese in Thai language. In 1548, the city Sakhon Buri was established, and was renamed in 1704 to Maha Chai after the Klong Maha Chai which was dug then and connected with the Ta Chin River near the town.

Recent History
In 2016, Aung Sann Suu Kyi mets migrant workers at port town outside Bangkok as part of an official three-day visit to the neighboring country, where she will meet with Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-o-cha and sign an agreement that will make it easier for Myanmar migrants to work legally in Thailand.

Geography
Maha Chai is at the mouth of the Ta Chin Klong River, a distributary of the Chao Phraya River, to the Gulf of Thailand only 2 kilometers far from the sea. At the coast are many fields used for sea salt production. And since the city of Maha Chai making fishing, so transportation in thoroughfare with water too. The Metropolitan Society has a semi-rural, Semi-urban population lives in urban areas, mainly concentrated along the main roads. (ie, Rama 2 Road and Ekkachai Road)

Economy
Maha Chai is located on the Gulf of Thailand. The city is the economic potential of the industry. Fisheries and agriculture contribute to the overall economy of the province’s gross domestic product (GDP) and the average income per capita of all time making the province’s real estate sector is growing steadily. The area pioneer wad one of the major seats of Thailand’s fishing industry, which brings in billions of dollars annually and employs about 150,000 people, most of whom are migrants from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia. The city area is connected to the sea, the local rural the area and the land near the sea become the salted farm which are managed by the local families.

Reference

 * -	FELIZ SOLOMON / DVB, 25 June 2014. The Migrants of Mahachai http://www.dvb.no/news/migrants-of-mahachai-burma-myanmar/41581
 * -	Potapt / 1 October 2016 History of Samut Sakorn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samut_Sakhon_Province
 * -	bpsthai, sakhononline, สำนักงานคลังจังหวัดสมุทรสาคร(ฉบับที่9/2558), โครงการแลนด์มาร์ค มหาชัย http://www.realist.co.th/blog/%e0%b8%a1%e0%b8%ab%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%8a%e0%b8%b1%e0%b8%a2/
 * -	JON FERNQUEST / 23 Jun 2016 at 16:19 UPDATED: Aung San Suu Kyi visits Thailand http://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/advanced/1017970/aung-san-suu-kyi-visits-thailand