Samut Prakan province is one of the central provinces of Thailand, established on 9 May 1946 by the Act Establishing Changwat Samut Prakan, Changwat Nonthaburi, Changwat Samut Sakhon and Changwat Nakh
The most significant Buddhist temple of Samut Prakan province south of Bangkok is Wat Phra Samut Chedi