 Satun's location permits it to host Thailand's landing points for optical fiber submarine communications cable Segment FEA (FLAG Europe Asia) of the 28,000-kilometer-long FLAG (Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe); and for the 49,000-kilometer-long SEA-ME-WE 3, which links regions of Southeast Asia to the Middle East and Western Europe.The district is divided into 12 sub-districts ("tambons"), which are further subdivided into 67 villages ("muban").The town ("thesaban mueang") Satun covers "tambon" Phiman.