Official Name: | Ban Mo |
Native Name: | บ้านหมอ |
Native Name Lang: | th |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Thailand |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saraburi |
Subdivision Type2: | Tambon |
Subdivision Type3: | Muban |
Seat Type: | Seat |
Established Title: | District established |
Population Total: | 39489 |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Area Total Km2: | 203.6 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 18130 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Geocode |
Blank Info Sec1: | 1906 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Coordinates: | 14.6156°N 100.7272°W |
Ban Mo (in Thai pronounced as /bâːn mɔ̌ː/) is a district (amphoe) in the northwestern part of Saraburi province, central Thailand.
After the Buddha footprint near Saraburi was found and a temple was built, King Songtham hired Dutch engineers to build a road from Tha Ruea to Wat Phra Phutthabat to make the pilgrimage there easier. Elephants did the heavy lifting. When the elephants got sick, they were cured at Wat Khok (later called Wat Khok Ban Mo and Wat Ban Mo finally), which thus gave the district its name. Because Ban Mo literally means "home of doctor".
Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Don Phut, Nong Don, Phra Phutthabat, Sao Hai of Saraburi Province, and Tha Ruea of Ayutthaya province.
The district is divided into nine sub-districts (tambons).[1]
No. | Name | Thai | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Ban Mo | บ้านหมอ | |
2. | Bang Khamot | บางโขมด | |
3. | Sang Sok | สร่างโศก | |
4. | Talat Noi | ตลาดน้อย | |
5. | Horathep | หรเทพ | |
6. | Khok Yai | โคกใหญ่ | |
7. | Phai Khwang | ไผ่ขวาง | |
8. | Ban Khrua | บ้านครัว | |
9. | Nong Bua | หนองบัว |
Ban Mo accessible by Northern Railway, Ban Mo Railway Station is the only station of the district, it is middle between Tha Ruea (Ayutthaya) and Nong Don (Saraburi) Railway Stations.
Ban Mo can be considered as the area that has grown the most Melientha suavis in the country, with a total area of more than 1000lk=inNaNlk=in. Taro is another important food crop.[2]