Ban Phaeo district explained

Official Name:Ban Phaeo
Native Name:บ้านแพ้ว
Native Name Lang:th
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Thailand
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Samut Sakhon
Subdivision Type2:Seat
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Type4:Muban
Established Title:District established
Population Total:98,759
Population As Of:2017
Population Density Km2:403.04
Area Total Km2:245.031
Blank Name Sec1:Postal code
Blank Info Sec1:74120
Blank Name Sec2:Geocode
Blank Info Sec2:7403
Timezone:ICT
Utc Offset:+7
Coordinates:13.5906°N 100.1078°W

Ban Phaeo (in Thai pronounced as /bâːn pʰɛ́(ː)w/) is a district (amphoe) in the northern part of Samut Sakhon province, central Thailand.

History

In the past the district was covered with deep forest. Hunters who traveled to hunt wild animals there always lost their way, so they agreed to make meeting points by using phaeo flags. When people established a new village, they named their village Ban Phaeo. It was controlled by Sam Phran district. Later when the village grew bigger it became a tambon. In 1925 the government split Tambon Rong Khe, Lak Sam from Ban Bo District and merged it with Tambon Ban Phaeo to form the Ban Phaeo District. The new district was assigned to Samut Sakhon Province.

In early November 2020, an almost perfectly preserved skeleton of a Bryde's whale was discovered in Amphaeng tambon in Ban Phaeo district.[1] Carbon dating by a paleobiological lab in the United States dated the skeleton to be about 3,380 years old, when the district was submerged under the sea.[2] The National University of Singapore said that the skeleton added to evidence of significant sea level changes around 6,000 to 3,000 years ago in the Bay of Bangkok.[3]

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Sam Phran of Nakhon Pathom province; Krathum Baen and Mueang Samut Sakhon of Samut Sakhon Province; Mueang Samut Songkhram of Samut Songkhram province; Damnoen Saduak and Bang Phae of Ratchaburi province.

Ban Phaeo can be considered as "green zone of Samut Sakhon", because there are no factories in the area.[4]

Administration

The district is divided into 12 subdistricts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 97 villages (mubans). There are three townships (thesaban tambons): Ban Phaeo, Kaset Phatthana, and Lak Ha. The non-municipal area is administered by seven tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

1.Ban Phaeoบ้านแพ้ว
2.Lak Samหลักสาม
3.Yokkrabatยกกระบัตร
4.Rong Kheโรงเข้
5.Nong Song Hongหนองสองห้อง
6.Nong Buaหนองบัว
7.Lak Songหลักสอง
8.Chet Rioเจ็ดริ้ว
9.Khlong Tanคลองตัน
10.Amphaengอำแพง
11.Suan Somสวนส้ม
12.Kaset Phatthanaเกษตรพัฒนา
 

Economy

Ban Phaeo is a district that is well known as the area where young aromatic coconut trees are grown widely. In addition, Ban Phaeo is also the largest breeding place for snakeskin gourami fish in the country.[5] [4]

Health

Ban Phaeo is served by Ban Phaeo General Hospital, the only hospital public organisation in Thailand.

Notes and References

  1. News: 2020-11-27 . Thailand: Rare whale skeleton discovered . en-GB . 2023-12-01.
  2. News: Ancient whale skeleton gets fossil classification . en . Bangkok Post . 2023-12-01.
  3. News: Ratcliffe . Rebecca . 2020-11-27 . Ancient whale skeleton found in Thailand holds clues to climate change . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-12-01 . 0261-3077.
  4. Web site: Bangkok Post. Bearing fruit. 2018-04-05. Karnjana. Karnjanatawe. 2020-03-03.
  5. Web site: ปลาสลิดบ้านแพ้ว. thai. Ban Phaeo snakeskin gourami. Province.mots.go.th.