Kamphaeng Saen district explained

Official Name:Kamphaeng Saen
Native Name:กำแพงแสน
Native Name Lang:th
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Thailand
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Nakhon Pathom
Subdivision Type2:Seat
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Type4:Muban
Established Title:District established
Population Total:129,081
Population As Of:2017
Blank Name Sec1:Postal code
Blank Info Sec1:73140
Blank Name Sec2:Geocode
Blank Info Sec2:7302
Timezone:ICT
Utc Offset:+7
Coordinates:13.9839°N 99.9939°W

Kamphaeng Saen (in Thai pronounced as /kām.pʰɛ̄ːŋ sɛ̌ːn/) is the northwesternmost district (amphoe) of Nakhon Pathom province, central Thailand.

History

Kamphaeng Saen was a moated centre of Dvaravati culture, dating from 410-870 CE, with the foundation of a Buddhist stupa identified.[1]

Geography

Neighbouring districts are (from the north clockwise): Song Phi Nong of Suphanburi province; Bang Len, Don Tum, and Mueang Nakhon Pathom of Nakhon Pathom Province; Ban Pong of Ratchaburi province; and Tha Maka of Kanchanaburi province.

Kasetsart University's Kamphaeng Saen campus is in this district.

Administration

The district is divided into 15 subdistricts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 202 villages (mubans). Kamphaeng Saen is also a township (thesaban tambon), which covers parts of tambons Kamphaeng Saen and Thung Kraphang Hom.

1.Thung Kraphang Homทุ่งกระพังโหม
2.Kratipกระตีบ
3.Thung Luk Nokทุ่งลูกนก
4.Huai Khwangห้วยขวาง
5.Thung Khwangทุ่งขวาง
6.Sa Si Mumสระสี่มุม
7.Thung Buaทุ่งบัว
8.Don Khoiดอนข่อย
9.Sa Phatthanaสระพัฒนา
10.Huai Mon Thongห้วยหมอนทอง
11.Huai Muangห้วยม่วง
12.Kamphaeng Saenกำแพงแสน
13.Rang Phikunรางพิกุล
14.Nong Krathumหนองกระทุ่ม
15.Wang Nam Khiaoวังน้ำเขียว

Notes and References

  1. Higham, C., 2014, Early Mainland Southeast Asia, Bangkok: River Books Co., Ltd.,