Ban Phaeo district


Ban Phaeo is a district in the northwestern part of Samut Sakhon province, central Thailand and is located 14 km west of Bangkok.

History

In 1925 the government split subdistrict Rong Khe, Lak Sam from Ban Bo District and merged it with subdistrict Ban Phaeo to form the Ban Phaeo district. The new district was assigned to Samut Sakhon province.
On 25 May 1999 the sanitary district of four subdistricts was established as Lak Ha subdistrict municipality with an area of 78,481 rai ~, the largest municipality in the province.
In early November 2020, an almost perfectly preserved skeleton of a Bryde's whale was discovered in Amphaeng subdistrict in Ban Phaeo district. 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. 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.

Geography

Neighboring districts are : 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.
The district is located in the plain area along the banks of Damnoen Saduak canal, which connects Tha Chin River and Mae Klong River. Ban Phaeo can be considered as "green zone of Samut Sakhon", because there are no factories in the area.

Toponymy

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.

Administration

Provincial government

The district is divided into 12 subdistricts, which are further subdivided into 98 villages.
No.SubdistrictsThaiVillagesPop.
1.Ban Phaeoบ้านแพ้ว1010,273
2.Lak Samหลักสาม1316,818
3.Yokkrabatยกกระบัตร1215,167
4.Rong Kheโรงเข้1012,147
5.Nong Song Hongหนองสองห้อง108,326
6.Nong Buaหนองบัว96,656
7.Lak Songหลักสอง74,553
8.Chet Riwเจ็ดริ้ว54,027
9.Khlong Tanคลองตัน55,502
10.Amphaengอำแพง77,334
11.Suan Somสวนส้ม55,242
12.Kaset Phatthanaเกษดรพัฒนา55,108
Total98101,266

Local government

As of December 2024 there are: three subdistrict municipalities. Lak Ha subdistrict municipality cover the four subdistricts: Yokkrabat, Rong Khe, Nong Song Hong and Nong Bua. Kaset Phatthana covers the whole subdistrict of the same name and part of Khlong Tan. Ban Phaeo subdistrict municipality covers parts of Lak Sam and Ban Phaeo subdistricts. The non-municipal areas are administered by seven subdistrict administrative organizations - SAO.
Lak Ha subdistrict
municipality		Pop.05740303
Subdistrict Yokkrabat15,167
Subdistrict Rong Khe12,147
Subdistrict Nong Song Hong8,326
Subdistrict Nong Bua6,656
Total population42,296

Ban Phaeo subdistrict
municipality		Pop.05740302
Subdistrict Lak Sam1,502
Subdistrict Ban Phaeo1,270
Total population2,772

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.

Healthcare

Hospital

Ban Phaeo district is served by Ban Phaeo General Hospital, the only hospital public organisation in Thailand with 323 beds.

Health promoting hospitals

There are total nineteen health-promoting hospitals in the district, of which; one in Chet Riw, Khlong Tan and Suan Som, but Lak Sam, Yokkrabat, Rong Khe, Nong Song Hong, Nong Bua, Lak Song, Amphaeng and Kaset Phatthana each have two.

Religion

There are thirteen-one Theravada Buddhist temples in the district.
One in Khlong Tan and Kaset Phatthana, two in Ban Phaeo, Yokkrabat, Nong Song Hong, Lak Song and Chet Riw, three in Amphaeng and Suan Som, four in Lak Sam and Nong Bua, five in Rong Khe.