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14-485: 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

28-540: A Catholic vocational school and teacher training centre also governed by the EDBA. The district is divided into 16 sub-districts ( tambons ), which are further subdivided into 137 villages ( mubans ). Sam Phran is a town ( thesaban mueang ) and Om Yai a sub-district municipality ( thesaban tambon ). There are a further 15 tambon administrative organizations (TAO). Krathum Baen district Krathum Baen ( Thai : กระทุ่มแบน , pronounced [krā.tʰûm bɛ̄ːn] )

42-627: A leading Catholic conference and convention centre is also here. There are several other large private schools in Tak Kham including St. Peter's school (mixed gender, grades K–9) also governed by the EDBA in the parish of St. Peter, and Marie Upatham, an independent Catholic school for girls in the Tha Kham village of Mor Sii. Sam Phran is the site of the National Police Academy and numerous other colleges including St. Joseph Intertechnology College,

56-573: Is a district ( amphoe ) in the northern part of Samut Sakhon province , central Thailand . Krathum Baen was a part of Mueang Samut Sakhon district . It was created in 1900. In 1926 the government added Tambons Tha Mai, Bang Yang, Nong Kok Khai, and Om Noi of Sam Phran district , Nakhon Pathom province to the district. Neighbouring districts are (from the north clockwise): Sam Phran of Nakhon Pathom province ; Nong Khaem and Bang Bon of Bangkok ; Mueang Samut Sakhon and Ban Phaeo of Samut Sakhon Province. The important water resources are

70-452: Is also the largest breeding place for snakeskin gourami fish in the country. Ban Phaeo is served by Ban Phaeo General Hospital , the only hospital public organisation in Thailand. This Samut Sakhon Province location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sam Phran district Sam Phran ( Thai : สามพราน , pronounced [sǎːm pʰrāːn] ) is

84-493: The Tha Chin river and Phasi Charoen canal . The name Krathum Baen meaning 'flat burflower-tree '. The district is divided into 10 subdistricts ( tambons ), which are further subdivided into 76 villages ( mubans ). There is a city ( thesaban nakhon ), Om Noi , and a town ( thesaban mueang ), Krathum Baen . The non-municipal area is administered by eight tambon administrative organizations (TAO). Krathum Baen Hospital

98-649: 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. 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

112-530: The area as well as Thailand's major seminary. The largest and most important installation in the Catholic enclave of Tha Kham is the campus shared by Joseph Upatham School , one of the largest combined kindergarten, primary, and secondary schools in the country. It is one of the 43 schools and colleges governed by the Education Department of Bangkok Archdiocese (EDBA). The Ban Phu Waan Pastoral Training Centre,

126-447: The area. 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). Ban Phaeo is a district that is well known as the area where young aromatic coconut trees are grown widely. In addition, Ban Phaeo

140-556: The district is the large Tha Chin River or Nakhon Chai Si River which meanders through the district in a southeasterly direction. Sam Phran district has evolved as a ribbon development of tambons (sub-districts) along Phetkasem Road , a major thoroughfare linking Bangkok with the cities of Nakhon Pathom and Kanchanaburi . The district is the site of two Wai Wai noodle factories, one each in Om Yai and Rai Khing . Foodstar, which makes

154-530: The fruit juice brand DeeDo , is based in the district's Talat Chinda subdistrict  [ Wikidata ] . The Tha Kham Sub-district (usually written Takham ), is the centre of the Roman Catholic Christian religion in Thailand. Michael Michai Kitbunchu , Cardinal of Thailand, was born in Sam Phran and many Catholic religious institutes have their convents, monasteries, and headquarters in

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168-544: The skeleton added to evidence of significant sea level changes around 6,000 to 3,000 years ago in the Bay of Bangkok . 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

182-468: The southernmost district ( amphoe ) of Nakhon Pathom province , Thailand . The district was established in 1896, then named Talat Mai District. It was renamed Sam Phran in 1917. The name Sam Phran , meaning 'three hunters', refers to the three hunters according to local folklore about the construction of Phra Pathom Chedi . The district was the site of the Kader Toy Factory fire in 1993,

196-635: The worst industrial factory fire in history. The factory was owned by the Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, a Thai transnational corporation and one of Asia's largest agribusiness firms. The district is elongated in an east-west direction and neighbouring districts are (from the north clockwise) Mueang Nakhon Pathom , Nakhon Chai Si , and Phutthamonthon of Nakhon Pathom Province, Thawi Watthana district and Nong Khaem of Bangkok , Krathum Baen and Ban Phaeo of Samut Sakhon province , and Bang Phae of Ratchaburi province . The main water resource of

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