Kamphaeng_Saen

Kamphaeng Saen district

Kamphaeng Saen district

District in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

Kamphaeng Saen (Thai: กำแพงแสน, pronounced [kām.pʰɛ̄ːŋ sɛ̌ːn]) is the northwesternmost district (amphoe) of Nakhon Pathom province, central Thailand.

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Kamphaeng Saen station

History

Kamphaeng Saen was a moated centre of Dvaravati culture, dating from 410-870 CE, with the foundation of a Buddhist stupa identified.[1]: 304 

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

References

  1. [1]
    Higham, C., 2014, Early Mainland Southeast Asia, Bangkok: River Books Co., Ltd., ISBN 9786167339443


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