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Ban Pho
บ้านโพธิ์
Amphoe
Amphoe location in Chachoengsao Province
Amphoe location in Chachoengsao Province
Coordinates: 13°35′59″N 101°4′43″E / 13.59972°N 101.07861°E / 13.59972; 101.07861Coordinates: 13°35′59″N 101°4′43″E / 13.59972°N 101.07861°E / 13.59972; 101.07861
Country  Thailand
Province Chachoengsao
Area
 • Total 217.593 km2 (84.013 sq mi)
Population (2015)
 • Total 51,954
 • Density 238.76/km2 (618.4/sq mi)
Time zone THA (UTC+7)
Postal code 24140
Geocode 2405

Ban Pho (Thai: บ้านโพธิ์) is a district (Amphoe) in the western part of Chachoengsao Province, central Thailand.

The district was established by separate a part of Mueang Chachoengsao district in 1903, then named Sanam Chan (สนามจันทร์) by Prince Marubhongse Siribhadhana, the governor of Monthon Prachinburi. In the past Tambon Sanam Chan area was on the both banks of the Bang Pakong River, around 1906 the government split the area on the left bank where the district office was located, to create Tambon Ban Pho.

Later when King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) built the Sanam Chan Palace in Nakhon Pathom in 1911, as the district name was pronounced same as the Sanam Chan Palace, the government changed the district name to be Khao Din district on July 20, 1914. Later they changed to be Ban Pho district in 1917.

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Mueang Chachoengsao, Bang Khla, Plaeng Yao of Chachoengsao Province, Phanat Nikhom, Phan Thong of Chon Buri Province, Bang Pakong of Chachoengsao Province again and Bang Bo of Samut Prakan Province.

The important water resource is the Bang Pakong River.

The district Ban Pho is subdivided into 17 subdistrict (Tambon), which are further subdivided into 73 administrative villages (Muban).


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