In 1925 the government split subdistrict (tambon) 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 (Yokkrabat, Rong Khe, Nong Song Hong and Nong Bua) was established as Lak Ha subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) with an area of 78,481 rai ~ 125.6 square kilometres (48.5sqmi), 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.
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 (tambons), which are further subdivided into 98 villages (mubans).
No.
Subdistricts
Thai
Villages
Pop.
1.
Ban Phaeo
บ้านแพ้ว
10
10,273
2.
Lak Sam
หลักสาม
13
16,818
3.
Yokkrabat
ยกกระบัตร
12
15,167
4.
Rong Khe
โรงเข้
10
12,147
5.
Nong Song Hong
หนองสองห้อง
10
8,326
6.
Nong Bua
หนองบัว
9
6,656
7.
Lak Song
หลักสอง
7
4,553
8.
Chet Riw
เจ็ดริ้ว
5
4,027
9.
Khlong Tan
คลองตัน
5
5,502
10.
Amphaeng
อำแพง
7
7,334
11.
Suan Som
สวนส้ม
5
5,242
12.
Kaset Phatthana
เกษดรพัฒนา
5
5,108
Total
98
101,266
Map of subdistricts
Local government
As of December 2024 there are: three subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon). 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 (ongkan borihan suan tambon - o bo toh).
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.
References
12"Official statistics registration systems". Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA). Retrieved 24 April 2025, year 2024 >village level>Excel File >no.7403, 7493-7495>Excel line 79487-79546, 79573-79634{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
Thailand
Samut Sakhon