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Ban Mo District
Ban Mo (, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the northwestern part of Saraburi province, central Thailand. History After the Buddha footprint near Saraburi was found and a temple was built, King Songtham hired Dutch engineers to build a road from Tha Ruea to Wat Phra Phutthabat to make the pilgrimage there easier. Elephants did the heavy lifting. When the elephants got sick, they were cured at Wat Khok (later called Wat Khok Ban Mo and Wat Ban Mo finally), which thus gave the district its name. Because ''Ban Mo'' literally means "home of doctor". Geography Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Don Phut, Nong Don, Phra Phutthabat, Sao Hai of Saraburi Province, and Tha Ruea of Ayutthaya province. Administration The district is divided into nine sub-districts (''tambons''). Transportation Ban Mo accessible by Northern Railway, Ban Mo Railway Station is the only station of the district, it is middle between Tha Ruea (Ayutthaya) and Nong Don (Saraburi) Railway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions of municipalities, school district, or political district. By country/region Afghanistan In Afghanistan, a district (Persian ps, ولسوالۍ ) is a subdivision of a province. There are almost 400 districts in the country. Australia Electoral districts are used in state elections. Districts were also used in several states as cadastral units for land titles. Some were used as squatting districts. New South Wales had several different types of districts used in the 21st century. Austria In Austria, the word is used with different meanings in three different contexts: * Some of the tasks of the administrative branch of the national and regional governments are fulfilled by the 95 district administrative offices (). The area a dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taro
Taro () (''Colocasia esculenta)'' is a root vegetable. It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the family Araceae that are used as vegetables for their corms, leaves, and petioles. Taro corms are a food staple in African, Oceanic, and South Asian cultures (similar to yams). Taro is believed to be one of the earliest cultivated plants. Names and etymology The English term ''taro'' was borrowed from the Māori language when Captain Cook first observed ''Colocasia'' plantations there in 1769. The form ''taro'' or ''talo'' is widespread among Polynesian languages:*''talo'': taro (''Colocasia esculenta'') – entry in the ''Polynesian Lexicon Project Online'' (Pollex). in Tahitian; in < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melientha Suavis
Descriptions ''Melientha'' is a genus of plants in the family Opiliaceae described as a genus in 1888. The genus contains only one known species, ''Melientha suavis'', native to Southeast Asia (Mindanao, Sabah, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam). ;Varieties # ''Melientha suavis'' subsp. ''macrocarpa'' Hiepko - Sabah # ''Melientha suavis'' subsp. ''suavis'' - Mindanao, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ... Uses In Vietnam, the plant is called Rau Sắng. It is considered a food delicacy. In Thailand the plant is known as ผักหวานป่า (/phak waan paa/). Its leaves are considered a food delicacy. References Opiliaceae Monotypic Santalales genera Flora of Indo- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nong Don Railway Station
Nong Don railway station is a railway station located in Nong Don Subdistrict, Nong Don District, Saraburi Saraburi City (''thesaban mueang'') is the provincial capital of Saraburi Province in central Thailand. In 2020, it had a population of 60,809 people, and covers the complete ''tambon'' Pak Phriao of the Mueang Saraburi district. Location Sa .... It is a class 2 railway station located from Bangkok railway station. References * * Railway stations in Thailand {{Thailand-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Line (Thailand)
The Northern Line is a railway line in Thailand. The line heads north terminating at the northern port of Chiang Mai. The line is between Bangkok railway station and Chiang Mai railway station. It is the second longest railway line in Thailand. The line first opened in 1896. Major cities served by the line include Bangkok, Ayutthaya, Nakhon Sawan, Phitsanulok, Lampang, and Chiang Mai. The line was severely affected by World War II. History Timeline100 ปี รถไฟไทย, การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย, 2540 Name changes Closed Stations Main Line Sawankhalok Branch Line Services Services on the Northern Line are mainly intercity trains operated by State Railway of Thailand, connecting major cities. More than a dozen trains run on the line in each direction each day. Infrastructure The Northern Line is entirely single track, except at stations. Track gauge is meter gauge. As train frequency increases, it is becoming inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tambon
''Tambon'' ( th, ตำบล, ) is a local governmental unit in Thailand. Below district (''amphoe'') and province (''changwat''), they form the third administrative subdivision level. there were 7,255 tambons, not including the 180 ''khwaeng'' of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains eight to ten tambon. ''Tambon'' is usually translated as "township" or "subdistrict" in English — the latter is the recommended translation, though also often used for ''king amphoe'', the designation for a subdistrict acting as a branch (Thai: ''king'') of the parent district. Tambon are further subdivided into 69,307 villages ('' muban''), about ten per ''tambon''. ''Tambon'' within cities or towns are not subdivided into villages, but may have less formal communities called ''chumchon'' ( ชุมชน) that may be formed into community associations. History The ''tambon'' as a subdivision has a long history. It was the second-level sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phra Phutthabat District
Phra Phutthabat ( th, พระพุทธบาท) is a district (''amphoe'') in Saraburi province, Thailand. The district is named after the Phra Phutthabat Temple. Another well-known temple in the district is Wat Tham Krabok, both as a Hmong refugee camp and for its drug rehabilitation program. Geography Neighboring districts are (clockwise from the north): Mueang Lopburi and Phatthana Nikhom of Lopburi province; and Chaloem Phra Kiat, Sao Hai, Ban Mo, Nong Don. Administration Phra Phuttabat is divided into nine sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further divided into 67 villages (''muban Muban ( th, หมู่บ้าน; , ) is the lowest administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74,944 administrative mu ...s''). External linksamphoe.com(Thai) Phra Phutthabat {{Saraburi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nong Don District
Nong Don ( th, หนองโดน, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the northwestern part of Saraburi province in central Thailand. History Ten kilometres from Bang Khamoad (today's Ban Mo district) there is a big pond. The west side of the pond has a big tummy-wood tree ('' Careya sphaerica'' Roxb.) or in Thai ''Kradon'' (ต้นกระโดน). The people from Dong Noi and Kokko and ''Mueang'' Lop Buri moved to here and established the village Ban Nong Kradon. When the village grew bigger, the government created a separate minor district (''king amphoe'') Nong Don on 15 July 1968, when the three ''tambons'' Nong Don, Ban Klap, and Don Thong were split off from Ban Mo district. The minor district was upgraded to a full district on 21 August 1975. Geography Neighbouring districts are (from the north clockwise) Mueang Lopburi of Lopburi province, Phra Phutthabat, Ban Mo and Don Phut of Saraburi Province. Administration The district is divided into four sub-distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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