Bang Bo ( th, บางบ่อ, ) is a district (''

amphoe An amphoe (sometimes also ''amphur'', th, อำเภอ, )—usually translated as "district"—is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Groups of ''amphoe'' or districts make up the provinces, and are analogous to countie ...

'') of Samut Prakan province in

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Geography

Neighboring districts are

Mueang Samut Prakan Mueang Samut Prakan district ( th, อำเภอเมืองสมุทรปราการ, ) or colloquially as ''Paknam Samut Prakan'' ( th, ปากน้ำสมุทรปราการ) is the capital district ('' amphoe mueang' ...

Bang Phli Bang Phli ( th, บางพลี, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Samut Prakan province in Thailand. It is home to Suvarnabhumi Airport (also called (New) Bangkok International Airport), which opened on 28 September 2006 as Thailand's primary ai ...

, and Bang Sao Thong to the west,

Lat Krabang Lat Krabang ( th, ลาดกระบัง, ) is one of the eastern districts of Bangkok. Geography & history Lat Krabang (literally translating to "slope of shield") is a second largest district of Bangkok (the first one is neighbouring distr ...

(

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and Mueang Chachoengsao to the north, and

Ban Pho Ban Pho ( th, บ้านโพธิ์, ) is a district (''amphoe An amphoe (sometimes also ''amphur'', th, อำเภอ, )—usually translated as "district"—is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Groups of ''am ...

and Bang Pakong (both in

Chachoengsao province Chachoengsao ( th, ฉะเชิงเทรา, ) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (''changwat''), located in eastern Thailand. History ''Chachoengsao'' or ''Paet Riu'' ('eight stripes') is a province in eastern Thailand. It has a ...

) to the east. To the south is the

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History

The district was renamed from Bang Hia (บางเหี้ย, 'hamlet of

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'), to Bang Bo ('hamlet of

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') in 1930.

Economy

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Manufacturing (Thailand) Ltd (HMMT) is constructing a manufacturing and development centre at the Asia Industrial Estate Suvarnabhumi in the district. To be operational in 2021, the 400,000-square metre centre will supply trucks and buses to the

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region. Hino is investing 3.65 billion

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in the facility which will employ 1,300 workers in its initial stages of operation. Bang Bo is known as a

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(''Trichopodus pectoralis'') aquacultural area. The freshwater fish is processed into

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Administration

The district is divided into eight sub-districts (''

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s''), which are further subdivided into 74 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''). There are three townships (''

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s''). Bang Bo and Khlong Dan each cover parts of the same-named ''tambon'', and Khlong Suan covers ''tambon'' Khlong Suan. There are a further seven tambon administrative organizations (TAO), for each ''tambon'' except Khlong Suan.

Khlong Prawet Buri Rom

Khlong Suan 100-year-old market (ตลาดคลองสวน 100 ปี) is on Khlong Prawet Buri Rom, a canal bordering two provinces: Khlong Suan in Bang Bo, Samut Prakan and Theppharat with Ko Rai of Ban Pho, Chachoengsao. The market dates back to the King

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(Rama V)'s reign. It retains some of the charm of Thailand's old days, similar to SamChuk's 100-year-old market of

Sam Chuk district Sam Chuk ( th, สามชุก, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the northern part of Suphan Buri province, central Thailand. History Originally the district name was ''Nang Buat''. In 1911 when the government separated part of Nang Buat Distr ...

, Suphan Buri province.

Samut Prakan (Klong Dan) Wastewater Management Project

Tambon Klong Dan is the site of a never-completed wastewater treatment plant, approved in 1995, financed in part by the

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(ADB). The 24 billion baht project was not completed due to opposition from local residents and charges of malfeasance levelled against those responsible for the project. In 2014, the Pollution Control Department (PCD) was ordered by the Supreme Administrative Court to pay nine billion baht in compensation to a consortium of contractors building the Klong Dan wastewater treatment plant due to the state's termination of that project in 2003. In July 2016, the

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(DSI) initiated an investigation of a private consortium, NVPSKG, for corrupt practices related to the 90 percent completed project. In 2015, three senior Pollution Control Department (PCD) employees linked to the consortium were jailed for 20 years for malfeasance. In July 2018 the supreme court sentenced 11 persons, including the former deputy interior minister, to between three and six years in prison. The court found the defendants guilty of fraud in the purchase of 1,900

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of land at the inflated price of 1.9 billion

, and irregularities in the construction contract. Public land was fraudulently acquired with title deeds issued to private owners, who then inflated the price before the land was sold to the Thai Pollution Control Department.

References

External links

amphoe.com
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