Amphoe Ban Mi

Infobox Amphoe
thai=บ้านหมี่
name=Ban Mi
province=Lopburi
coordinates=coord|15|2|41|N|100|32|13|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH
area=585.7
population=86,064
population_as_of=2000
density=146.9
postal_code=15110
geocode=1606

Ban Mi ( _th. บ้านหมี่) is a district ("Amphoe") in the western part Lopburi Province, central Thailand.

History

The district war created in 1883, then named Sanam Chaeng. When the district office was moved to Ban Huay Kaew, the district name was changed to Huay Kaew as well. When in 1898 the Thai Government built the Northern Railway through the district, the district center was moved to Ban Sao (Thai บ้านเซ่า) and the district name was changed back to Sanam Chaeng. In 1914 it was renamed to Ban Sao as the name of Tambon of the district center. Finally the Thai Government changed the name to Ban Mi in 1940.

The name Ban Mi is the name of an old town of Phuan people that migrated from Laos to Siam around 1870. The name originates from a hand weaving method to weave cotton or silk fabric, named Mat Mi(มัดหมี่) in Thai.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the northeast clockwise) Nong Muang, Khok Samrong, Mueang Lop Buri, Tha Wung of Lopburi, In Buri of Singburi Province, and Takhli of Nakhon Sawan Province.

The water resource of Ban Mi is then Bang Kham River and Khlong Anusasanan.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 22 subdistricts ("tambon"), which are further subdivided into 157 villages ("muban"). The town ("thesaban mueang") Ban Mi covers the whole "tambon" Ban Mi. There are further 21 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).