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