Country Thailand Amphoe Mueang Kanchanaburi Elevation 200 m | Province Kanchanaburi Time zone Thailand (UTC+7) | |
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Ban Kao (Thai: บ้านเก่า) is a village and tambon (subdistrict) of Mueang Kanchanaburi District, in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. In 2005 it had a total population of 12,657 people. The tambon contains 15 villages.
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Map of Ban Kao, Mueang Kanchanaburi District, Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Geography
Ban Kao Subdistrict is located in the mountainous area of the Tenasserim Hills, close to the border with Myanmar. Phu Nam Ron, a transnational cross-border point at the western end of the subdistrict, is expected to gain in importance if the planned Dawei deepwater port project goes ahead, along with a highway and a railway line between Bangkok and that harbor.
History
Numerous Neolithic archaeological remains have been found in a big mound at Ban Kao. The burial site yielded many human skeletons and artifacts dating between 200 and 1300 BCE. Some of the items are preserved in a small museum in the main Ban Kao village.