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Ban Pho is a district in the western part of Chachoengsao Province, central Thailand.HistoryThe district was established by separate a part of Mueang Chachoengsao district in 1903, then named Sanam Chan by Prince Marubhongse Siribhadhana, the governor of Monthon Prachinburi. In the past Tambon Sanam Chan area was on the both banks of the Bang Pakong River, around 1906 the government split the area on the left bank where the district office was located, to create Tambon Ban Pho.Later when King Vajiravudh built the Sanam Chan Palace in Nakhon Pathom in 1911, as the district name was pronounced same as the Sanam Chan Palace, the government changed the district name to be Khao Din district on July 20, 1914. Later they changed to be Ban Pho district in 1917.GeographyNeighboring districts are Mueang Chachoengsao, Bang Khla, Plaeng Yao of Chachoengsao Province, Phanat Nikhom, Phan Thong of Chon Buri Province, Bang Pakong of Chachoengsao Province again and Bang Bo of Samut Prakan Province.