Kamphaeng Saen (, ) is the northwesternmost district (amphoe) of Nakhon Pathom province, central Thailand.
History Kamphaeng Saen was a moated centre of Dvaravati culture, dating from 410-870 CE, with the foundation of a Buddhist stupa identified.Higham, C., 2014, Early Mainland Southeast Asia, Bangkok: River Books Co., Ltd., A stone wheel of the law has been excavated in the district. A square socle from Kamphaeng Saen, now in the Nakhon Pathom National Museum, carries a Pali verse on the knowledge of the four realities, in a script of the Dvaravati period.
Geography Neighbouring districts are (from the north clockwise): Song Phi Nong of Suphanburi province; Bang Len, Don Tum, and Mueang Nakhon Pathom of Nakhon Pathom Province; Ban Pong of Ratchaburi province; and Tha Maka of Kanchanaburi province.
Kasetsart University's Kamphaeng Saen campus is in this district.
Administration The district is divided into 15 subdistricts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 202 villages (mubans). Kamphaeng Saen is also a township (thesaban tambon), which covers parts of tambons Kamphaeng Saen and Thung Kraphang Hom. 1.Thung Kraphang Homทุ่งกระพังโหม2.Kratipกระตีบ3.Thung Luk Nokทุ่งลูกนก4.Huai Khwangห้วยขวาง5.Thung Khwangทุ่งขวาง6.Sa Si Mumสระสี่มุม7.Thung Buaทุ่งบัว8.Don Khoiดอนข่อย9.Sa Phatthanaสระพัฒนา10.Huai Mon Thongห้วยหมอนทอง11.Huai Muangห้วยม่วง12.Kamphaeng Saenกำแพงแสน13.Rang Phikunรางพิกุล14.Nong Krathumหนองกระทุ่ม15.Wang Nam Khiaoวังน้ำเขียว
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