Ban Sam Ruen
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Ban Sam Ruen
บ้านสามเรือน (English: Village of Three Faces) | |
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Village | |
 Family working on rice farm in Ban Sam Ruen | |
  Ban Sam Ruen | |
| Coordinates: 16°35′47″N 100°21′02″E / 16.59639°N 100.35056°E | |
| Country | Thailand |
| Province | Phitsanulok |
| Amphoe | Bang Krathum |
| Tambon | Nakhon Pa Mak |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.4 km2 (2.1 sq mi) |
| • Agricultural use | 4.0 km2 (1.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
• Total | 1,340 |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (Thailand) |
| Postal code | 65110 |
| Chief watercourse | Wang Thong River |
Ban Sam Ruen (Thai: บ้านสามเรือน) is a village in the Nakhon Pa Mak subdistrict of Amphoe Bang Krathum District of Phitsanulok Province, Thailand.
The first element ban (Thai: บ้าน) means village. The second element sam (Thai: สาม) means three. The third element ruen (Thai: เรือน) can either mean dwelling place, or it can be a classifier used to count oblique faces such as the faces of a gem or faces of clocks. The meaning of the name as a whole loosely means Village of Three Faces.
Geography
Ban Sam Ruen is located in the south-west portion of Nakhon Pa Mak on the Wang Thong River. The Wang Thong flows into Sam Ruen from the north-west and out of the village to the south. A canal which leads to Ban Grong Greng runs out of Ban Sam Ruen from the north-east.[1] The resulting pattern divides the land into three plots. At Ban Grong Greng, the Sam Ruen Canal makes its first split, one extension turning west toward Ban Dongphayom, and the other extending north. The canal has many branches, and forms a complex canal system which provides irrigation for much of Nakhon Pa Mak. Ban Sam Ruen is within the Nan River watershed.
Economy
Ban Sam Ruen was home to the largest market in Phitsanulok until 1898 when the market moved to Ban Wang Thong further north-east along the Wang Thong River. [2] Today, Ban Sam Ruen is a rural rice-farming village.[3]
