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Amphoe Ban Khai
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| Province: | Rayong |
| District office: | Ban Khai |
| Area: | 489.6 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 58,914 (2005) |
| Pop. density: | 120.3 inh./km² |
| Geocode: | 2105 |
| Postal code: | 21120 |
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Ban Khai (Thai: บ้านค่าย) is a district (Amphoe) in the central part of Rayong Province, eastern Thailand.
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In 1767 when Ayutthaya was destroyed by the Burmese, the later King Taksin the Great lead his troops to built a Siamese military base at Chanthaburi. On the way to Chanthaburi, the troops had their night camp (Thai: khai ค่าย) in the area of modern day Ban Khai district.
Ban Khai was created to as district of Rayong Province in 1902.
Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Nikhom Phatthana, Pluak Daeng, Wang Chan and Mueang Rayong.
The district is subdivided into 7 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 66 villages (muban). Ban Khai itself is a township (thesaban tambon) and covers parts of tambon Ban Khai and Nong Lalok. There are further 7 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
| No. | Name | Thai name | Villages | Inh. | |
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| 1. | Ban Khai | บ้านค่าย | 7 | 7,340 | |
| 2. | Nong Lalok | หนองละลอก | 11 | 11,470 | |
| 3. | Nong Taphan | หนองตะพาน | 6 | 3,504 | |
| 4. | Ta Khan | ตาขัน | 9 | 7,237 | |
| 5. | Bang But | บางบุตร | 12 | 9,666 | |
| 6. | Nong Bua | หนองบัว | 11 | 12,040 | |
| 7. | Chak Bok | ชากบก | 10 | 7,657 |
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Mueang Rayong - Ban Chang - Klaeng - Wang Chan - Ban Khai - Pluak Daeng - Khao Chamao - Nikhom Phatthana |
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