Ban Kao
Ban Kao is a village and tambon of Mueang Kanchanaburi District, in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. In 2005 it had a population of 12,657 people. The tambon contains 15 villages.Geography
Ban Kao Subdistrict is 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 sub-district, is expected to gain in importance if the planned Dawei 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 Ban Kao village.
