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Prawet District
Prawet (, ) is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. It is in the southeast. Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) Bang Phli ( Samut Prakan province), Bang Na, Phra Khanong, Suan Luang, Bang Kapi, Saphan Sung and Lat Krabang (Bangkok). The district is best known for Paradise Park, Seacon Square and Suan Luang Rama IX. History Prawet was once part of Phra Khanong District. Prawet was elevated to become a separate district in 1989. Part of Prawet, especially the Suan Luang Sub-district, was carved out to establish Suan Luang District on 14 January 1994. Its name after Khlong Prawet Burirom, a canal that flows through the northern area. In October 2005 the plan to create the special administrative area Nakhon Suvarnabhumi around the new Bangkok airport became public. Prawet was supposed to be one of five districts to be included in this new area. Administration The district is sub-divided into three sub-districts (''khwaeng''). Motto The dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Districts Of Bangkok
Bangkok is subdivided into 50 districts (''khet'', , , also sometimes wrongly called ''Districts of Thailand, amphoe'' as in the other provinces, derived from Pali ''khetta'', cognate to Sanskrit ''kṣetra''), which are further subdivided into 180 subdistricts (''khwaeng'', , ), roughly equivalent to ''tambon'' in the other provinces. 
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Saphan Sung District
Saphan Sung (, ) is one of the Districts of Bangkok, 50 districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. Located on the eastern part of the capital, it is bounded by other Bangkok districts (from north clockwise): Khan Na Yao, Min Buri, Lat Krabang, Prawet, Suan Luang, Bang Kapi, and Bueng Kum. Most part of Saphan Sung district are low density residential area. History Saphan Sung was separated from Bueng Kum on 14 October 1997 announcement, effective 21 November 1997, together with Khan Na Yao. Saphan Sung means ''tall bridge'' referring to the shape of bridge built over khlongs (Thai canals) back when boats were a main mode of transportation. Administration The district has three sub-districts (''khwaeng''). Places * Wat Lat Bua Khao (วัดลาดบัวขาว) * Triam Udom Suksa Nomklao School * Saphan Sung Discovery Learning Library * Saphan Sung Youth Centre * Pra-Ajahn Mitsuo Gavesako Foundation District Council The District Council for Saphan Sung has seven members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wat Krathum Suea Pla
Wat Krathum Suea Pla () is an ancient Buddhist temple in Bangkok. History and denomination The temple's founder is unknown but it was presumably built in 1772 in the late Ayutthaya period. There is evidence that Khun Prawet Chanarak (magnate Eiew), a rich Chinese immigrant who served in the royal court and his wife Son Kittikowit restored this temple in 1924. The name ''Krathum Suea Pla'' was derived from the '' krathum'' trees (''Neolamarckia cadamba''), which grew in abundance around the area as well as the numerous ''Suea Pla'' or fishing cats (''Prionailurus viverrinus'') inhabited the site. Highlights The temple has many interesting things including Principle Buddha image named ''Luang Pho Phet'' is a replica of the Sukhothai style Buddha image, Phra Phuttha Chinnarat of Phitsanulok. Its robe elaborately decorated with thousands of Russian diamonds, is recorded as part of unseen Bangkok. Wax museum, which houses magnificent and lifelike wax sculptures of various famous mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wells International School
Wells International School (, ), a member of the International Schools Association of Thailand, is an international school with multiple campuses in Bangkok, Thailand as well as international Branch at Yangon, Myanmar opening in 2020. It consists of three campuses in Bangkok, Thailand as well as international Branch at Yangon, Myanmar. On Nut (G1–G12) in Phra Khanong District serves elementary and secondary students. Wells International Kindergarten has operations in two campuses: Thong Lor (Nursery–G2) in Watthana District, serving students from pre-school to Grade 2; and Bang Na in Prawet District, serving students from pre-school to Grade 5. Together, the three campuses serve approximately 1000 students as of the 2019–2020 school year. Wells has students from 28 countries. Nationalities represented include American, Brazilian, Canadian, Chinese, Filipino, Finnish, German, Indian, Indonesian, Japanese, Kenyan, Korean, Malaysian, Myanmar, Portuguese, Russian, Singaporean, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan-Asia International School
Pan-Asia International School (, ), or PAIS, is an International School located in Prawet District, Bangkok, Thailand, and a member of the International Schools Association of Thailand (ISAT). Established in 2004, PAIS provides international education built upon American standards with a strong emphasis on eastern culturePliansupap, Suchada (2007) ''Education Handbook Vol.5 International & Bilingual Schools In Thailand'' to over 470 students representing more than 41 nations. PAIS is located in the heart of a rapidly growing area about 10 kilometers from Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok's Pravet district, 20 kilometers from the city's center. PAIS features an auditorium with stage, two science laboratories, a music room, a swimming pool, a library/media center, an IT (Mac) lab, a covered basketball/volleyball court, a football pitch, fun playgrounds and a mini swimming pool for Kindergarten students. As Prawet district is a “suburban” location, it remains a green area and do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dok Mai, Bangkok
Dok Mai also written as Dokmai (, ) is a ''khwaeng'' (sub-district) of Prawet District, Bangkok. Dok Mai is a southeast part of the district. Its name translates to "flower". Neighbouring sub-districts are (from the north clockwise): Prawet in its district (Khlong Makham Thet, Khlong Chorakhe Khop, Khlong Pak Lak, and Khlong Khan Taek are the borderlines), Racha Thewa, Bang Phli Yai in Bang Phli District of Samut Prakan Province Samut Prakan province (, , , sometimes rendered Samutprakan or Samutprakarn) is one of the central Provinces of Thailand, provinces of Thailand, established on 9 May 1946 by the ''Act Establishing Changwat Samut Prakan, Changwat Nonthaburi, Cha ... (Khlong Khan Taek, Khlong Sing To, Khlong Paknam, and Khlong Salut are the borderlines), Bang Kaeo in Bang Phli District of Samut Prakan Province (farm dike and Khlong Ton Tan are the borderlines), Nong Bon in its district (Khlong Palat Priang is a borderline). References {{reflist Subdistricts of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nong Bon, Bangkok
Nong Bon (, ) is a ''khwaeng'' (subdistrict) of Prawet District, in Bangkok, Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa .... In 2020, it had a total population of 41,429 people. References Subdistricts of Bangkok Prawet district {{Bangkok-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khwaeng 1032
A ''khwaeng'' (, ) is an administrative subdivision used in the fifty districts of Bangkok and a few other city municipalities in Thailand. Currently, there are 180 ''khwaeng'' in Bangkok. A ''khwaeng'' is roughly equivalent to a ''tambon'' in other provinces of Thailand, smaller than an ''amphoe'' (district). With the creation of the special administrative area of Bangkok in 1972 the ''tambon'' within the area of the new administrative entity was converted into ''khwaeng''.Item 17 of The common English translation for ''khwaeng'' is subdistrict. Historically, in some regions of the country ''khwaeng'' referred to subdivisions of a province (then known as ''mueang'', predating the modern term ''changwat''), while in others they were called ''amphoe''. Administrative reforms at the beginning of the 20th century standardized them to the term ''amphoe''. ''Khwaeng'' of Bangkok ''Khwaeng'' in city municipalities See also *Subdivisions of Thailand Thailand is a unitary s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suvarnabhumi Airport
Suvarnabhumi Airport is the main international airport serving Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. Located mostly in Racha Thewa subdistrict, Bang Phli district, Samut Prakan province, it covers an area of , making it one of the biggest international airports in Southeast Asia and a regional hub for aviation. The airport is also a major Cargo Air Freight Hub (20th busiest in 2019), which has a designated Airport Free Zone, as well as road links to the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) on Motorway 7. Etymology The name ''Suvarnabhumi'' is Sanskrit for "land of gold" (Devanagari:सुवर्णभूमि IAST: ''Suvarṇabhūmi''; ''Suvarṇa'' is "gold", ''Bhūmi'' is 'land'; literally "golden land"). The name was chosen by the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej whose name includes ''Bhūmi'', referring to the Buddhist golden kingdom, thought to have been to the east of the Ganges, possibly somewhere in Southeast Asia. In Thailand, government proclamations and national museums i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakhon Suvarnabhumi Province
Nakhon Suvarnabhumi () was a proposed new province of Thailand in southeast Bangkok around Suvarnabhumi Airport. It was planned to include the districts Lat Krabang and Prawet of Bangkok and Bang Sao Thong and Bang Phli of Samut Prakan Province, an area of 521 km2 with about 462,000 residents. The proposal was announced in October 2005, with a draft bill approved by the cabinet in June 2006. According to the bill, for the first four years the province would be run by a governor appointed by the Interior Ministry and supervised by a 30 member administrative board chaired by the prime minister. After four years the administrative board would be dissolved, but the final administrative structure of the province was never set. It was planned to become a special administrative zone, probably having an elected governor like Bangkok. A final bill was scheduled to be submitted after the political crisis of 2006, however after the coup d'état the project died. The creation of a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khlong Prawet Burirom
Khlong Prawet Buri Rom behind Thap_Yao_subdistrict.html" ;"title="Wat Phon Mani in the area of Thap Yao subdistrict">Thap Yao Khlong Prawet Buri Rom () is a ''khlong'' (canal) in east Bangkok. After the khlong construction bill was promulgated in 1877, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) ordered the extension of Khlong Phra Khanong to join Khlong Dan and link to the Bang Pakong River of Chachoengsao Province. The khlong was called ''Khlong Prawet Buri Rom'' (literally "canal that leads to the delightful city"). Excavations took three years to complete. The man-made khlong not only enabled water transportation between Nakhon Khuean Khan (present-day Phra Pradaeng) and Chachoengsao, but it opened up new croplands along its banks. Khet Prawet, Prawet, one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, named after it. Although Khlong Prawet Buri Rom has the potential to be a cultural and lifestyle attraction in Bangkok, as recently as 2015 it was avoided by locals "...as the water is too disgusting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
