Bangkok Yai District

Bangkok Yai (Thai: บางกอกใหญ่, pronounced [bāːŋ.kɔ̀ːk jàj]) is one of the 50 districts (khet) of Bangkok, Thailand. Neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Bangkok Noi, Phra Nakhon (across Chao Phraya River), Thon Buri, Phasi Charoen, and Taling Chan.

Bangkok Yai

บางกอกใหญ่
Khet
Area around Wat Arun (taken photo from Prang of Wat Arun), across the Chao Phraya River is Phra Nakhon's Tha Tian neighbourhood
Khet location in Bangkok
Coordinates: 13°43′22″N 100°28′35″E
ProvinceBangkok
SeatWat Tha Phra
Khwaeng2
Area
 • Total6.18 km2 (2.39 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total67,768[1]
 • Density10,965.69/km2 (28,401.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code
10600
Geocode1016

History

The district is named after Khlong Bangkok Yai (คลองบางกอกใหญ่, also called Khlong Bang Luang, คลองบางหลวง) which was actually part of Chao Phraya River until a canal dug in 1522 during the Ayutthaya period altered the flow of the river such that the canal became the main river and the section of original river became present-day Khlong Bangkok Yai.[2] Bangkok Yai, or more precisely, the Wat Arun Sub-district, was also the site of Thon Buri when the capital was set up here from 1767-1782.[3]

Originally called Amphoe Hongsaram (อำเภอหงสาราม) when the district was set up in 1915, it was renamed "Amphoe Bangkok Yai" in 1916, demoted to a king amphoe of amphoe Bang Yi Khan (อำเภอบางยี่ขัน) in 1938, promoted back to amphoe in 1958, and finally changed to a khet in an administrative reform in 1972.[4]

Administration

The district is sub-divided into two sub-districts (khwaeng).

1.Wat Arunวัดอรุณ
2.Wat Tha Phra วัดท่าพระ

Places

Temples
Royal Thai Navy Convention Center
Wichai Prasit Fort and Wat Arun
Prang of Wat Arun in night
Taweethapisek School

Historic sites

Education
  • Taweethapisek School
  • Ratchadamnoen Commercial School
  • Wiboon Business Administration College
  • Siam Technological College
  • Sesawech Vidhaya School
  • Ritthinarongron School
  • Wat Pradu Nai Songtham School
  • Bangkok Commercial School
  • Saiprasit Business Administration Technological
  • Saiprasit School
  • Prasart Wittaya Anuchon School

Government offices

Transportation

Main roads

References
  1. "Population and House Report for Year 2017". Department of Provincial Administration, Ministry of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 2018-04-01. (Search page)
  2. Canal in Thailand (in Thai)
  3. BMA Local Museum - Bangkok Yai (in Thai) Archived 2016-08-10 at the Wayback Machine, The BMA (Bangkok Metropolitan Administration) Local Museum
  4. History of Bangkok Yai (in Thai), Bangkok Yai District Office
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