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Phra Nakhon

Phra Nakhon is one of the 50 districts of , . It is the central district of Bangkok, including . Neighboring districts are, from the north, clockwise: , , , and across the , , , , and .
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  • Type: district of Bangkok with 56,700 residents
  • Description: district in Bangkok, Thailand
  • Also known as: “Changwat Phra Nakhon”, “Krung Kao”, “Nonburi”, “Old City”, “Phra Nagara”, “Phra Nakhon district”, and “Phra Nakhon District”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Khao San Road and Grand Palace.

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is a small road about a block from the Chao Phraya River at the northern side of . Backpackers and budget travellers are drawn here by some of the cheapest accommodation and travel deals in Thailand.

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The is a complex of buildings at the heart of , Thailand. The palace has been the official residence of the Kings of Siam since 1782.

Buddhist temple
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, commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram, is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bangkok and Silom.

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is the capital and largest city of . With a population of over eleven million inhabitants, is by far Thailand's main city, with the urban sprawl comprising nearly half of Thailand's population, and the largest city on the Southeast Asian mainland.

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is the closest Bangkok gets to Wall Street, with glistening skyscrapers all boasting the names of financial institutions. However, the character of the area changes after nightfall: the small sois between Road and Surawong Road come alive with people who are out for a good time, and Patpong's well-known "red light" district is often a sought-out location.

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, also known as Island, is the historic centre of , where most of Bangkok's "must see" sights can be found, including the Grand Palace and Wat Pho.

Phra Nakhon

Latitude
13.7583° or 13° 45′ 30″ north
Longitude
100.4961° or 100° 29′ 46″ east
Population
56,700
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
7P52QF5W+8F
Geo­Names ID
1607533
Wiki­data ID
Q1525441
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Phra Nakhon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منطقة فراي ناخون”
  • Bashkir: “Пхранакхон”
  • Bishnupriya: “খেত ফরা নাখোন”
  • Burmese: “ဖရားနခွန်မြို့နယ်”
  • Burmese: “ဘုရာ့နခွန်ခရိုင်”
  • Cebuano: “Khet Phra Nakhon”
  • Chinese: “拍那空县”
  • Dutch: “Phra Nakhon”
  • Estonian: “Phra Nakhon”
  • French: “Phra Nakhon”
  • German: “Phra Nakhon”
  • Italian: “Phra Nakhon”
  • Japanese: “プラナコーン区”
  • Khmer: “ព្រះនគរ”
  • Khmer: “ស្រុកព្រះនគរ”
  • Korean: “프라나콘”
  • Lao: “ເຂດພະນະຄອນ”
  • Malay: “Phra Nakhon”
  • Northern Sami: “Phra Nakhon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Phra Nakhon”
  • Norwegian: “Phra Nakhon”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Phra Nakhon”
  • Portuguese: “Phra Nakhon”
  • Russian: “Пхра Накхон”
  • Russian: “Пхранакхон”
  • Spanish: “Phra Nakhon”
  • Thai: “เขตพระนคร”
  • Thai: “พระนคร”
  • Ukrainian: “Пхра Накхон”
  • Ukrainian: “Пхранакхон”
  • Urdu: “پھرا ناکھون ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Phra Nakhon”
  • Western Panjabi: “پھرا ناکھون ضلع”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Phra Nakhon”. Photo: Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0.