Phra Nakhon
Phra Nakhon is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. It is the central district of Bangkok, including Rattanakosin Island. Neighboring districts are, from the north, clockwise: Dusit, Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Samphanthawong, and across the Chao Phraya River, Thon Buri, Bangkok Yai, Bangkok Noi, and Bang Phlat.
- District of Bangkok with 56,700 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 6 metres (20 feet)
- Description: district in Bangkok, Thailand
- Also known as“Changwat Phra Nakhon”“Krung Kao”“Nonburi”“Old City”“Phra Nagara”“Phra Nakhon District”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Khao San Road and Grand Palace.
Grand Palace
The Grand Palace is a complex of buildings at the heart of Bangkok, Thailand.
Wat Phra Kaew
Buddhist temple
Wat Phra Kaew, commonly known in English as the Temple…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bangkok and Silom.
Phra Nakhon
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Latitude
13.7583° or 13° 45′ 30″ north
Longitude
100.4961° or 100° 29′ 46″ east
Open location code
7P52QF5W+8F
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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”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Phra Nakhon”
- Indonesian: “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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Localities in the Area
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