Bangkok Yai

Bangkok Yai is one of the 50 districts of , . Neighbouring districts are , , , , and .
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  • Type: Suburb with 60,700 residents
  • Description: district in Bangkok, Thailand
  • Also known as: “Amphoe Bang Kok Yai”, “Bangkok Yai district”, and “King Amphoe Bang Kok Yai”

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 Rattanakosin.

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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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, 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.

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is Bangkok's multicultural district, located west of and southeast of . Yaowarat Road is the home of Bangkok's sizeable Chinese community, while those of Indian ethnicity have congregated around Phahurat Road.

Bangkok Yai

Latitude
13.7394° or 13° 44′ 22″ north
Longitude
100.4854° or 100° 29′ 8″ east
Population
60,700
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
7P52PFQP+Q5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7856994550
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1619456
Wiki­data ID
Q175236
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bangkok Yai” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منطقة بانكوك ياي”
  • Banjar: “Bangkok Yai”
  • Bishnupriya: “খেত ব্যাংকক য়াই”
  • Cebuano: “Khet Bangkok Yai”
  • Chinese: “曼谷猋县”
  • Chinese: “曼谷艾區”
  • Chinese: “曼谷艾县”
  • Chinese: “曼谷艾縣”
  • Estonian: “Bangkok Yai”
  • French: “Bangkok Yai”
  • German: “Bangkok Yai”
  • Italian: “Bangkok Yai”
  • Japanese: “バーンコークヤイ区”
  • Khmer: “បាងកកយៃ៉”
  • Korean: “방콕야이”
  • Lao: “ເຂດບາງກອກໃຫຍ່”
  • Northern Sami: “Bangkok Yai”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bangkok Yai”
  • Norwegian: “Bangkok Yai”
  • Portuguese: “Bangkok Yai”
  • Russian: “Бангкок Яй”
  • Thai: “เขตบางกอกใหญ่”
  • Thai: “บางกอกใหญ่”
  • Urdu: “بنکاک یائی ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Bangkok Yai”

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