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Bang Phlat

Bang Phlat is one of the 50 districts of , . Its neighboring districts, clockwise from the north, are , , , , , and .
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  • Type: Suburb with 91,300 residents
  • Description: district in Bangkok, Thailand
  • Also known as: “Bang Phlat district”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Khao San Road and National Library.

Photo: Kevin Poh, CC BY 2.0.
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.

Library
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The of Thailand is the legal depositary and copyright library for . It was officially established on 12 October 1905, after the merger of the three existing royal libraries, and is one of the oldest national libraries in Asia.

Castle
Photo: Gisling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a former royal villa in , . It is in the complex in Dusit District. As of 2019 it has been dismantled to allow for foundation repairs and will be rebuilt upon its completion.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dusit and Bangkok.

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is a leafy, European-style district of Bangkok that functions as the political centre of Thailand. Its development dates back to the early 1900s, when King Rama V built the Palace, a complex of palaces and royal residences he created to escape the heat and chaos of the Grand Palace.

Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Bang Phlat

Latitude
13.7907° or 13° 47′ 27″ north
Longitude
100.5036° or 100° 30′ 13″ east
Population
91,300
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
7P52QGR3+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6632516682
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6845259
Wiki­data ID
Q806453
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bang Phlat” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منطقة بانج فلات”
  • Banjar: “Bang Phlat”
  • Bishnupriya: “খেত ব্যাং ফলয়াত”
  • Cebuano: “Khet Bang Phlat”
  • Chinese: “挽拍县”
  • Chinese: “挽拍縣”
  • Dutch: “Bang Phlat”
  • Estonian: “Bang Phlat”
  • French: “Bang Phlat”
  • German: “Bang Phlat”
  • Italian: “Bang Phlat”
  • Japanese: “バーンプラット区”
  • Japanese: “バンプラット区”
  • Khmer: “បាងផ្លាត”
  • Korean: “방플랏”
  • Lao: “ເຂດບາງພັດ”
  • Northern Sami: “Bang Phlat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bang Phlat”
  • Norwegian: “Bang Phlat”
  • Portuguese: “Bang Phlat”
  • Thai: “เขตบางพลัด”
  • Thai: “บางพลัด”
  • Thai: “อำเภอบางพลัด”
  • Urdu: “بانگ پھلات ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Bang Phlat”

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