Samut Songkhram Province
Bang Khonthi
Bang Kung

Wat Bang Kung

Wat Bang Kung is an ancient temple in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, built during the Ayutthaya period. It was the site of the Battle of Bang Kung, between the Konbaung dynasty and the Thonburi Kingdom.
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  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: Buddhist temple in Samut Songkhram province, Thailand
  • Address: Bang Kung, Bang Khonthi, Samut Songkhram

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wat Ban Kae Yai and Wat Ko Kaeo.

Buddhist temple
Photo: พระอภิชัช ธมฺมโชโต, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 2 km south of Wat Bang Kung.

Buddhist temple
Photo: พระอภิชัช ธมฺมโชโต, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 2 km north of Wat Bang Kung.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Wat Bang Kung.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Samut Songkhram and Amphawa.

Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city in Western Thailand, sometimes considered a part of the .

Photo: sherrattsam, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a district of province, at the northwestern tip of the Bay of Bangkok, . The canal-side way of life in takes place along the waterfront walkways of Canal, a small tributary of the Mae Khlong River.

Wat Bang Kung

Latitude
13.44611° or 13° 26′ 46″ north
Longitude
99.94109° or 99° 56′ 28″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
7M5XCWWR+CC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1572033357
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
8342406
Wiki­data ID
Q13020714
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Thai—“Wat Bang Kung” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Wat Bang Kung”
  • Chinese: “樹中廟”
  • French: “Wat Bang Kung”
  • Galician: “Wat Bang Kung”
  • German: “Wat Bang Kung”
  • Italian: “Wat Bang Kung”
  • Japanese: “ワット·クン”
  • Spanish: “Wat Bang Kung”
  • Thai: “วัดบางกุ้ง”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Wat Bang Kung”. Photo: KengCH, CC BY-SA 3.0.