Bang Waek
Bang Waek is a khwaeng of Phasi Charoen District, Bangkok's Thonburi side. The subdistrict contains 11 administrative villages.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen and Phyathai 3 Hospital.
Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen
Buddhist temple
Photo: Pablotorrado, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen is a royal wat located in Phasi Charoen district, Bangkok, at the Chao Phraya River. It is part of the Maha Nikaya fraternity and is the origin of the Dhammakaya tradition.
Phyathai 3 Hospital
Hospital
The Phyathai Hospitals Group is a hospital group based in Bangkok, Thailand, and founded in 1976. The group consists of Phyathai 1 Hospital, Phyathai 2 Hospital, and Phyathai 3 Hospital.
Wat Kamphaeng Bang Chak
Buddhist temple
Photo: กสิณธร ราชโอรส, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wat Kamphaeng Bang Chak is an ancient Thai Buddhist temple in Mahā Nikāya sect in Thonburi side of Bangkok, considered as one of the oldest and most dominant temples in Bangkok.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thonburi and Bangkok.
Thonburi
Photo: mikebehnken, CC BY 2.0.
Thonburi is a vast district that consists of the entire west bank of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. After the sack of Ayutthaya in 1767, General Phraya Taksin made Thonburi the new capital of Siam for a brief period of time.
Bangkok
Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bangkok is the capital and largest city of Thailand. With a population of over eleven million inhabitants, Bangkok 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.
Rattanakosin
Rattanakosin, also known as Rattanakosin Island, is the historic centre of Bangkok, where most of Bangkok's "must see" sights can be found, including the Grand Palace and Wat Pho.
Bang Waek
- Type: Quarter with 18,100 residents
- Description: subdistrict in Phasi Charoen district, Bangkok, Thailand
- Categories: Khwaeng and locality
- Location: Phasi Charoen, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
13.7377° or 13° 44′ 16″ northLongitude
100.4475° or 100° 26′ 51″ eastPopulation
18,100Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
7P52PCQX+32OpenStreetMap ID
node 7856994506OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
12642006Wikidata ID
Q15735882
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In Other Languages
From German to Thai—“Bang Waek” goes by many names.
- German: “Bang Waek”
- Thai: “แขวงบางแวก”
- Thai: “บางแวก”
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