Bangkok

Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

 is subdivided into 50 districts (khet เขต, also sometimes wrongly called amphoe

Amphoe

An amphoe is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as district, amphoe make up the provinces, and are analogous to a county seat...

อำเภอ as in the other provinces, derived from Pali

Páli

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 khetta, cognate to Sanskrit

Sanskrit

Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

 kṣetra), which are further subdivided into 169 khwaeng

Khwaeng

Khwaeng is an administrative subdivision used in the 50 districts of Bangkok. As of 2009 there are 169 khwaeng in all. A khwaeng is roughly equivalent to a tambon in other provinces of Thailand. With the creation of the special administrative area of Bangkok in 1972 the tambon within the area of...

แขวง, roughly equivalent to tambon

Tambon

Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2009 there are 7255 tambon, not including the 169 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains 8-10 tambon...

ตำบล in the other provinces.

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|Bang Bon

Bang Bon

Bang Bon is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. Its neighbors, clockwise from north, are Bang Khae, Phasi Charoen, Chom Thong, and Bang Khun Thian districts of Bangkok, Amphoe Mueang and Amphoe Krathum Baen of Samut Sakhon Province, and Nong Khaem of Bangkok.-History:Formerly Bang Bon...

|| 50 ||บางบอน||align=right| 104,444
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|Bang Kapi

Bang Kapi

Bang Kapi is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bounded by other Bangkok districts : Bueng Kum, Saphan Sung, Prawet, Suan Luang, Huai Khwang, Wang Thonglang, and Lat Phrao.-History:...

|| 06 ||บางกะปิ||align=right| 149,755
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|Bang Khae

Bang Khae

Bang Khae is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. The district is bounded by other Bangkok districts : Thawi Watthana, Taling Chan, Phasi Charoen, Bang Bon, and Nong Khaem...

|| 40 ||บางแค||align=right| 193,250
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|Bang Khen

Bang Khen

Bang Khen is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bounded by other Bangkok districts : Sai Mai, Khlong Sam Wa, Khan Na Yao, Bueng Kum, Lat Phrao, Chatuchak, Lak Si, and Don Mueang.-History:...

|| 05 ||บางเขน ||align=right| 187,965
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|Bang Kho Laem

Bang Kho Laem

Bang Kho Laem is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. The district is bounded by Sathon, Yan Nawa, and across Chao Phraya River, Rat Burana, Thon Buri and Khlong San districts.-History:...

|| 31 ||บางคอแหลม ||align=right| 99,287
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|Bang Khun Thian

Bang Khun Thian

Bang Khun Thian is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. Its neighbors, clockwise from the north, are Bang Bon, Chom Thong, and Thung Khru districts of Bangkok, Amphoe Phra Samut Chedi of Samut Prakan Province and Amphoe Mueang of Samut Sakhon Province...

|| 21 ||บางขุนเทียน||align=right| 153,226
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|Bang Na

Bang Na

Bang Na is one of the fifty districts of Bangkok, Thailand. Its neighbors, clockwise from the north, are the Phra Khanong and Prawet districts of Bangkok, Amphoe Bang Phli, Amphoe Mueang, and Amphoe Phra Pradaeng of Samut Prakan Province.-History:...

|| 47 ||บางนา ||align=right| 99,114
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|Bang Phlat

Bang Phlat

Bang Phlat is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. Its neighbor, clockwise from north, are Amphoe Bang Kruai of Nonthaburi Province, Bang Sue, Dusit, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok Noi, and Taling Chan districts of Bangkok.-History:...

|| 25 ||บางพลัด||align=right| 101,579
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|Bang Rak

Bang Rak

Bang Rak is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. The district is bounded by four other districts : Pathum Wan, Sathon, Khlong San , and Samphanthawong. It was established in 1912.-History:...

|| 04 ||บางรัก||align=right| 46,907
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|Bang Sue

Bang Sue

Bang Sue is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. Its neighbor, clockwise from east, are Chatuchak, Dusit and Bang Phlat, and Bang Kruai and Mueang Nonthaburi .-Places:...

|| 29 ||บางซื่อ ||align=right| 139,750
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|Bangkok Noi

Bangkok Noi

Bangkok Noi is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. Neighboring districts are Bang Phlat, Phra Nakhon , Bangkok Yai, Phasi Charoen, and Taling Chan.-History:...

|| 20 ||บางกอกน้อย||align=right| 125,211
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|Bangkok Yai

Bangkok Yai

Bangkok Yai is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. Neighboring districts are Bangkok Noi, Phra Nakhon , Thon Buri, Phasi Charoen, and Taling Chan.-History:...

|| 16 ||บางกอกใหญ่||align=right| 75,862
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|Bueng Kum

Bueng Kum

Bueng Kum is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. From north clockwise, it is bounded by Bang Khen, Khan Na Yao, Saphan Sung, Bang Kapi, and Lat Phrao.-History:...

|| 27 ||บึงกุ่ม ||align=right| 147,418
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|Chatuchak|| 30 ||จตุจักร||align=right| 163,227
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|Chom Thong

Chom Thong

Chom Thong may be used to refer to:* Chom Thong District, Bangkok – a district in Bangkok* Chom Thong District, Chiang Mai – a district in Chiang Mai Province...

|| 35 || จอมทอง||align=right| 160,919
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|Din Daeng

Din Daeng

Din Daeng is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. Its neighbor, clockwise from north, are Chatuchak, Huai Khwang, Ratchathewi and Phaya Thai.-History:...

|| 26 ||ดินแดง ||align=right| 135,006
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|Don Mueang

Don Mueang

Don Mueang is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bounded by : Amphoe Mueang and Amphoe Lam Luk Ka of Pathum Thani Province; Sai Mai, Bang Khen and Lak Si of Bangkok; and Amphoe Pak Kret of Nonthaburi Province....

|| 36 ||ดอนเมือง||align=right| 165,965
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|Dusit

Dusit

Dusit is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand.The district forms the main administrative center of Thailand, as both the national parliament as well as the royal palace are located in this district, as well as several ministries...

|| 02 ||ดุสิต||align=right| 112,849
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|Huai Khwang

Huai Khwang

Huai Khwang is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand, located east of the center of the town. Neighboring districts are Chatuchak, Wang Thonglang, Bang Kapi, Suan Luang, Watthana, Ratchathewi and Din Daeng.-History:...

|| 17 ||ห้วยขวาง ||align=right| 77,200
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|Khan Na Yao

Khan Na Yao

Khan Na Yao is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bounded by other Bangkok districts : Bang Khen, Khlong Sam Wa, Min Buri, Saphan Sung, and Bueng Kum.-History:...

|| 43 ||คันนายาว||align=right| 86,011
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|Khlong Sam Wa

Khlong Sam Wa

Khlong Sam Wa is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bounded by other districts : Amphoe Lam Luk Ka of Pathum Thani Province, Nong Chok, Min Buri, Khan Na Yao, Bang Khen,and Sai Mai of Bangkok.-History:...

|| 46 ||คลองสามวา ||align=right| 158,885l
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|Khlong San

Khlong San

Khlong San is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. Located on the west bank of Chao Phraya River, neighboring districts across the river are Phra Nakhon, Samphanthawong, Bang Rak, Sathon, and Bang Kho Laem...

|| 18 ||คลองสาน||align=right| 79,832
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|Khlong Toei

Khlong Toei

Khlong Toei is a district in central Bangkok, long known for its slum. It is bordered by the Chao Phraya River and contains major port facilities. It is also the name of a major market, though not touristic...

|| 33 ||คลองเตย||align=right| 113,573
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|Lak Si

Lak Si

Lak Si is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bounded by : Don Mueang, Bang Khen and Chatuchak of Bangkok; Amphoe Mueang and Amphoe Pak Kret of Nonthaburi Province.-History:...

|| 41 ||หลักสี่||align=right| 113,262
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|Lat Krabang

Lat Krabang

Lat Krabang is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, located in the east of the town.Neighboring districts are Bang Bo, Bang Sao Thong and Bang Phli , Prawet, Saphan Sung, Min Buri and Nong Chok and Mueang Chachoengsao .In October 2005 the plan to create the special administrative area Nakhon...

|| 11 ||ลาดกระบัง ||align=right| 155,903
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|Lat Phrao|| 38 ||ลาดพร้าว||align=right| 122,539
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|Min Buri

Min Buri

Min Buri is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bounded by other Bangkok districts : Khlong Sam Wa, Nong Chok, Lat Krabang, Saphan Sung, and Khan Na Yao.-History:...

|| 10 ||มีนบุรี ||align=right| 134,350
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|Nong Chok

Nong Chok

Nong Chok is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bounded by other districts : Amphoe Lam Luk Ka of Pathum Thani Province, Amphoe Bang Nam Priao and Amphoe Mueang Chachoengsao of Chachoengsao Province, Lat Krabang, Min Buri and Khlong Sam Wa of Bangkok...

|| 03 ||หนองจอก||align=right| 150,035
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|Nong Khaem

Nong Khaem

Nong Khaem is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. The district is bounded by other Bangkok districts : Thawi Watthana, Bang Khae, Bang Bon of Bangkok, Krathum Baen of Samut Sakhon province, Sam Phran and Phutthamonthon of Nakhon Pathom province-History:The name of the district came from...

|| 23 ||หนองแขม ||align=right| 144,499
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|Pathum Wan

Pathum Wan

Pathum Wan or Pathumwan is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. The district is bounded by six other districts : Ratchathewi , Watthana, Khlong Toei, Sathon, Bang Rak, Pom Prap Sattru Phai , and Dusit.-History:The district was established in 1914...

|| 07 ||ปทุมวัน ||align=right| 57,215
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|Phasi Charoen

Phasi Charoen

Phasi Charoen is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. The district is bounded by other Bangkok districts : Taling Chan, Bangkok Noi, Bangkok Yai, Thon Buri, Chom Thong, Bang Bon, and Bang Khae.-History:...

|| 22 ||ภาษีเจริญ ||align=right| 131,802
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|Phaya Thai

Phaya Thai

Phaya Thai is a district in central Bangkok, Thailand. It is also the name of a major road, as well as a BTS Skytrain station, both of which are in the nearby Ratchathewi district....

|| 14 ||พญาไท||align=right| 75,155
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|Phra Khanong

Phra Khanong

Phra Khanong is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. Its neighbor, clockwise from north, are Suan Luang, Prawet, and Bang Na districts of Bangkok, Amphoe Phra Pradaeng of Samut Prakan Province , Khlong Toei and Watthana of Bangkok.-History:Phra Khanong was an amphoe of Nakhon Khuan Khan...

|| 09 ||พระโขนง||align=right| 95,902
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|Phra Nakhon

Phra Nakhon

Phra Nakhon is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. It is the central district of Bangkok, including the Rattanakosin Island...

|| 01 ||พระนคร||align=right| 60,798
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|Pom Prap Sattru Phai

Pom Prap Sattru Phai

Pom Prap Sattru Phai is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. Neighboring districts are Dusit, Ratchathewi, Pathum Wan, Bang Rak, Samphanthawong, and Phra Nakhon.-History:...

|| 08 ||ป้อมปราบศัตรูพ่าย||align=right| 53,810
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|Prawet

Prawet

Prawet is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand, located in the southeast of the town. Neighboring districts are Bang Phli , Bang Na, Phra Khanong, Suan Luang, Bang Kapi, Saphan Sung and Lat Krabang .Si Nakharin road, named after Srinagarindra, is the major road of the district...

|| 32 ||ประเวศ||align=right| 156,111
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|Rat Burana

Rat Burana

Rat Burana is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. The district is bounded by Amphoe Phra Pradaeng of Samut Prakan Province, Thung Khru, Chom Thong and Thon Buri districts of Bangkok while its north to east is Chao Phraya River with Bang Kho Laem and Yan Nawa districts across the...

|| 24 ||ราษฎร์บูรณะ||align=right| 89,610
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|Ratchathewi

Ratchathewi

Ratchathewi is a district in central Bangkok, Thailand. It is also name of a BTS Skytrain station.Neighboring districts are Phaya Thai, Din Daeng, Huai Khwang, Watthana, Pathum Wan, Pom Prap Sattru Phai and Dusit.-History:...

|| 37 ||ราชเทวี||align=right| 76,517
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|Sai Mai

Sai Mai

Sai Mai is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bounded by : Amphoe Lam Luk Ka of Pathum Thani Province; Khlong Sam Wa, Bang Khen, Lak Si and Don Mueang of Bangkok.-History:...

|| 42 ||สายไหม||align=right| 182,232
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|Samphanthawong

Samphanthawong

Samphanthawong is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. Regarded as Bangkok's Chinatown, it is the smallest district in area but has the highest population density of Bangkok's districts...

|| 13 ||สัมพันธวงศ์||align=right| 28,762
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|Saphan Sung

Saphan Sung

Saphan Sung is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bounded by other Bangkok districts : Khan Na Yao, Min Buri, Lat Krabang, Prawet, Suan Luang, Bang Kapi, and Bueng Kum.-History:...

|| 44 ||สะพานสูง ||align=right| 88,497
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|Sathon

Sathon

Sathon or Sathorn is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. The district is bounded by six other districts : Bang Rak, Pathum Wan, Khlong Toei, Yan Nawa, Bang Kho Laem, and Khlong San ....

|| 28 ||สาทร ||align=right| 88,310
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|Suan Luang

Suan Luang

Suan Luang is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bounded by other Bangkok districts : Bang Kapi, Saphan Sung, Prawet, Phra Khanong, and Watthana.-History:...

|| 34 ||สวนหลวง ||align=right| 115,851
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|Taling Chan

Taling Chan

Taling Chan is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. Its neighbor, clockwise from north, are Amphoe Bang Kruai of Nonthaburi Province, Bang Phlat, Bangkok Noi, Bangkok Yai, Phasi Charoen, Bang Khae, and Thawi Watthana districts of Bangkok....

|| 19 ||ตลิ่งชัน||align=right| 106,788
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|Thawi Watthana

Thawi Watthana

Thawi Watthana is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. Its neighbor, clockwise from north, are Amphoe Bang Kruai of Nonthaburi Province, Taling Chan, Bang Khae, and Nong Khaem districts of Bangkok, Sam Phran and Phutthamonthon of Nakhon Pathom Province.-History:The district is named...

|| 48 ||ทวีวัฒนา||align=right| 74,344
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|Thon Buri District|| 15 ||ธนบุรี||align=right| 125,200
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|Thung Khru

Thung Khru

Thung Khru is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. The district is bounded by Rat Burana district of Bangkok, Amphoe Phra Pradaeng and Amphoe Phra Samut Chedi of Samut Prakan Province, Bang Khun Thian and Chom Thong of Bangkok.-History:Thung Khru was split off from Rat Burana, announced...

|| 49 ||ทุ่งครุ||align=right| 114,847
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|Wang Thonglang

Wang Thonglang

Wang Thonglang is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bounded by other Bangkok districts : Lat Phrao, Bang Kapi, Huai Khwang, and Chatuchak.-History:...

|| 45 ||วังทองหลาง||align=right| 115,725
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|Watthana

Watthana

Watthana is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. Neighbor districts are : Ratchathewi, Huai Khwang, Suan Luang, Phra Khanong, Khlong Toei, Sathon, and Pathum Wan.-History:...

|| 39 ||วัฒนา||align=right| 80,755
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|Yan Nawa

Yan Nawa

Yan Nawa or Yannawa is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. The district is bounded by Rat Burana , Bang Kho Laem, Sathon and Khlong Toei districts of Bangkok while its remaining neighbor from east to south is Amphoe Phra Pradaeng of Samut Prakan Province.-History:Yan Nawa, in the past,...

|| 12 ||ยานนาวา||align=right| 84,797
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