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Bang Khae District
Bang Khae ( th, บางแค, ) is one of the 50 districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. Its neighbouring districts, clockwise from north, are Thawi Watthana, Taling Chan, Phasi Charoen, Bang Bon, and Nong Khaem district. History From 6 March 1998, Phasi Charoen Sakha 1 district was combined with Lak Song sub-district, formerly part of Nong Khaem District, to form a new district, called Khet Bang Khae. The sub-districts of the new Bang Khae district then consisted of Bang Khae, Bang Khae Nuea, Bang Phai and Lak Song. Together with the creation of the district, the four sub-districts of Bang Khae were reorganised for administrative purposes. In 2009 the subdistrict boundaries were adjusted again. Its name means ''"county of the hummingbird tree"''; presumably, in the past there was a large population of this species in the district. Administration The district is divided into four sub-districts (''khwaeng A ''khwaeng'' (, ) is an administrative subdivision used in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Districts Of Bangkok
Bangkok is subdivided into 50 districts (''khet'', , , also sometimes wrongly called ''amphoe'' as in the other provinces, derived from Pali ''khetta'', cognate to Sanskrit ''kṣetra''), which are further subdivided into 180 subdistricts (''khwaeng'', , ), roughly equivalent to ''tambon'' in the other provinces. 
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Nong Khaem District
Nong Khaem ( th, หนองแขม, ) is one of the 50 districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. The district is bounded by other Bangkok districts (from north clockwise): Thawi Watthana, Bang Khae, Bang Bon of Bangkok, Krathum Baen of Samut Sakhon province, Sam Phran and Phutthamonthon of Nakhon Pathom province. Nong Khaem is Bangkok's westernmost district. History Since the past, the canal Khlong Phasi Charoen is an important thoroughfare of Nong Khaem. The canal was built in 1871 during the reign of King Rama IV. That is why many local important places such as temples, communities, markets and police station located along the canal. On July 15, 1904, it was low tide while the royal barge went through Nong Khaem via Khlong Phasi Charoen. The King Rama V forward's boat reached Krathum Baen, but the King's boat could not go further. The King did stay in front of Wat Nong Khaem temple, which is a local spiritual anchor. In the past, area of Nong Khaem and surroundin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lak Song
Lak Song ( th, หลักสอง, ) is a '' khwaeng'' (subdistrict) of Bang Khae district, Bangkok's Thonburi side. History Originally, Lak Song was a part of '' amphoe'' (district) Nong Khaem, a westernmost of Bangkok. Until 1998, the Ministry of Interior has merged certain areas of Nong Khaem and Phasi Charoen with Bang Khae, which is a newly established district. Since then Lak Song therefore became part of Bang Khae completely. Its name "Lak Song" meaning "the second milestone", refers to the second milestone of Khlong Phasi Charoen, a canal that flows through the area. It is a canal dug during King Mongkut (Rama IV)'s reign linking Bangkok to Krathum Baen of Samut Sakhon province. In the nearby area there is a temple named Wat Lak Sam (วัดหลักสาม, "three milestone temple"). The MRT Blue Line terminal station, Lak Song MRT station, indeed, it is located in the area of Bang Khae Nuea in front of The Mall Bang Khae. Geography Lak Song has a total ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khwaeng Bang Phai
Bang Phai ( th, บางไผ่, ) is a ''khwaeng'' (subdistrict) of Bang Khae District, Bangkok's Thonburi side. History It is named after Khlong Bang Phai, a ''khlong'' (canal) that flows through the area. Originally Bang Phai was part of Phasi Charoen District, until the year 1998, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has changed the new administrative district, make Bang Khae become a complete district and Bang Phai became a part of the Bang Khae ever since. Geography Neighbouring subdistricts are, clockwise from north: Thawi Watthana in Thawi Watthana District, Bang Chueak Nang in Taling Chan District ( Khlong Bang Chueak Nang is a divider line), Khlong Khwang in Phasi Charoen District (Khlong Bang Waek, Khlong Bang Phai, Khlong Lat Taniao, and Khlong Kru Sangiam are divider lines), Bang Khae Nuea in its district (Khlong Bang Waek is a divider line), Nong Khang Phlu in Nong Khaem District, and Thawi Watthana in Thawi Watthana District ( Khlong Thawi Watthana is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bang Khae Nuea
Bang Khae Nuea ( th, บางแคเหนือ, ; lit: "north Bang Khae") is a ''khwaeng'' (sub-district) of Bang Khae District, Bangkok. Geography Bang Khae Nuea is a central area of Bang Khae, with a total area of 12.060 km2 (4.656 mi2). It is bounded by other sub-districts (from the north clockwise): Bang Phai in its district, Khlong Khwang in Phasi Charoen District (Khlong Bang Waek is a borderline), Khlong Khwang in Phasi Charoen District (Khlong Phraya Ratchamontri is a borderline), Bang Khae and Lak Song in its district (Phet Kasem Road (Highway 4) is a borderline), Nong Khang Phlu in Nong Khaem District ( Khlong Thawi Watthana is a borderline). Population In 2019, it had a total population of 60,111 people. Places * The Mall Bangkhae *Bang Khae MRT Station (shared with Bang Khae) *Lak Song MRT Station Lak Song station ( th, สถานีหลักสอง, , ; code BL38) is an elevated MRT Blue Line station opened on 21 September 2019. Station served as a we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a census, a process of collecting, analysing, compiling, and publishing data regarding a population. Perspectives of various disciplines Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined criterion in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Demography is a social science which entails the statistical study of populations. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species who inhabit the same particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khwaeng
A ''khwaeng'' (, ) is an administrative subdivision used in the fifty districts of Bangkok and a few other city municipalities in Thailand. Currently, there are 180 ''khwaeng'' in Bangkok. A ''khwaeng'' is roughly equivalent to a ''tambon'' in other provinces of Thailand, smaller than an ''amphoe'' (district). With the creation of the special administrative area of Bangkok in 1972 the ''tambon'' within the area of the new administrative entity was converted into ''khwaeng''.Item 17 of The common English translation for ''khwaeng'' is subdistrict. Historically, in some regions of the country ''khwaeng'' referred to subdivisions of a province (then known as ''mueang'', predating the modern term ''changwat''), while in others they were called ''amphoe''. Administrative reforms at the beginning of the 20th century standardized them to the term ''amphoe''. ''Khwaeng'' of Bangkok ''Khwaeng'' in City Municipalities See also *Subdivisions of Thailand References {{reflist Sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sesbania Grandiflora
''Sesbania grandiflora'', commonly known as vegetable hummingbird, katurai, agati, or West Indian pea, is a small leguminous tree native to Maritime Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. It has edible flowers and leaves commonly eaten in Southeast Asia and South Asia. Description ''Sesbania grandiflora'' is a fast-growing tree. The leaves are regular and rounded and the flowers white, red or pink. The fruits look like flat, long, thin green beans. The tree thrives under full exposure to sunshine and is extremely frost sensitive. It is a small soft wooded tree up to tall. Leaves are long, with leaflets in 10–20 pairs or more and an odd one. Flowers are oblong, long in lax, with two to four flower racemes. The calyx is campanulate and shallowly two-lipped. Pods are slender, falcate or straight, and long, with a thick suture and approximately 30 seeds in size. Origin and distribution It is native to Maritime Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei) t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bang Bon District
Bang Bon ( th, บางบอน, ) is one of the 50 districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. Its neighbours, clockwise from north, are Bang Khae, Phasi Charoen, Chom Thong, and Bang Khun Thian districts of Bangkok, Mueang Samut Sakhon district and Krathum Baen district of Samut Sakhon province, and Nong Khaem district of Bangkok. History Formerly Bang Bon was a tambon of amphoe Bang Khun Thian in Thonburi Province, prior to the merger of Thonburi and Phra Nakhon into a single province, after which it was a sub-district of Bang Khun Thian District. On 14 October 1997, Bang Bon was split from Bang Khun Thian and established as a new district. The district office opened on 6 March 1998, the last of Bangkok's 50 districts to open, first established temporarily at the Thepyada Arak Fresh Market building, but later moved to a permanent location on Ekkachai Road. Administration The district has four sub-districts (''khwaeng''). Economy Agriculture is an important part of the ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanchanaphisek Road
The motorways ( th, ทางหลวงพิเศษ, ) in Thailand is an intercity toll controlled-access highways network that currently spans . It is to be greatly extended to according to the master plan. Thailand's motorway network is considered to be separate from Thailand's expressway network, which is the system of expressways, usually elevated, within Greater Bangkok. Thailand also has a provincial highway network. Overview The Thai highway network spans over 70,000 kilometers across all regions of Thailand. These highways, however, are often dual carriageways with frequent U-turn lanes and intersections, thus slowing down traffic. Coupled with the increase in the number of vehicles and the demand for limited-access motorways, the Thai Government issued a cabinet resolution in 1997 detailing the motorway construction master plan. Some upgraded sections of highway are being turned into "motorways", while other motorways are being purpose-built. List of moto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phasi Charoen District
Phasi Charoen ( th, ภาษีเจริญ, ) is one of the 50 districts (''Khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. The district is bounded by other Bangkok districts (from north clockwise): Taling Chan, Bangkok Noi, Bangkok Yai, Thon Buri, Chom Thong, Bang Bon, and Bang Khae. History The name of the district came from a canal, ''Khlong Phasi Charoen'' (คลองภาษีเจริญ), linking Tha Chin River to Khlong Bangkok Yai. The canal project was initiated by ''Phra Phasi Sombat Boribun'' (พระภาษีสมบัติบริบูรณ์), who later became ''Phraya Phison Sombat Boribun'' (พระยาพิสณฑ์สมบัติบริบูรณ์). Originally Phasi Charoen proposed to fund the project in exchange for the right to collect tolls for passage. It was approved by King Mongkut, however, with the fund given via tax deduction from the amount Phra Phasi Sombat Boriboon had to collect, thus making the canal toll-free. Constructi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
