Bang Khu Wat ( th, บางคูวัด, ) is a ''
tambon
''Tambon'' ( th, ตำบล, ) is a local governmental unit in Thailand. Below district (''amphoe'') and province (''changwat''), they form the third administrative subdivision level. there were 7,255 tambons, not including the 180 ''khwaeng'' ...
'' (subdistrict) of
Mueang Pathum Thani district
Mueang Pathum Thani ( th, เมืองปทุมธานี, ) is the capital district ('' amphoe mueang'') of Pathum Thani province, central Thailand.
History
In the past, the district was called Bang Kadi District after the name of centr ...
,
Pathum Thani province,
central Thailand
Central Thailand (Central plain) or more specifically Siam (also known as Suvarnabhumi and Dvaravati) is one of the regions of Thailand, covering the broad alluvial plain of the Chao Phraya River. It is separated from northeast Thailand (Isan) by ...
.
History
In the past, Bang Khu Wat was an area very famous for Thai
sugar cane
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalks t ...
, a delicacy
regional sweets.
There is a rhyming saying of the hawker when selling goods that:
(literally: Chinese sugar cane of
Bang Yai, Thai sugar cane of Bang Khu Wat, Khao lam tat of
Wat Rakhang
Wat Rakhangkhositaram Woramahaviharn ( th, วัดระฆังโฆสิตาราม วรมหาวิหาร) or usually shortened to Wat Rakhangkhositaram (วัดระฆังโฆสิตาราม), familiarly known ...
,
Khanom farang kudi chin, Oh thou).
Geography
Bang Khu Wat has the southeastern part adjacent to the
Chao Phraya River
The Chao Phraya ( or ; th, แม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา, , or ) is the major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the centre of the country. It flows through Bangkok and then into the Gulf of Thailand.
Et ...
, the opposite side is
Pak Kret district,
Nonthaburi province. It is about from
downtown Pathum Thani.
It is bounded by other administrative areas (from north clockwise): Bang Duea and Bang Khayaeng Subdistrict Municipalities in its district,
Pak Kret City Municipality,
Bang Tanai and
Khlong Khoi Subdistrict Administrative Organizations in Pak Kret District of Nonthaburi Province, with
Khlong Phra Udom Subdistrict Municipality in
Lat Lum Kaeo district.
Administration
Central administration
The entire area is under the administration of Bang Khu Wat
Town Municipality
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
(เทศบาลเมืองบางคูวัด).
Local administration
Bang Khu Wat also consists of 12 administrative ''
muban
Muban ( th, หมู่บ้าน; , ) is the lowest administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74,944 administrative mu ...
s'' (villages)
References
External links
* {{Official website, 1=https://www.bangkhuwat.go.th
Tambon of Pathum Thani province
category:Populated places on the Chao Phraya River