Bang Phli ( th, บางพลี, ) is a district (''
amphoe
An amphoe (sometimes also ''amphur'', th, อำเภอ, )—usually translated as "district"—is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Groups of ''amphoe'' or districts make up the provinces, and are analogous to countie ...
'') of
Samut Prakan province in
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...
. It is home to
Suvarnabhumi Airport (also called (New) Bangkok International Airport), which opened on 28 September 2006 as Thailand's primary airport. The district was part of the once-proposed
Nakhon Suvarnabhumi province
Nakhon Suvarnabhumi ( th, นครสุวรรณภูมิ) was a proposed new province of Thailand in southeast Bangkok around Suvarnabhumi Airport. It was planned to include the districts Lat Krabang and Prawet of Bangkok and Bang Sao T ...
.
History
Bang Phli appeared as evidence that it has been a habitat since the
Khmer era (around 435–1158), because many areas around it are names that are derived from
Khmer such as Thap Nang, Nam Daeng, Bang Chalong etc. The
Khlong Samrong
Khlong Samrong ( th, คลองสำโรง, ) is a ''khlong'' (canal) in central Thailand, regarded as the main watercourse of Samut Prakan Province.
History
The khlong was created a long way back, since the King Ramathibodi II's reign of ...
canal
Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow un ...
, which is long, flows through the area and is considered a main watercourse.
Rattanakosin's renowned poet
Sunthorn Phu
Phra Sunthorn Vohara (Phu) ( th, พระสุนทรโวหาร (ภู่), , ; 26 June 1786 – 1855), known as Sunthorn Phu ( th, สุนทรภู่, , ), is Thailand's best-known royal poet. He wrote during the Rattanakosin pe ...
wrote about Khlong Samrong in his work ''"Nirat Mueang Klaeng"'' during a visit to his father in Rayong Province. When he arrived here and impressed with the young people that take a boat pass through.
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The name "Bang Phli" came from the assumption that when King ]Naresuan
King Naresuan the Great (( th, สมเด็จพระนเรศวรมหาราช, , ) or Sanphet II ( th, สรรเพชญ์ที่ ๒), ( my , နရဲစွမ် (သို့) ဗြနရာဇ်); 1555/1556 – ...
the Great fought with the enemies that came to invade Ayutthaya Ayutthaya, Ayudhya, or Ayuthia may refer to:
* Ayutthaya Kingdom, a Thai kingdom that existed from 1350 to 1767
** Ayutthaya Historical Park, the ruins of the old capital city of the Ayutthaya Kingdom
* Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province (locally ...
. He stopped the army here and have performed a ritual called ''" Bat Phli"'' to terrorize the enemies and to be an auspicious for the army.["บางพลี...นามนี้มีที่มา" ("Bang Phli...this name have origins"), Tell the story..Bang Phli .. Thai heritage way .. (Free travel guidebook) th, ภาษาไทย]
In the reign of King Rama III
Nangklao ( th, พระบาทสมเด็จพระนั่งเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว, ; 31 March 1788 – 2 April 1851), birth name Thap ( th, ทับ), also styled Rama III, was the third king of Siam ...
, Bang Phli became a community where more people came to live, consisting of a variety of people, such as Laotians
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Laos' population was estimated at ab ...
, Mons
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Mons was made into a fortified city by Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut in the 12th century. T ...
with Teochews and Hainanese
Hainanese (Hainan Romanised: ', Hainanese Pinyin: ',), also known as Qióngwén, Heng2 vun2 () or Qióngyǔ, Heng2 yi2 (), is a group of Min Chinese varieties spoken in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan and Overseas Chinese su ...
. Most Chinese have a career in trading and building houses along the waterfront. Therefore, causing Bang Phli to prosper respectively and raised the status to a district in 1895.[
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Geography
Bang Phli district is on the eastern outskirts of Bangkok bisected by the Bang Na-Chonburi Expressway.
Neighboring districts are Bang Na
Bang Na ( th, บางนา, ) is one of the Districts of Bangkok, fifty districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. Its neighbors, clockwise from the north, are the Phra Khanong district, Phra Khanong and Prawet district, Prawet Districts of Bang ...
, Prawet
Prawet ( th, ประเวศ, ) is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. It is in the southeast. Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) Bang Phli ( Samut Prakan province), Bang Na, Phra Khanong, Suan Luang, Bang Ka ...
, and Lat Krabang
Lat Krabang ( th, ลาดกระบัง, ) is one of the eastern districts of Bangkok.
Geography & history
Lat Krabang (literally translating to "slope of shield") is a second largest district of Bangkok (the first one is neighbouring distr ...
(all in Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...
) in the north, Bang Sao Thong and Bang Bo to the east, and Mueang Samut Prakan
Mueang Samut Prakan district ( th, อำเภอเมืองสมุทรปราการ, ) or colloquially as ''Paknam Samut Prakan'' ( th, ปากน้ำสมุทรปราการ) is the capital district ('' amphoe mueang' ...
to the south and west.
Administration
The district is divided into six sub-districts (''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'' ...
s''), which are further subdivided into 83 villages (''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''). Bang Phli itself is also a sub-district municipality (''thesaban tambon
Thesaban ( th, เทศบาล, , ) are the municipalities of Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities: city, town, and sub-district. Bangkok and Pattaya are special municipal entities not included in the ''thesaban'' system.
The mu ...
'') which includes parts of ''tambons'' Bang Phli Yai, Bang Pla, and Bang Chao Long. There are another six tambon administrative organization
''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'' ...
s (TAO) in the district.
The missing geocodes in the table are now form Bang Sao Thong district.
Economy
Bang Phli is home to a number of manufacturing companies including Plan Toys PlanToys is a toy manufacturer located in Trang, Thailand, Trang,Thailand. It was founded in 1981 by Vitool Viraponsavan. They are a sustainable toy manufacturer and use rubberwood, a renewable resource, sustainable by-product of the latex industry' ...
; lingerie company, Triumph International
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; auto parts maker, Yarnphan; Surf Technicians Inc.; windsurfing equipment design company, Natural Corporation; chemical manufacturer, Hanwha Chemical alkali soluble resin (ASR) and emulsion plant; furniture manufacturer, Rockworth;, Hino Motors
Hino Motors, Ltd., commonly known as Hino, is a Japanese manufacturer of commercial vehicles and diesel engines (including those for trucks, buses and other vehicles) headquartered in Hino, Tokyo. The company was established in 1942 as a corpora ...
, and a Nivea
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cosmetics production plant. The first IKEA
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store in Thailand opened at Mega Bangna on the Bang Na-Bang Pakong Highway in Bang Kaeo in late-2011.
Festivals
Bang Phli is known for its annual Lotus Flower (Rap Bua) Festival, which takes place on the last day of vassa
The ''Vassa'' ( pi, vassa-, script=Latn, sa, varṣa-, script=Latn, both "rain") is the three-month annual retreat observed by Theravada practitioners. Taking place during the wet season, Vassa lasts for three lunar months, usually from July ...
on the fourteenth day of the waxing moon in the eleventh lunar month
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Variations
In Shona, Middle Eastern, and Europ ...
, usually the full moon in October. A boat carrying a replica of the ''Luang Poh To'' Buddha statue from the temple Wat Bang Pli Yai Nai is moved along the Khlong Samrong canal. The people on the banks of the canal throw lotus flowers onto the boat, as donating lotus flowers to Buddha is merit-making.
Attractions
*Bang Phli floating market or Ancient Bang Phli market: an authentic market over 100 years old which still remains the same. It is located on the bank of Khlong Samrong. It was one of the flourishing communities in the past. It is assumed that Chinese opened this market in 1857 to transport goods and people from the east coast to Bangkok. What is interesting about the market are traditional wooden shophouse
A shophouse is a building type serving both as a residence and a commercial business. It is defined in dictionary as a building type found in Southeast Asia that is "a shop opening on to the pavement and also used as the owner's residence", a ...
s lined along the Khlong Samrong with a length of 500 m (1640 ft). They were built with Thai mixed Chinese architectures two-storey hipped roof.[
*]Wat Bang Phli Yai Nai
Wat Bang Phli Yai Nai ( th, วัดบางพลีใหญ่ใน, ) is a Thai Buddhist temple in the area of Bang Phli Yai Subdistrict, Bang Phli District, Samut Prakan Province, outskirts Bangkok.
The temple is classified as the thi ...
: an ancient Buddhist temple
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rim Khlong Samrong next to floating market, where Luang Poh To is enshrined. This Buddha statue has a folklore
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that is said to float over the water more than 200 years ago along with two other Buddha statues (Luang Poh Ban Laem of Wat Ban Laem
Wat Phet Samut Worawihan ( th, วัดเพชรสมุทรวรวิหาร) or popularly known as Wat Ban Laem (วัดบ้านแหลม) is an ancient wat, Thai Buddhist temple in Maha Nikaya, Mahā Nikāya sect of Samut S ...
and Luang Poh Sothon of Wat Sothonwararam
Wat Sothonwararam is a temple in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand. Located in the Municipality of Mueang Chachoengsao alongside the Bang Pakong River, it was initially named ‘Wat Hong,’ and was built in the late Ayutthaya Ayutthaya, Ayudhya, or ...
).[
*Wat Bang Phil Yai Klang, also known as Wat Phra Non: another Buddhist temple in pair with Wat Bang Phli Yai Nai, located between Wat Bang Phli Yai Nai and Wat Khong Kharam (Wat Yai Nu), hence the name Wat Bang Phli Yai Klang (Klang in Thai means middle). Highlight of the temple remains at the biggest Buddha reclining posture statue in Thailand named ''Phra Sakayamunee Si Sumetbophit'', with approximately 53 m (173 ft) long.
*Mega Bangna, the first low rise Super Regional shopping center in Southeast Asia.
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Health
* Bang Phli Hospital
Bang or bangs may refer to:
Products
* M1922 Bang rifle, a US semi-automatic rifle designed by Søren Hansen Bang
* Bang, a List of model car brands, model car brand
* Bang (beverage), an energy drink
Geography
* Bang, Lorestan, a village in I ...
, a general hospital operated by the Ministry of Public Health
* Chakri Naruebodindra Medical Institute (CNMI), a university hospital operated by the
Education
* American School of Bangkok Bangna Campus
* Thai-Chinese International School is in ''Bang Phli Yai''Home
. Thai-Chinese International School. Retrieved on 28 February 2013.
References
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Bang Phli
Bang Phli ( th, บางพลี, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Samut Prakan province in Thailand. It is home to Suvarnabhumi Airport (also called (New) Bangkok International Airport), which opened on 28 September 2006 as Thailand's primary ai ...