350px, Seagulls, Bang Pu Bang Pu ( th, บางปู, ), also known as Bang Pu Recreation Center () is a seaside resort on the

Bay of Bangkok The Bay of Bangkok ( th, อ่าวกรุงเทพ, , ), also known as the Bight of Bangkok, is the northernmost part of the Gulf of Thailand, roughly extending from Hua Hin District to the west and Sattahip District to the east. Three o ...

(upper

Gulf of Thailand The Gulf of Thailand, also known as the Gulf of Siam, is a shallow inlet in the southwestern South China Sea, bounded between the southwestern shores of the Indochinese Peninsula and the northern half of the Malay Peninsula. It is around in l ...

) belonging to

Mueang Samut Prakan District Mueang Samut Prakan district ( th, อำเภอเมืองสมุทรปราการ, ) or colloquially as ''Paknam Samut Prakan'' ( th, ปากน้ำสมุทรปราการ) is the capital district ('' amphoe mueang' ...

, Samut Prakan 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 ...

. Bang Pu, literally 'place of crabs', was established in accordance with the ideas of Field Marshal

Plaek Pibulsongkram Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram ( th, แปลก พิบูลสงคราม ; alternatively transcribed as ''Pibulsongkram'' or ''Pibulsonggram''; 14 July 1897 – 11 June 1964), locally known as Marshal P. ( th, จอมพล � ...

while serving as Prime Minister in 1937 to be a place of recreation for people in that era. It occupies an area of 369 rai (about 252 acres). At present, it has been maintained by the Quartermaster Department Royal Thai Army. It gained great popularity among people especially young people in the 1950s–1960s, as it is the closest seaside to Bangkok. It is mentioned in the dialogue of the 1997 film '' Dang Bireley's and Young Gangsters'' as a place where Dang's girlfriend wants to go on a trip. A Bang Pu landmark is ''Saphan Suk Ta'' (สะพานสุขตา), a pier extending into the sea. At its end is a restaurant called ''Sala Sukjai'' (ศาลาสุขใจ) where dances are held every Saturday evening. Bang Pu provides habitat for large flocks of migratory seagulls that migrate from Siberia annually in the early winter (around beginning of November).

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Tourist attractions in Samut Prakan province {{Coord, 13, 30, 17.3478, N, 100, 43, 48.1362, E, region:TH_type:landmark, display=title category:1937 establishments in Siam