Bang Na ( th, บางนา, ) is one of the fifty districts (''khet'') of

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. Its neighbors, clockwise from the north, are the Phra Khanong and

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 Kapi, ...

Districts of

and

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 ...

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

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Phra Pradaeng Phra Pradaeng ( th, พระประแดง, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Samut Prakan province in Thailand. History Phra Pradeang was the original center of the area south of Bangkok near the mouth of the Chao Phraya River. Originally na ...

Districts of Samut Prakan province.

History

Bang Na was once a sub-district of Phra Khanong. It became a separate district on 6 March 1998.

Administration

The district has two sub-districts (''khwaeng'').

Places

Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC) is a major convention and exhibition center. Among its regularly hosted events is the annual Bangkok International Motor Show. Several temples are in the district: Wat Bang Na Nai (วัดบางนาใน), Wat Bang Na Nok (วัดบางนานอก), Wat Si Iam (วัดศรีเอี่ยม), and Wat Phong Phloi Witthayaram (วัดผ่องพลอยวิทยาราม). CentralPlaza Bangna, formerly Central City Bangna, is one of the first shopping malls in Bang Na. Unlike most shopping centres in Thailand, it has a theme park and water theme park on upper floors. Royal Dragon Restaurant or Mang Korn Lung (มังกรหลวง) formerly held the Guinness Book record as the world's largest restaurant from 1992 to 2008. It is an outdoor seafood restaurant 1.6 hectares in size. Waiters roller-skate to serve food from the kitchen to the tables. As the district flourished from these attractions, on May 5, 2012, one of Thailand's top 10 shopping malls called Megabangna Shopping Center was built. There are department stores, supermarkets, restaurants, movie theater, ice rink, and a game arcade inside the shopping mall.

Transportation

The

Sukhumvit Line The Sukhumvit line ( th, รถไฟฟ้า สายสุขุมวิท) or Light Green line, is an elevated metro rail line of the BTS Skytrain in Bangkok, Thailand. From the central Siam Station, where it connects with the Silom Lin ...

of the

BTS Skytrain The Bangkok Mass Transit System, commonly known as the BTS Skytrain ( th, รถไฟฟ้าบีทีเอส '' TS'), is an elevated rapid transit system in Bangkok, Thailand. It is operated by Bangkok Mass Transit System PCL (BTSC), a ...

runs through the area along Sukhumvit Road. The extension into Bang Na, which is the one of largest highways in the world opened in August 2011 with three stations: Udom Suk,

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 ...

, and Bearing. The Bang Na station is about 500 m from BITEC. Sukhumvit Road and

Bang Na-Trat Highway Debaratna Road ( th, ถนนเทพรัตน, ), officially known as Highway 34 Bang Na–Nong Mai Daeng Route (ทางหลวงแผ่นดินหมายเลข 34 สายบางนา–หนองไม้แดง), a ...

are two main highways linking Bangkok to eastern Thailand. On top of Bang Na-Trat Highway is the 55 km

Burapha Withi Expressway The Bang Na Expressway (full name: Bang Na - Bang Phli - Bang Pakong Expressway), officially Burapha Withi Expressway ( th, ทางพิเศษบูรพาวิถี), is a six-lane elevated highway in Thailand. It is a toll road and ru ...

reaching Chonburi province. Suvarnabhumi Airport can be accessed from the south via Bang Na-Trat and Burapha Withi as an alternative to the Bangkok-Chonburi Highway (motorway) from the north.

Education

The International Community School, the Bangkok Patana School, and Glory Singapore International School are in the Bang Na District.

References

External links

Official website of the district
(Thai only)
BMA website with the tourist landmarks of Bang Na
{{Khet Bangkok Districts of Bangkok