Phraekkasa ( th, แพรกษา, , also colloquially known as ''Phraek Sa'', ) 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'' ...

'' (sub-district) and neighbourhood in the area of

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 on eastern outskirts Bangkok.

History & toponymy

The area dates back to the late

Ayutthaya era The Ayutthaya Kingdom (; th, อยุธยา, , IAST: or , ) was a Siamese kingdom that existed in Southeast Asia from 1351 to 1767, centered around the city of Ayutthaya, in Siam, or present-day Thailand. The Ayutthaya Kingdom is consi ...

, the first people who migrated to settle at Phraekkasa. They are

Mon people The Mon ( mnw, ဂကူမည်; my, မွန်လူမျိုး‌, ; th, มอญ, ) are an ethnic group who inhabit Lower Myanmar's Mon State, Kayin State, Kayah State, Tanintharyi Region, Bago Region, the Irrawaddy Delta, and s ...

from

Pathum Thani Pathum Thani ( th, ปทุมธานี, ) is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in central Thailand, directly north of Bangkok. It is the capital of the Pathum Thani province, Thailand as well as the Mueang Pathum Thani district. As of 2005, it ha ...

and Pak Lat (now

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 n ...

). They set up houses along the Khlong Phraekkasa canal. At that time, the vicinity was still a

mangrove forest Mangrove forests, also called mangrove swamps, mangrove thickets or mangals, are productive wetlands that occur in coastal intertidal zones. Mangrove forests grow mainly at tropical and subtropical latitudes because mangroves cannot withstand fr ...

. Originally, the area was referred to as ''Phraek Ta Sa'' (แพรกตาสา, ). Later on, it was corrupted into ''Phraekkasa'' like today.

Geography

Phraekkasa is the eastern part of Mueang Samut Prakan, the capital district of the province. Its adjacent areas, clockwise from north, are Bang Mueang and Phraekkasa Mai, Bang Pu Mai, and Thai Ban Mai. It all belongs on Mueang Samut Prakan.

Administration

It is under the administration of two local government bodies: Phraekkasa Town Municipality, and Phraekkasa Sub-District Municipality. It is also divided into seven 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 ...

'' (village)

Economy

Phraekkasa is an industrial zone. There are many

industrial estate An industrial park (also known as industrial estate, trading estate) is an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development. An industrial park can be thought of as a more "heavyweight" version of a business park or office park, ...

s in the area.

Transportation

The area is served by nearby the Phraek Sa Station (E21) 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 ...

, whose Sukhumvit Line runs above

Sukhumvit Road Sukhumvit Road ( th, ถนนสุขุมวิท, , ), or Highway 3 ( th, ทางหลวงแผ่นดินหมายเลข 3), is a major road in Thailand, and a major surface road of Bangkok and other cities. It follows ...

(Highway 3). It is also crossed by Phraekkasa Road (Rural Route 16-001).

References

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