Bang Phrom (Thai: บางพรม, pronounced [bāːŋ pʰrōm]) is a khwaeng (subdistrict) of Taling Chan district, Bangkok's Thonburi side.
Bang Phrom
บางพรม | |
|---|---|
 Khlong Bang Phrom, an eponymous (Bang Phrom area is right side, left side is Wat Kanchana Singhat in Khlong Chak Phra area) | |
 Location in Taling Chan District | |
| Country |  Thailand |
| Province | Bangkok |
| Khet | Taling Chan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.253 km2 (1.642 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 13,553 |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Postal code | 10170 |
| TIS 1099 | 101904 |
History edit
It is named after Khlong Bang Phrom, a khlong (canal) that runs through the northern part and a dividing line between its area with neighbouring Bang Ramat. The khlong flows away from Khlong Chak Phra to the west up till it meets Khlong Thawi Watthana, total length 14 km (8.7 mi).
In the past, Bang Phrom used to be a rice planting area and there was a wide area extending to neighbouring subdistricts such as Bang Ramat. Local farmers therefore respect Phosop (goddess of rice) and there was a shrine dedicated to her that still exists today inside Wat Siri Watthanaram where confluence of three khlongs Bang Phrom, Lat Ta Niao, and Latmayom. Also on those days, they will have a ceremony to invite the Phosop statue procession to the various khlongs in Taling Chan at around 09.00 am. Then brought up to be enshrined in a local temple and have a complete celebration all night. Later the next day, therefore back by passing Khlong Bang Chueak Nang.
Her original statue is rumored to be gold. It has been stolen by three men from outside the area circa the late 1970s until today, this original statue is not found.
Most local rice mill owners were Chinese.
What is a pity that at present Bang Phrom do not have rice fields anymore. In which the last rice fields were dissolved around 1983.
In the year 1940, Bang Phrom consists of 20 mubans (villages).[2]
It contained 15 administrative villages[3] until the dissolution of administrative villages in the area of Bangkok.
Geography edit
Bang Phrom can be considered as the southeast part of the district, with a total area of 4.253 km2 (1.642 sq mi).
Neighbouring subdistricts are (from the north clockwise): Bang Ramat and Khlong Chak Phra in its district, Khuha Sawan of Phasi Charoen district, Bang Chueak Nang in its district, and Thawi Watthana of Thawi Watthana district, respectively.[4]
Like other areas of Taling Chan, Bang Phrom is filled with many ancient temples and agricultural areas.[2] In which there are a total of 1,182 rai (189.1 ha; 467 acres) of agricultural land.[3]
Bang Phrom is an area that is easily accessible from Soi Charan Sanit Wong 35 in Bang Khun Si subdistrict, Bangkok Noi district and also consists of many roads.[3]
The eponymous Khlong Bang Phrom is a main watercourse of the area. It started in the eastern side of the area, at the mouth of the course is the location of two temples that are paired together, Wat Ratchada Thitthan Ratchaworawihan (Wat Ngoen) and the opposite side Wat Kanchana Singhat (Wat Thong – situated in the Khlong Chak Phra subdistrict), then current continuously as far as Thawi Watthana area.
Places edit
References edit
- ^ Administrative Strategy Division, Strategy and Evaluation Department, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (2021). สถิติกรุงเทพมหานครประจำปี 2563 [Bangkok Statistics 2020] (PDF) (in Thai). Retrieved 27 November 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c Thongdaeng, Wityada; Thongpan, Saran (September 2012). ชุมทางตลิ่งชัน ย่านเก่า [ก่อน] กรุงเทพฯ [Taling Chan junction old neighbourhood [before] Bangkok] (in Thai). Bangkok: Muang Boran Journal. pp. 188–216. ISBN 978-974-7727-93-7.
- ^ a b c "ข้อมูลแขวงบางพรม เขตตลิ่งชัน กรุงเทพมหานคร" [Information of Bang Phrom subdistrict, Taling Chan district, Bangkok]. ThaiTambon.com (in Thai).
- ^ a b "แขวงบางพรม เขตตลิ่งชัน กรุงเทพมหานคร" [Bang Phrom subdistrict, Taling Chan district, Bangkok]. Google Maps (in Thai).