{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Bang Bon | native_name = บางบอน | native_name_lang = th | settlement_type = Khet | image_skyline = Bang Bon, Bangkok 19.04.2022.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption =Ekkachai Road (Highway 3242), Bang Bon, April 2022 | image_map = Amphoe 1050.svg | map_caption = Khet location in Bangkok | pushpin_map = | etymology = A Place of Elephant Ears | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|13|39|50|N|100|24|32|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Thailand | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Bangkok | subdivision_type2 = Seat | subdivision_name2 = Bang Bon Tai | subdivision_type3 = ''Khwaeng'' | subdivision_name3 = 4 | established_title = Khet established | established_date = 6 March 1998 | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_total_km2 = 34.745 | population_total = 107,118<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/views/showDistrictData.php?rcode=10&statType=1&year=60|title=Population and House Report for Year 2017 (see page 3 for data of this district)|publisher=Department of Provincial Administration, Ministry of Internal Affairs|accessdate=2018-04-01}} ([http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/ Search page])</ref> | population_as_of = 2017 | population_density_km2 = 3,082.97 | timezone = ICT | utc_offset = +7 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 10150 | geocode = 1050 | website = {{URL|http://www.bangkok.go.th/bangbon}} | footnotes = }}'''Bang Bon''' ({{langx|th|บางบอน}}, {{IPA|th|bāːŋ bɔ̄ːn|pron}}) is one of the 50 districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. Its neighbours, clockwise from north, are Bang Khae, Phasi Charoen, Chom Thong, and Bang Khun Thian districts of Bangkok, Mueang Samut Sakhon district and Krathum Baen district of Samut Sakhon province, and Nong Khaem district of Bangkok.
==History== Formerly Bang Bon was a tambon of amphoe Bang Khun Thian in Thonburi Province, prior to the merger of Thonburi and Phra Nakhon into a single province, after which it was a sub-district of Bang Khun Thian District.
On 14 October 1997, Bang Bon was split from Bang Khun Thian and established as a new district. The district office opened on 6 March 1998, the last of Bangkok's 50 districts to open, first established temporarily at the Thepyada Arak Fresh Market building, but later moved to a permanent location on Ekkachai Road.
The name ''Bang Bon'' is reference to a type of herbaceous in taro family called ''bon'' (บอน, {{IPA|th|bɔ̄ːn|pron}}) in Thai, also known internationally as elephant ears (''Colocasia esculenta'' var. ''aquatilis''). Bang Bon is therefore "a place of elephant ears".
==Administration== The district has four sub-districts (''khwaeng''). {|class="wikitable sortable" !No.||Name||Thai||Area<br/>(km<sup>2</sup>)||Map |- |{{center|2.}}||Bang Bon Nuea||{{lang|th|บางบอนเหนือ}}||<div align="right">15.203</div>||rowspan=5|150px|Map |- |{{center|3.}}||Bang Bon Tai||{{lang|th|บางบอนใต้}}||<div align="right">8.939</div> |- |{{center|4.}}||Khlong Bang Phran||{{lang|th|คลองบางพราน}}||<div align="right">5.423</div> |- |{{center|5.}}||Khlong Bang Bon||{{lang|th|คลองบางบอน}}||<div align="right">5.180</div> |- !colspan=3|Total||<div align="right">34.745</div> |} {{small|The missing number 1 is the sub-district that was dissolved and divided into four current sub-districts.}}
==Economy== Agriculture is an important part of the area economy. Among Bang Bon's famous products are Nam Doc Mai mangos, coconuts, orchids, and lotus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sanook.com/travel/533511/|date=2005-02-18|accessdate=2020-05-31|language=thai|title=ชีวิตชาวสวนและแหล่งผลิตดอกไม้ย่านบางบอน|trans-title=Gardeners' life and flower production areas in Bang Bon|work=Sanook.com}}</ref>
==Places== *Wat Bang Bon *7th Cycle Birthday Anniversary Park, Bang Bon, otherwise known as 9 Hills Park *Sarasas Witaed Bangbon School *Suksanareewittaya School, formerly and still colloquially known as Suksanari 2 School (shared with Samut Sakhon province)
==Notable people== *Chalerm Yubamrung – politician
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927182358/http://203.155.220.239/subsite/index.php?strOrgID=001057 District website] (Thai) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20051019064636/http://www.bma.go.th/bmaeng/bangbon/ BMA website with the tourist landmarks of Bang Bon]
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