{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Bang Bon | native_name = บางบอน | native_name_lang = th | settlement_type = [[List of districts of Bangkok|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 = [[Provinces of Thailand|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 = [[Time in Thailand|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 [[List of districts of Bangkok|50 districts]] (''khet'') of [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]. Its neighbours, clockwise from north, are [[Bang Khae district|Bang Khae]], [[Phasi Charoen district|Phasi Charoen]], [[Chom Thong district, Bangkok|Chom Thong]], and [[Bang Khun Thian district|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 [[Colocasia esculenta#Ornamental|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|[[File:Khwaeng 1050.png|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]] [[mango]]s, [[coconut]]s, [[orchid]]s, and [[Nelumbo nucifera|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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