{{short description|Subdistrict in Bangkok, Thailand}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Bang Chak |native_name = บางจาก |settlement_type = [[Khwaeng]] | coordinates = |motto = | image_map = {{#property:P242}} | map_caption = Location in [[Phasi Charoen District]] <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name ={{flag|Thailand}} |subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Bangkok]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Amphoe|Khet]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Phasi Charoen District|Phasi Charoen]] <!-- Politics -----------------> |established_title = |established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_total_km2 = 1.394 |area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/upload/user/00000130/BMA_STATISTICS%202563/ebook%2063.pdf|script-title=th:สถิติกรุงเทพมหานครประจำปี 2563|trans-title=Bangkok Statistics 2020|author=Administrative Strategy Division, Strategy and Evaluation Department, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration|date=2021|access-date=27 November 2021|lang=th|archive-date=30 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930084153/https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/upload/user/00000130/BMA_STATISTICS%202563/ebook%2063.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |area_water_km2 = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 8156 |population_density_km2 = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = [[Indochina Time|ICT]] |utc_offset = +7 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code = {{#property:P281}} |area_code = |blank_name = [[TIS 1099]] |blank_info = {{#property:P1067}} |website = |footnotes = |image_skyline = |caption = }} '''Bang Chak''' ({{langx|th|บางจาก}}, {{IPA|th|bāːŋ t͡ɕàːk|pron}}) is a ''[[khwaeng]]'' (sub-district) of [[Phasi Charoen]] District, [[Bangkok]]'s [[Thonburi]] side. The subdistrict contained seven [[tambon|administrative village]]s.<ref name=su/>
==History and etymology== It is named after [[Khlong]] Bang Chak that runs through the area. It is a [[tributary]] of [[Khlong Bang Luang]], also known as Khlong Bangkok Yai, on the southward of [[Khlong Bang Chueak Nang]].<ref name=Ro/>
The name Bang Chak means "place of [[nipa palm]]s", because there used to be this species of plants in this area. It was mentioned in ''[[Kamsuan Samut]]'' or ''Kamsuan Siprat'', an ancient literature written in the early [[Ayutthaya period]] alike nearby areas [[Bang Ramat]] and [[Bang Chueak Nang]] of [[Taling Chan]] District.<ref name=Ro>{{cite web|url=https://www.matichon.co.th/news-monitor/news_768944 |title=บางเชือกหนัง, บางจาก (ในคลองบางหลวง) กรุงเทพฯ เก่าสุด ก่อนเมืองบางกอก|trans-title=Bang Chueak Nang, Bang Chak (in Khlong Bang Luang) oldest in Bangkok before the capital|date=2017-12-16|accessdate=2019-08-21|work=[[Matichon]]|first=Sujit |last= Wongthes}}</ref>
==Geography== Bang Chak can be considered as the eastern part of the district, with total area of 1.50 km<sup>2</sup> (0.57 mi<sup>2</sup>).<ref name=su>{{cite web|url=http://www.bangkok.go.th/phasicharoen/page/sub/2880/%E0%B8%82%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B1%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%95|title=ข้อมูลทั่วไปของเขต|language=thai|work=[[Bangkok Metropolitan Administration|Bangkok]]|trans-title=General information of district|access-date=2019-08-21|archive-date=2019-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818122913/http://www.bangkok.go.th/phasicharoen/page/sub/2880/%E0%B8%82%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B1%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%95|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Neighboring subdistricts are (from the north clockwise): [[Bang Waek]], Khuha Sawan, [[Pak Khlong Phasi Charoen]], [[Bang Wa]], and Bang Duan.<ref name=bang/>
Khlong Bang Chak and Khlong Bang Phlia are the local main watercourses.<ref name=chak>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bang+Chak,+Phasi+Charoen,+Bangkok+10160/@13.7271812,100.4473467,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x30e298300fbaed37:0x40100b25de28d00!8m2!3d13.7279902!4d100.4523006|work=[[Google Maps]]|language=thai|title=Bang Chak, Phasi Charoen, Bangkok 10160}}</ref>
The local temples Wat Kamphaeng Bang Chak and Wat Pradu Bang Chak, indeed, they are situated in Pak Khlong Phasi Charoen Sub-district. Another temple Wat Yang Bang Chak is situated in the area of Kukha Sawan Sub-district. <ref name=chak/>
==Population== In January 2016, it had a total population of 8,221 people (3,804 men, 4,417 women) in 3,565 households.<ref name=bang>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/368081443359841/photos/a.368413416659977/533315333503117/?type=1&theater|title=สถิติประชากร-บ้าน เดือน มกราคม 2559|language=thai|date=2016-03-08|accessdate=2019-08-21|work=facebook|trans-title= Population-households statistics January 2016|author=Bangkok Express Service Phasi Charoen District Seacon Bangkae}}</ref>
==Transportation== *Ratchaphruek Road<ref name=chak/>
==References== {{reflist}} {{Coord|13|43|43.6|N|100|27|10.7|E|region:TH_type:landmark|display=title}}
[[Category:Phasi Charoen district]] [[category:Subdistricts of Bangkok]]