Bang Kapi subdistrict

{{Short description|Khwaeng in Bangkok, Thailand}} {{Infobox settlement   |official_name = Bang Kapi |native_name = บางกะปิ |settlement_type = [[Khwaeng]] | coordinates = |motto = | image_skyline= Bang Kapi, Huai Khwang, Bangkok, Thailand - panoramio - Masahiro Awatani (2).jpg |image_caption = Final stretch of [[Ekkamai Road]] that crosses Khlong Saen Seap in Bang Kapi Subdistrict area. | image_map = {{#property:P242}} | map_caption = Location in [[Huai Khwang District]]  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name ={{flag|Thailand}} |subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Bangkok]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Amphoe|Khet]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Huai Khwang District|Huai Khwang]]  |established_title = |established_date =  |area_total_km2 = 5.408 |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_as_of = 2018 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =17,606 |population_density_km2 = 3,255.54  |timezone = [[Indochina Time|ICT]] |utc_offset = +7 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m =  |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code = {{#property:P281}} |area_code = |blank_name = [[TIS 1099]] |blank_info = {{#property:P1067}} |website = |footnotes = }} '''Bang Kapi''' ({{langx|th|บางกะปิ}}, {{IPA|th|bāːŋ kāpìʔ|pron}}) is a ''[[khwaeng]]'' (subdistrict) of [[Huai Khwang]] District, [[Bangkok]].

==History== The name "Bang Kapi" comes from "Thung Bang Kapi" (ทุ่งบางกะปิ), a vast field that once stretched from the southern part of [[Ayutthaya Province]] to Bangkok, and from the eastern side of the [[Chao Phraya River]] to the [[Nakhon Nayok River]]. The landscape consisted of lowlands with swamps, grove woods, dense grasses, and reeds, standing only 1–2 meters (approximately 3–6 feet) above sea level. As a result, the area experienced annual floods that lasted for 3–4 months at a time. It was also home to a variety of wildlife, including [[Indochinese Tiger|tiger]]s, [[Elephants in Thailand|elephant]]s, [[Muntiacus muntjak|barking deer]]s, [[gaur]]s, and the now-extinct [[Schomburgk's deer]]. The area was considered part of the broader region known as "Thung Luang" (ทุ่งหลวง), meaning "the great field".<ref name=ka/>

During the reign of King [[Rama III]], the [[Khlong Saen Saep]] [[khlong|canal]] was excavated to serve as a shortcut for transporting military equipment during the [[Siamese–Vietnamese War (1841–1845)|Siamese–Vietnamese War]]. The canal flows through the Thung Bang Kapi area toward [[Chachoengsao Province]] in the east. Today, it remains the longest canal in Thailand and has several branches, such as Khlong Bang Kapi, Khlong Hua Mak, [[Khlong Chan]], [[Khlong Tan]], and Khlong Chaokhun Sing. These names have since been adopted as the names of subdistricts in modern-day Bangkok. [[Islam in Thailand|Muslim communitie]]s began to settle along the canal, as many Muslim labourers had played a key role in the canal's construction.<ref name=ma>{{cite web|url=http://news.muslimthaipost.com/news/21344|title=ฮือฮา เมื่อ แผลเก่า เรียม คือ มาเรียม เป็นมุสลิม ทุ่งบางกะปิ|trans-title=Panic when ''The Scar'' Riam as Mariam was a Muslim of Bang Kapi field|language=thai|work=Muslimthaipost|date=4 September 2014 }}</ref>

The vast expanse of Thung Bang Kapi once covered areas that now include [[Makkasan]], [[Bang Kapi]], [[Wang Thonglang]], [[Lat Phrao Road|Lat Phrao]], and parts of [[Sukhumvit Road]].<ref name=ka>{{cite web|url=https://mgronline.com/onlinesection/detail/9590000095566|title=บางกะปิย้ายบาง จากถนนสุขุมวิทไปอยู่คลองจั่น!! เปิดตำนานพื้นที่กรุงเทพฯเป็นป่าชุ่มน้ำมาก่อน!|first=Rome|last=Bunnag|work=[[ASTV Manager]]|date=2016-09-28|accessdate=2019-10-22|trans-title=Bang Kapi, move from Sukhumvit Road to Khlong Chan !! open legend of Bangkok was flooded forests before!|language=thai}}</ref> This area also served as the setting for the classic Thai tragic novel ''[[Plae Kao]]'' (แผลเก่า) by Mai Mueangdoem. In the early 1960s, the extension of [[Phetchaburi Road]] (New Phetchaburi Road) to Khlong Tan led to the development of many ''[[soi]]s'' (alleyways) that connected to Sukhumvit Road to the south. Consequently, the once expansive Bang Kapi area began to shrink to its present-day boundaries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culturedcreatures.co/phromphong-story/|title=เรื่องเล่าจากคนพร้อมพงษ์|trans-title=Tales from the Phrom Phong residents|first=Tada|last= Ratchagit|language=thai|work=CULTURED CREATURES|date=26 July 2017 |accessdate=2021-01-15}}</ref>

In 1974, Bang Kapi, along with Huai Khwang, was separated from [[Phaya Thai District]] to become a full district and subdistrict of its own.<ref name=thai>{{cite web|url=http://www.thaitambon.com/tambon/101702|work=ThaiTambon|title=ข้อมูลแขวงบางกะปิ เขตห้วยขวาง กรุงเทพมหานคร|trans-title=Information of Bang Kapi Subdistrict, Huai Khwang District, Bangkok|language=thai}}</ref>

==Geography== Bang Kapi has most of the area between Phetchaburi (section New Phetchaburi Road) and [[Rama IX Road]]s. It has 12 communities.<ref name=thai/> The area is bordered by neighbouring subdistricts (from north clockwise): [[Huai Khwang subdistrict, Bangkok|Huai Khwang]] in its district (Khlong Saen Saep is a borderline), Wang Thonglang of Wang Thonglang District (Khlong Lat Phrao is a borderline), Hua Mak of Bang Kapi District (Khlong Saen Saep is a borderline), Suan Luang of [[Suan Luang]] District (Khlong Saen Saep is a borderline), Khlong Tan Nuea of [[Watthana]] District (Khlong Saen Saep is a borderline), [[Makkasan]] of [[Ratchathewi]] District (Asok-Montri Road is a borderline).<ref name=bang>{{cite web|url=http://cpd.bangkok.go.th:90/web2/map/keat/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87.jpg|title=เขตห้วยขวาง|trans-title=Huai Khwang District|language=thai|work=Bsa.or.th}}</ref>

==Places== [[file:Klong Tan station - panoramio.jpg|thumb|250px|Khlong Tan Railway Station.]] *[[Khlong Tan Railway Station]] *[[Asok railway halt|Asok Railway Halt]] *[[Praram 9 Hospital]] *[[Thai-Japanese Association School]] *Wat Uthai Tharam (Wat Bang Kapi) *Petcharavej Hospital *Piyavate Hospital *Makkasan Metropolitan Police Station *Somdet Saranrat Manirom Park<ref name=bang/>

==References== {{reflist}} {{Coord|13|44|38.5|N|100|35|22.7|E|region:TH_type:landmark|display=title}}

[[Category:Huai Khwang district]] [[Category:Subdistricts of Bangkok]]