{{Redirect|Bang Khen}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Bang Khen | native_name = บางเขน | native_name_lang = th | settlement_type = [[List of Districts of Bangkok|Khet]] | image_skyline = BTS Constitution protectors monument - garden .jpg | image_size = 300px | image_caption = Bang Khen roundabout, the location where [[Constitution Defense Monument]] once stood, is now occupied by [[Wat Phra Sri Mahathat station]] | image_map = Amphoe 1005.svg<!--Amphoe 1005.png--> | map_caption = Khet location in [[Bangkok]] | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|13|52|26|N|100|35|47|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 = Anusawari | subdivision_type3 = ''[[Khwaeng]]'' | subdivision_name3 = 2 | established_title = Amphoe established | established_date = | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_total_km2 = 42.123 | population_total = 190681<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|publisher=Department of Provincial Administration, Ministry of Internal Affairs|access-date=2018-04-01}} ([http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/ Search page])</ref> | population_as_of = 2017 | population_density_km2 = 4,526.76 | timezone = [[Time in Thailand|ICT]] | utc_offset = +7 | postal_code_type = [[Postal code]] | postal_code = 10220<br/>{{small|except Mu 8-10 of Tha Raeng: 10230}} | geocode = 1005 | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Bang Khen''' ({{langx|th|บางเขน}}, {{IPA|th|bāːŋ kʰěːn|pron}}) is one of the [[List of districts of Bangkok|50 districts]] (''khet'') of [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]. It is bounded by other Bangkok districts (from north clockwise): [[Sai Mai district|Sai Mai]], [[Khlong Sam Wa district|Khlong Sam Wa]], [[Khan Na Yao district|Khan Na Yao]], [[Bueng Kum district|Bueng Kum]], [[Lat Phrao district|Lat Phrao]], [[Chatuchak district|Chatuchak]], [[Lak Si district|Lak Si]], and [[Don Mueang district|Don Mueang]].
==History== Bang Khen was established as an [[amphoe]] (district) of Phra Nakhon Province in 1897. The district occupied a vast plain in northern Bangkok known as "Thung Bang Khen" (ทุ่งบางเขน, {{lit|Bang Khen Field}}), which was largely dominated by farmland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.khaosod.co.th/view_newsonline.php?newsid=1439556577|work=[[Khao Sod]]|language=thai|date=2015-08-15|trans-title=Time flies than expected-the old pictures telling stories of Bangkok in the past|title=ยุคสมัยผ่านไปไวกว่าที่คิด-ชวนชมภาพเก่าเล่าเรื่องราวของกรุงเทพในอดีต}}</ref> In October 1933, it became a battleground during the [[Boworadet Rebellion]], a confrontation between the troops of Prince [[Boworadet]] and government forces.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.posttoday.com/travel/289073|work=Posttoday|trans-title=What had happened in Bang Khen Field|title=เคยเกิดอะไรในทุ่งบางเขน|date=2014-04-13|language=thai}}</ref>
The name "Bang Khen" is believed to be a corrupted form of "Bang Ken" (บางเข็น), meaning "place of pushing". According to a [[Thai folklore|regional folk tale]], as told in the "Legend of Lord Uthong" (ตำนานท้าวอู่ทอง), a golden barge belonging to Lord Uthong (a [[legendary king|mythical figure]], not King [[Uthong]] of [[Ayutthaya kingdom|Ayutthaya]]) ran aground in a shallow canal. The crew had to wade into the water and push ("ken" in Thai) the barge through the shallow, difficult passage, which gave rise to the name.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Thongdaeng|first1=Wityada|title=ชุมทางตลิ่งชัน ย่านเก่า [ก่อน] กรุงเทพฯ|first2=Saran|last2=Thongpan|trans-title=Taling Chan junction old neighbourhood [before] Bangkok|date=September 2012|publisher=Muang Boran Journal|location=Bangkok|isbn=978-974-7727-93-7|pages=23 |language=Thai}}</ref>
In 1972, [[Thonburi]] and Phra Nakhon Provinces were combined and called ''[[Krung Thep Maha Nakhon]]''. Administrative units within the capital were renamed "districts" (''khet'') and "sub-district" (''khwaeng''), replacing "amphoe" and "tambon" respectively. Bang Khen became a district in the newly combined province. At that time it had eight sub-districts.
Bang Khen was once a very large district, but has been reduced in size after several modifications to district boundaries. In 1989, western and southwestern portions were split off to create [[Don Mueang district]] and [[Chatuchak district]] respectively. In 1997, a northern portion of Bang Khen was split off to create [[Sai Mai district]], but in the same reorganization Bang Khen received Mu 8-10 of Chorakhe Bua subdistrict from [[Lat Phrao district]]. [[file:Pitak Ratthathammanun Monument.JPG|thumb|right|Anusawari Lak Si, aka Constitutional Protection Monument, a monument of Boworadet rebellion]] {{Asof|2018}} the [[11th Infantry Regiment (Thailand)|Thai Army's 11th Infantry Division]] occupies {{convert|3,000|rai|ha acre|lk=in|abbr=unit}} of land in Bang Khen.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thai Liberal Party vows to reform Thai Army |url=https://prachatai.com/english/node/7707 |access-date=13 September 2018 |work=Pratchatai English |date=2018-04-05}}</ref>
==Administration== The district is divided into two sub-districts (''[[khwaeng]]''). {|class="wikitable sortable" !No.||Name||Thai||Area<br/>(km<sup>2</sup>)||Map |- |{{center|2.}}||Anusawari||{{lang|th|อนุสาวรีย์}}||<div align="right">18.406</div>||rowspan=3|[[File:Khwaeng 1005.png|120px|Map]] |- |{{center|8.}}||[[Tha Raeng, Bangkok|Tha Raeng]]||{{lang|th|ท่าแร้ง}}||<div align="right">23.717</div> |- !colspan=3|Total||<div align="right">42.123</div> |} {{small|The missing numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 belong to the sub-districts which were split off to form Chatuchak, Sai Mai and Don Mueang districts.}}
==District council== The Bang Khen district council has eight members, who serve four-year terms. [[2006 Thailand local elections|Elections]] were last held on 30 April 2006. The [[Thai Rak Thai Party]] won all eight seats.
==Places of interest== * [[Wat Phra Si Mahathat|Wat Phra Si Mahathat Wora Maha Wiharn]] (วัดพระศรีมหาธาตุวรมหาวิหาร) Temple of Holy Relics * [[Constitution Defense Monument]] (อนุสาวรีย์พิทักษ์รัฐธรรมนูญ) at Lak Si Circle (วงเวียนหลักสี่) * Sathira Dhammasathan (เสถียรธรรมสถาน) Buddhist Retreat Center * Ying Charoen Market (ตลาดยิ่งเจริญ) or [[Saphan Mai Market]] (ตลาดสะพานใหม่). The original name of Saphan Mai was Saphan Sukoranakhaseni (สะพานสุกรนาคเสนีย์) *[[Lumpinee Boxing Stadium]] (สนามมวยเวทีลุมพินี) [[Muay Thai]] arena moved from [[Pathum Wan]] in 2014
==Education== * Phranakhon Rajabhat University, (Khwaeng Anusawari) * Rattanakosin Somphot Bangkhen School, (Khwaeng Tha Raeng) * Bang Khen District non-formal and informal Education, (Khwaeng Anusawari) *[[Krirk University]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200511/http://www.bma.go.th/bmaeng/bangkhen/ BMA website with the tourist landmarks of Bang Khen] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090202050010/http://www.bma.go.th/bangkhen/ Bang Khen district office] (Thai only) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100117183925/http://bangkoklibrary.com/content/73-map-bang-khen-district-bangkok-thailand Map of Bang Khen District]
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