Bang Khun Phrom

{{Infobox settlement   |official_name = Bang Khun Phrom |native_name = บางขุนพรหม |settlement_type = [[Khwaeng]] | coordinates = {{coord|13|45|54|N|100|30|18|E|display=title}}

|motto = | image_map = {{#property:P242}} | map_caption = Location in [[Phra Nakhon District]]  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name ={{flag|Thailand}} |subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Bangkok]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Amphoe|Khet]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Phra Nakhon District|Phra Nakhon]]  |established_title = |established_date =  |area_total_km2 = 0.458 | 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 = 2020 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 4,063 |population_density_km2 =  |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 = |image_skyline=วัดอินทรวิหาร เขตพระนคร กรุงเทพมหานคร (39).jpg |caption =Luang Pho To, a huge standing [[Buddha image]] of [[Wat Intharawihan]], Bang Khun Phrom }} '''Bang Khun Phrom''' ({{langx|th|บางขุนพรหม}}, {{IPA|th|bāːŋ kʰǔn pʰrōm|pron}}) is a ''[[khwaeng]]'' (subdistrict) of [[Phra Nakhon District]], in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]. In 2020, it had a total population of 4,063 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stat.bora.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statyear/#/TableTemplate4/Area/statpop?yymm=63&ccDesc=%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3&topic=statpop&ccNo=10&rcodeNo=1001&rcodeDesc=%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3|publisher=Department of Provincial Administration|title=Population statistics 2020|language=Thai|accessdate=12 October 2021}}</ref>

==History & toponymy== Formerly the area known as ''Ban Lan'' (บ้านลาน, {{IPA|th|bâːn lāːn|pron}}), a place that was a hub of [[palm-leaf manuscript]] shops. The name ''Ban Lan'' literally means "community of palm-leaves". The palm leaves sold at Bang Khun Phrom were imported from [[Amphoe Pak Kret|Pak Kret]]'s [[Bang Tanai]].

Later, its name was changed to ''Bang Khun Phrom'' after the name of [[Khun (courtesy title)|Khun]] Phrom, a nobleman who had a monopoly on the palm-leaf trade in this area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://banglamphumuseum.treasury.go.th/news_view.php?nid=274|language=thai|accessdate=2024-03-06|date=2019-10-22|title=ร้านลานทอง: ร้านค้าใบลานแห่งสุดท้ายในย่านบางลำพู|work=Banglamphu Museum|first= Lalita|last=Asawasakulruecha}}</ref>

In the past, Bang Khun Phrom area was as wide as the western side of [[Samsen Road]], the location of [[Wat Sam Phraya]] and [[Bang Khun Phrom Palace]]. The result of the administrative division of Bangkok causing both to be in the present [[Wat Sam Phraya subdistrict|Wat Sam Phraya Subdistrict]].

Bang Khun Phrom, in the perception of Thai people, is known in terms of being the location of the country's first television station, [[Channel 9 (Thailand)|Channel 4]] (present-day [[Channel 9 MCOT HD]]), which has been in operation since 1955, therefore it is familiarly known as Channel 4 Bang Khun Phrom.

Originally, the area beside Wat Sam Phraya cut across Samsen Road to Wat Iam Woranuch and Wat Mai Amataros. There was Khlong Bang Khun Phrom running through it. It was a large and wide [[khlong|canal]]. Khlong Bang Khun Phrom was filled during the government of Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn as a road named Payap Road. Today it has been integrated into a part of Samsen Road.<ref>{{cite web|language=thai|date=2022-12-15|accessdate=2024-04-06|url=https://www.blockdit.com/posts/63904612cf6b0b31a81f30f3|title=วัดสามพระยา-บางขุนพรหม|work=Blockdit|author=Siamdesa by Lek-Prapai Viriyapan Foundation}}</ref>

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[[Category:Subdistricts of Bangkok]] [[Category:Phra Nakhon district]]