Prawet subdistrict

{{Infobox settlement   |official_name = Prawet |native_name = ประเวศ |settlement_type = [[Khwaeng]] | coordinates = {{coord|13|43|59.4|N|100|41|19.3|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}} |motto = | image_map = {{#property:P242}} | map_caption = Location in [[Prawet District]]  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name ={{flag|Thailand}} |subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Bangkok]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Amphoe|Khet]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Prawet District|Prawet]]  |established_title = |established_date =  |area_total_km2 = 22.805 |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=28 November 2021|lang=th}}</ref> |area_water_km2 =  |population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 87676 |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= Ban Thap Chang Railway Station 202311-7.jpg |caption = [[Ban Thap Chang station]], the main railway station of [[Eastern Line (Thailand)|eastern line]] located in the subdistrict }} '''Prawet''' ({{langx|th|ประเวศ}}, {{IPA|th|prā.wêːt|pron}}) is a ''[[khwaeng]]'' (subdistrict) of [[Prawet District]], in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]. In 2020, it had a total population of 87,676 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=1032&rcodeDesc=%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A8|publisher=Department of Provincial Administration|title=Population statistics 2020|language=Thai|accessdate=28 November 2021}}</ref>

The word "Prawet" is the shortened of "[[Prawet Burirom Canal|Prawet Burirom]]", a ''[[khlong]]'' (canal) dug through the area in the 19th century. The name mean "entrance to a blissful city".

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[[Category:Subdistricts of Bangkok]] [[Category:Prawet district]]