Bang Lamphu Lang Explained

Official Name:Bang Lamphu Lang
Native Name:บางลำภูล่าง
Settlement Type:Khwaeng
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Bangkok
Subdivision Type3:Khet
Subdivision Name3:Khlong San
Area Total Km2:2.234
Area Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:23513
Timezone:ICT
Utc Offset:+7
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Blank Name:TIS 1099

Bang Lamphu Lang (Thai: บางลำภูล่าง, in Thai pronounced as /bāːŋ lām.pʰūː lâːŋ/) is a khwaeng (subdistrict) of Khlong San district, Bangkok's Thonburi side (west bank of Chao Phraya river).

History

Originally, Bang Lamphu Lang was a name of all Khlong San area. Its name changed to Khlong San in the reign of King Vajiravudh (Rama VI). It became part of Bangkok after the merging of Thonburi and Phra Nakhon provinces in 1971.

Its name "Bang Lamphu Lang" meaning "lower place of mangrove apples". Its name has a similar origin to Bang Lamphu in Phra Nakhon side (ฺBangkok core). Because, in the past it was considered an area adjacent to the Chao Phraya river and was a source of mangrove apples (Sonneratia caseolaris, or lamphu in Thai) that grow along the river banks. These trees are also the habitat of fireflies. Today, alike to Bang Lamphu, although mangrove apples and fireflies have disappeared, but its name is still used for this area.

Bang Lamphu Lang (including other areas of Khlong San) in the past was the location of many large businesses, such as salt warehouse, fish sauce factory, wheat flour mill, saw mill and tannery. It was also the home of a rich family of Thai Chinese descent, such as Wanglee, Pisolyabutra, Kiangsiri, including an influential noble family Bunnag. Later on, an Indian businessman Ibrahim Ali Nana bought and rented land in this area to live and conduct business among the fellow Indians, until becoming an Indian settlement. He was an ancestor of the Nana family, whose descendants include Lek Nana.[2]

Geography

Bang Lamphu Lang has an area of 2.47 km2 (0.95 mi2).[3]

Charoen Nakhon road is a main route of the subdistrict.

Neighbouring subdistricts are (from the north clockwise): Khlong Ton Sai in its district, Yan Nawa of Sathon district and Wat Phraya Krai of Bang Kho Laem district (across Chao Phraya river), Samre and Bukkhalo of Thon Buri district.[4]

Places

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/upload/user/00000130/BMA_STATISTICS%202563/ebook%2063.pdf. th:สถิติกรุงเทพมหานครประจำปี 2563. Bangkok Statistics 2020. Administrative Strategy Division, Strategy and Evaluation Department, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration . 2021 . 27 November 2021. th.
  2. Web site: อนาคตของ "ต้นลำพู" กับ "ชุมชนบางลำพูล่าง" ในความทรงจำ. 2014-01-02. 2019-09-13. thai. Sarakadee Magazine. Nannapat . Kanyana. Future of "mangrove apples" and "Bang Lamphu Lang community" in memory.
  3. Web site: ข้อมูลแขวงบางลำภูล่าง เขตคลองสาน กรุงเทพมหานคร. ThaiTambon. thai. Information of Bang Lamphu Lang subdistrict, Khlong San district, Bangkok.
  4. Web site: แขวงบางลำภูล่าง. Bang Lamphu Lang subdistrict. thai. Google Maps.