Official Name: | Prawet |
Native Name: | ประเวศ |
Settlement Type: | Khwaeng |
Coordinates: | 13.7332°N 100.6887°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Bangkok |
Subdivision Type3: | Khet |
Subdivision Name3: | Prawet |
Area Total Km2: | 22.805 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 87676 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Blank Name: | TIS 1099 |
Prawet (Thai: ประเวศ, in Thai pronounced as /prā.wêːt/) is a khwaeng (subdistrict) of Prawet District, in Bangkok, Thailand. In 2020, it had a total population of 87,676 people.[2]
The word "Prawet" is the shortened of "Prawet Burirom", a khlong (canal) dug through the area in the 19th century. The name mean "entrance to a blissful city".