Pak Khlong Bang Pla Kot

Pak Khlong Bang Pla Kot
ปากคลองบางปลากด
Tambon
Phra Samut Chedi Subdistrict Municipality
Wat Phra Samut Chedi
Wat Phra Samut Chedi
Etymology: "the mouth of the bagrid catfish canal"
Pak Khlong Bang Pla Kot is located in Bangkok Metropolitan Region
Pak Khlong Bang Pla Kot
Pak Khlong Bang Pla Kot
Location in Bangkok Metropolitan Region
Coordinates: 13°35′58.27″N 100°35′7.30″E / 13.5995194°N 100.5853611°E / 13.5995194; 100.5853611
CountryThailand
ProvinceSamut Prakan
DistrictPhra Samut Chedi
Named forKhlong Bang Pla Kot
Government
 • TypeSubdistrict Municipality
 • Mayor (acting)Rungrat Songpholwarin
Area
 • Total
6.55 km2 (2.53 sq mi)
Population
11,299[1]
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Postcode
10290
Area code(+66) 02
Websitehttps://phrasamutjedee.go.th/public/

Pak Khlong Bang Pla Kot (Thai: ปากคลองบางปลากด, pronounced [pàːk kʰlɔ̄ːŋ bāːŋ plāː kót]) is a tambon (subdistrict) in Phra Samut Chedi District, Samut Prakan Province, central Thailand.

History

Pak Khlong Bang Pla Kot is the settlement located along the khlong (canal) of the same name that runs through the area. Pak Khlong Bang Pla Kot literally translates as "the mouth of the bagrid catfish canal". Khlong Bang Pla Kot is a canal on the right bank of the Chao Phraya River. Folks have used it as a thoroughfare since the past.

In the middle Ayutthaya period during the King Ekathotsarot's reign it was the site of a Dutch trading-post called "New Amsterdam". The story of New Amsterdam has been described in The History of Japan Together with a Description of the Kingdom of Siam, 1690-1692, the archives of Engelbert Kaempfer, a German physician who followed the Dutch diplomatic corps who came to develop good relations with the Ayutthaya in the early the King Phetracha's reign.

According to Kaempfer, the trading-post was located two leagues away from the river mouth. It as large bamboo building, the roof of which was used as a storage place for hides awaiting shipment.[2]

The current location of New Amsterdam is believed to be in Soi Suk Sawat 55, off Highway 303 (Suk Sawat Road), the location of now AGC Chemicals (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (ACTH), without even leaving any debris.[3]

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The map by Engelbert Kaempfer (1680)
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Location of Phra Pradaeng (old) in now Khlong Toei Port
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Location of New Amsterdam, Pak Khlong Bang Pla Kot

Geography

The terrain is a lowland with the Chao Phraya River flowing through, affected by the flooding of the sea. The soil condition is saline soil, not suitable for cultivation.

It has a total area of 6.55 square kilometers, about 2 km (1.2 mi) from the city of Samut Prakan.

Adjacent areas are (from the north clockwise): Lat Luang Town Municipality, Chao Phraya River, Laem Fa Pha Subdistrict Municipality, and Subdistrict Administrative Organization Nai Khlong Bang Pla Kot.[1]

Administration

The entire area of the Pak Khlong Bang Pla Kot is governed by the Phra Samut Chedi Subdistrict Municipality (เทศบาลตำบลพระสมุทรเจดีย์).

It was also divided into four muban (village)

No. Name Thai
1. Ban Khlong Song Phi Nong บ้านคลองสองพี่น้อง
2. Ban Wat Khae บ้านวัดแค
3. Ban Chedi บ้านเจดีย์
4. Ban Khlong Wat Bot บ้านคลองวัดโบสถ์

These four villages could also be divided into 15 communities.[1]

Population

Pak Khlong Bang Pla Kot has a total population of 11,299 (5,552 men, 5,747 women) in 5,708 households.[1]

Place

Temples

Historical house

Education

Hospital

Government office

  • Phra Samut Chedi Police Station

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d "ข้อมูลสภาพทั่วไป" [General condition information]. Phrasamutjedee (in Thai).
  2. ^ "ประวัติความเป็นมา" [Historical]. Phrasamutjedee (in Thai).
  3. ^ Bunnag, Rome (2019-05-07). "อัมสเตอร์ดัมอยู่ฮอลแลนด์ นิวอัมสเตอร์ดัมอยู่ไทยแลนด์! สร้างขึ้นในยุคเดียวกับนิวยอร์ค!!" [Amsterdam is in Holland New Amsterdam is in Thailand! found in the same era as New York!!]. ASTV Manager (in Thai). Retrieved 2022-06-28.