| Bang Na บางนา |
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| — Khet — | |
| Khet location in Bangkok | |
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| Country | Thailand |
| Province | Bangkok |
| Seat | Bang Na |
| Khwaeng | 1 |
| Khet established | March 6, 1998 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 18.789 km2 (7.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 101,737 |
| • Density | 5,415/km2 (14,024.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | THA (UTC+7) |
| Postal code | 10260 |
| Geocode | 1047 |
Bang Na (Thai: บางนา; IPA: [bāːŋ nāː]) is one of the fifty districts (Khet) of Bangkok, Thailand. Its neighbors, clockwise from the north, are the Phra Khanong and Prawet districts of Bangkok, Amphoe Bang Phli, Amphoe Mueang, and Amphoe Phra Pradaeng of Samut Prakan Province.
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Bang Na was once a sub-district of Phra Khanong. It became a separate district on 6 March 1998.[1]
The district is sub-divided into 1 sub-district (Khwaeng).
| 1. | Bang Na | บางนา |
Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC) is a major convention and exhibition center in Bangkok. Among its regularly hosted events include the annual Bangkok International Motor Show. During major exhibitions, trams are provided for transportation between BITEC and On Nut Bangkok Skytrain station.
Several temples are in the district such as Wat Bang Na Nai (วัดบางนาใน), Wat Bang Na Nok (วัดบางนานอก), Wat Si Iam (วัดศรีเอี่ยม), and Wat Phong Phloi Witthayaram (วัดผ่องพลอยวิทยาราม).
CentralPlaza Bangna, formerly Central City Bangna, is one of the first shopping mall in Bang Na. Unlike most shopping centers in Thailand, it has a theme park and water theme park for recreation on upper floors.
Royal Dragon Restaurant or Mang Korn Lung (มังกรหลวง) formerly held the Guinness Book World's Records as the world's largest restaurant during 1992 to 2008.[2][3] It is an outdoor seafood restaurant with area of 1.6 hectares in size. Waiters roller-skates to serve food from the kitchen to the tables.
There is a BTS Skytrain Bearing Line through the area along Sukhumvit Road. The extension into Bang Na opened for service in August 2011 with three stations: Udom Suk, Bang Na and Bearing Station (also spelled Baring). [4] The new Bang Na station is about 500m away from BITEC.
Sukhumvit Road and Bang Na-Trat Highway are two major highways linking Bangkok to Eastern Thailand. On top of Bang Na-Trad Highway is the 55 km toll Buraphawithi Expressway reaching Chon Buri Province. The new Suvarnabhumi Airport can be accessed from the south via Bang Na-Trad and Buraphawithi as an alternative to Bangkok-Chon Buri Highway (or Motor Way) from the north.
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