Wat Phraya Krai subdistrict

Wat Phraya Krai (Thai: วัดพระยาไกร, pronounced [wát pʰrā.jāː krāj]) is one of three khwaeng (sub-district) of Bang Kho Laem district, Bangkok. It has a total area of 2.300 km2 (round about 0.888 mi2[2]) west side along Chao Phraya river and in late 2017, it had a total population of 26,681 people.[3]

Wat Phraya Krai
วัดพระยาไกร
Khwaeng
Location in Bang Kho Laem District
Location in Bang Kho Laem District
Country Thailand
ProvinceBangkok
KhetBang Kho Laem
Area
[1]
 • Total2.300 km2 (0.888 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total24,198
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code
10120
TIS 1099103102

History

Its name means "Phraya Krai Temple", which comes from the namesake temple that used to be located here in the past. It is assumed that the temple was built before 1801. Later, Phraya Shoduek Ratchasetthi (magnate Boonma), who was the former governor for King Nangklao (Rama III), restored the temple as a royal monastery, renaming the temple to "Wat Chotanaram", and also enshrined the famous Golden Buddha image at this temple (currently enshrined at Wat Traimit in Chinatown).[4]

Later in the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), the temple had no patrons to maintain the temple and was abandoned.[5] The chapel, including other buildings, went into ruins, eventually turning into free land for the East Asiatic Company to rent for the location as its head office in Bangkok (currently Asiatique The Riverfront). But the name Wat Phraya Krai still appears to this day as the name of the sub-district and locations within that sub-district, such as Watprayakrai Police Station and Wat Phraya Krai Post Office etc.[6]

Places of interest
View of Asiatique The Riverfront, a leading shopping mall and night market in Wat Phraya Krai.

Main roads

References
  1. Administrative Strategy Division, Strategy and Evaluation Department, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (2021). สถิติกรุงเทพมหานครประจำปี 2563 [Bangkok Statistics 2020] (PDF) (in Thai). Retrieved 27 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "ประชากรกรุงเทพมหานครและปริมณฑล พ.ศ. 2549" (PDF). BMA (in Thai).
  3. "Population statistics 2017" (in Thai). Department of Provincial Administration.
  4. ballwarut (2009-06-19). "รบกวนผู้รู้ช่วยสืบหาว่าวัดพระยาไกร หายไปไหนครับ ทำไมจึงเหลือแต่ชื่อ". reurnthai (in Thai).
  5. "วัดพระยาไกร 3D Model". Mr. You Design. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  6. "ประวัติ สน". Watprayakrai Police Station (in Thai).

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