Amphoe Bang Phli

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Bang Phli
บางพลี
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Province:	Samut Prakan
District office:	Bang Phli Yai 13°36′21″N, 100°42′22″E
Area:	260.0 km²
Inhabitants:	170,681 (2006)
Pop. density:	656.46 inh./km²
Geocode:	1103
Postal code:	10540
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Bang Phli (Thai: บางพลี) is a district (Amphoe) of Samut Prakan Province in Thailand.

Suvarnabhumi Airport (also called (New) Bangkok International Airport) opened on September 28, 2006 serving the Amphoe Bang Phli district, replacing Don Muang International Airport as Bangkok's primary airport. The district is set to become part of the new Nakhon Suvarnabhumi Province, once its creation is approved.

1 Geography
2 Festivals
3 Administration
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are Bang Na, Prawet and Lat Krabang (all Bangkok) in the north, Bang Sao Thong and Bang Bo to the east, and Mueang Samut Prakan to the south and west.

[edit] Festivals

Bang Phli is famous for the annual Lotus Flower (Rap Bua) festival, which takes place on the last day of vassa on the fourteenth day of the waxing moon in the eleventh lunar month, usually the full moon in October. A boat carrying a replica of the Luang Poh To Buddha statue from the temple Wat Bang Pli is moved along the main canal of the district. The people at the banks of the canal throw lotus flowers onto the boat, as donating lotus flowers to Buddha is merit-making.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 6 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 83 villages (muban). Bang Phli itself is also a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of the tambon Bang Phli Yai, Bang Pla and Bang Chao Long. There are further 6 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh.
1.	Bang Phli Yai	บางพลีใหญ่	23	46,269
2.	Bang Kaeo	บางแก้ว	16	39,061
3.	Bang Pla	บางปลา	15	29,486
4.	Bang Chalong	บางโฉลง	11	24,254
8.	Racha Thewa	ราชาเทวะ	15	21,786
9.	Nong Prue	หนองปรือ	3	2,519