Phra Nakhon
Phra Nakhon is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. It is the central district of Bangkok, including Rattanakosin Island. Neighboring districts are, from the north, clockwise: Dusit, Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Samphanthawong, and across the Chao Phraya River, Thon Buri, Bangkok Yai, Bangkok Noi, and Bang Phlat.Photo: Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Khao San Road
Khao San Road is a small road about a block from the Chao Phraya River at the northern side of Rattanakosin.Grand Palace
Photo: Mda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Grand Palace is a complex of buildings at the heart of Bangkok, Thailand.
Wat Phra Kaew
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wat Phra Kaew, commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram, is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand.
Localities in the Area
Silom
Photo: Jarcje, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Silom is the closest Bangkok gets to Wall Street, with glistening skyscrapers all boasting the names of financial institutions.
Rattanakosin
Rattanakosin, also known as Rattanakosin Island, is the historic centre of Bangkok, where most of Bangkok's "must see" sights can be found, including the Grand Palace and Wat Pho.Phra Nakhon
- Type: district of Bangkok with 56,700 residents
- Description: district in Bangkok, Thailand
- Location: Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
13.7583° or 13° 45' 30" northLongitude
100.4961° or 100° 29' 46" eastPopulation
56,700Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open Location Code
7P52QF5W+8FGeoNames ID
1607533Wikidata ID
Q1525441Phra Nakhon Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: منطقة فراي ناخون
- Bashkir: Пхранакхон
- Bishnupriya: খেত ফরা নাখোন
- Burmese: ဘုရာ့နခွန်ခရိုင်
- Cebuano: Khet Phra Nakhon
- Chinese: 拍那空县
- Dutch: Phra Nakhon
- English: Phra Nakhon district
- Estonian: Phra Nakhon
- French: Phra Nakhon
- German: Phra Nakhon
- Italian: Phra Nakhon
- Japanese: プラナコーン区
- Khmer: ព្រះនគរ
- Korean: 프라나콘
- Lao: ເຂດພະນະຄອນ
- Malay: Phra Nakhon
- Northern Sami: Phra Nakhon
- Norwegian: Phra Nakhon
- Norwegian Bokmål: Phra Nakhon
- Portuguese: Phra Nakhon
- Russian: Пхра Накхон
- Russian: Пхранакхон
- Spanish: Phra Nakhon
- Thai: พระนคร
- Thai: เขตพระนคร
- Ukrainian: Пхра Накхон
- Urdu: پھرا ناکھون ضلع
- Vietnamese: Phra Nakhon
- Western Panjabi: پھرا ناکھون ضلع
- Changwat Phra Nakhon
- Krung Kao
- Nonburi
- Old City
- Phra Nagara
- ស្រុកព្រះនគរ
Other Places Named Phra Nakhon
Localities in the Area
- Bang LamphuNeighbourhood
- Phra NakhonSuburb
- Wat PhoLocality
- Bangkok NoiSuburb
- Dusit
Landmarks in the Area
- Wat Chana SongkhramBuddhist temple
- Wat Buranasiri MattayaramBuddhist temple
- Wat Bowonniwet ViharaBuddhist temple
- Wat MahannapharamBuddhist temple
- Democracy MonumentMonument
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Phra Nakhon. Photo: Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0.