Amphoe Bang Phli

Infobox_Amphoe
name=Bang Phli
thai=บางพลี
province=Samut Prakan
capital=Bang Phli Yai
coordinates=coord|13|36|21|N|100|42|22|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH
area=260.0
population=170,681
population_as_of=2006
density=656.46
postal_code=10540
geocode=1103

Bang Phli ( _th. 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.

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.

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.

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).The missing geocodes in the table are now the King Amphoe Bang Sao Thong.

External links

* [http://www.paknam.com/rap_bua.htm Lotus flower festival]