Bang Khun Non Subdistrict

Bang Khun Non
Bang Khun Non
Khwaeng
	, the main road of the subdistrict
	Coordinates: Coordinates: 13°46′23.5″N 100°28′02.1″E / 13.773194°N 100.467250°E
Country	Thailand
Province	Bangkok
Khet	Bangkok Noi
Population (2018)
• Total	9,549
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code	10700
TIS 1099	102006

Bang Khun Non (Thai: บางขุนนนท์, pronounced [bāːŋ kʰǔn nōn]) is a khwaeng (subdistrict) of Bangkok Noi District, in Bangkok, Thailand. In 2018, it had a total population of 9,549 people.^[1]

Its name after Khlong Bang Khun Non, a canal runs through the area. In the olden days Bang Khun Non was the area of orchards, the principle career of Bang Khun Non residents was doing the orchards, by the form of the former orchard was rising up the embankment to be the furrows. The fruits which the gardeners favored to plant were durian, pomelo, Marian plum, Burmese grape, mangosteen, rose apple, coconut palm, mango, etc. Especially, durian was very famous until it was admired to be the name of a kind of durian, that was "Bang Khun Non Durian" paired with "Taling Chan Durian" of adjacent district Taling Chan.^[2]^[3]

At present, Bangkok Noi District Office has conserved these durian species in Chaloem Phrakiat 80 Phansa Public Park. It is located catty-corner from the district office on Bang Khun Non Road.^[4]

Besides, in the area of Bang Khun Non there is a historical site, (formerly Wat Chi Pakhao), as in the past this monastery was the primary school in the childhood of a Thai famous poet, Sunthorn Phu.

Nowadays, the life style of people are changed, roads are the main role instead of canals, lands for residential are needed, therefore forms of former orchards are slightly faded and changed to be the plants nurseries, and decorative plants for sales.

References[]

^ "Population statistics 2018" (in Thai). Department of Provincial Administration. Retrieved 2019-04-09.,
^ Siriraj Museum (2018-06-18). ""ทุเรียนรสดี ครั้งหนึ่งที่บางขุนนนท์"" [Tasty durian, once time at Bang Khun Non]. facebook (in Thai).
^ Thongdaeng, Wityada; Thongpan, Saran (September 2012). ชุมทางตลิ่งชัน ย่านเก่า [ก่อน] กรุงเทพฯ [Taling Chan junction old neighbourhood [before] Bangkok] (in Thai). Bangkok: Muang Boran Journal. pp. 52–54. ISBN 978-974-7727-93-7.
^ "ชวนมาดูทุเรียนกรุงเทพฯที่"บางขุนนนท์"" [Invited to see Bangkok durian at "Bang Khunnon"]. Daily News (in Thai). 2019-08-26. Retrieved 2021-03-16.

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[1] "Population statistics 2018" (in Thai). Department of Provincial Administration. Retrieved 2019-04-09.,

[2] Siriraj Museum (2018-06-18). ""ทุเรียนรสดี ครั้งหนึ่งที่บางขุนนนท์"" [Tasty durian, once time at Bang Khun Non]. facebook (in Thai).

[3] Thongdaeng, Wityada; Thongpan, Saran (September 2012). ชุมทางตลิ่งชัน ย่านเก่า [ก่อน] กรุงเทพฯ [Taling Chan junction old neighbourhood [before] Bangkok] (in Thai). Bangkok: Muang Boran Journal. pp. 52–54. ISBN 978-974-7727-93-7.

[4] "ชวนมาดูทุเรียนกรุงเทพฯที่"บางขุนนนท์"" [Invited to see Bangkok durian at "Bang Khunnon"]. Daily News (in Thai). 2019-08-26. Retrieved 2021-03-16.

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