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Ban Phan Thom

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Ban Phan Thom

|native_name = บ้านพานถม

|settlement_type = Khwaeng

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|image_skyline= Bangkok wat tri thotsathep 002.jpg

|image_caption = Wat Tri Thotsathep Worawihan, a prominent local temple

| image_map = {{#property:P242}}

| map_caption = Location in Phra Nakhon District

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name ={{flag|Thailand}}

|subdivision_type2 = Province

|subdivision_name2 = Bangkok

|subdivision_type3 = Khet

|subdivision_name3 = Phra Nakhon

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|established_date =

|area_total_km2 = 0.414

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/upload/user/00000130/BMA_STATISTICS%202563/ebook%2063.pdf|script-title=th:สถิติกรุงเทพมหานครประจำปี 2563|trans-title=Bangkok Statistics 2020|author=Administrative Strategy Division, Strategy and Evaluation Department, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration |date=2021 |access-date=27 November 2021|lang=th}}

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|population_as_of = 2020

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|population_total = 6,092

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|timezone = ICT

|utc_offset = +7

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|postal_code_type = Postal code

|postal_code = {{#property:P281}}

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|blank_name = TIS 1099

|blank_info = {{#property:P1067}}

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Ban Phan Thom ({{langx|th|บ้านพานถม}}, {{IPA|th|bâːn pʰāːn tʰǒm|pron}}) is a community and a khwaeng (sub-district) of Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok.

History

Ban Phan Thom is a traditional community since the early Rattanakosin period alike Ban Bu and Ban Chang Lo in Thonburi's Bangkok Noi District, Ban Bat and Ban Dok Mai of Pom Prap Sattru Phai District, as well as Ban Chang Thong on Ti Thong Road etc. They are all communities of craft artisans since ancient times.

For Ban Phan Thom was a community having been set up since the early Rattanakosin period by people from Nakhon Si Thammarat in southern region. The community, built up from their household member's cooperation, was called "Ban Phan Thom" because of its specialization in making Khrueang Thom (nielloware), either for household utensils for decorations. During King Narai the Great's regin of Ayutthaya Kingdom, niellowares were presented to King Louis XIV of France as the royal gift, showing that nielloware exclusively belonged to the high ranking elite's uses in the past. However, there is just only one household left in the area today which still inherits the traditional technique and process of making nielloware like in the old days.

The entrance of Ban Phan Thom community is located on the Phra Sumen Road near Saphan Wan Chat Intersection and Palace Gate Remnants in Bang Lamphu neighbourhood opposite to Wat Bowonniwet. {{cite web|url=http://www.tungsong.com/NakhonSri/manufacture/Thom/Thom_4.html|title=ตำนานช่างเครื่องถมเมืองนคร|trans-title=Legend of nielloware artisan of Nakhon City|language=thai|work=Tungsong.com}}{{cite web|work=ASTV Manager|language=thai|url=https://mgronline.com/travel/detail/9520000052903|title=จาก"บ้านบุ"ถึง "บ้านพานถม" ซอกแซกชุมชนอาชีพ นามนี้มีที่มา|trans-title=From "Ban Bu" to "Ban Phan Thom" curiously professional communities, these names have origins|date=2009-05-12|accessdate=2019-08-25|author=Num lukthung}}

Geography

Neighboring sub-districts are (from north clockwise): Bang Khun Phrom, Wat Sommanat of Pom Prap Sattru Phai District, Bowon Niwet, Talat Yot, Chana Songkhram, and Wat Sam Phraya.

Places

file:KING TAKSIN SHRINE VIEW FROM BOWONNIWET PIER - panoramio.jpg

file:Thanon Ratchadamnoen Nok viewedfrom Phan Fa Lilat Bridge.jpg and Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall in the distance).]]

References

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category:Subdistricts of Bangkok

Category:Phra Nakhon district

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