Prawet subdistrict

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Prawet

|native_name = ประเวศ

|settlement_type = Khwaeng

| coordinates = {{coord|13|43|59.4|N|100|41|19.3|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}}

|motto =

| image_map = {{#property:P242}}

| map_caption = Location in Prawet District

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name ={{flag|Thailand}}

|subdivision_type2 = Province

|subdivision_name2 = Bangkok

|subdivision_type3 = Khet

|subdivision_name3 = Prawet

|established_title =

|established_date =

|area_total_km2 = 22.805

|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=28 November 2021|lang=th}}

|area_water_km2 =

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_footnotes =

|population_note =

|population_total = 87676

|population_density_km2 =

|timezone = ICT

|utc_offset = +7

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_m =

|postal_code_type = Postal code

|postal_code = {{#property:P281}}

|area_code =

|blank_name = TIS 1099

|blank_info = {{#property:P1067}}

|website =

|footnotes =

|image_skyline= Ban Thap Chang Railway Station 202311-7.jpg

|caption = Ban Thap Chang station, the main railway station of eastern line located in the subdistrict

}}

Prawet ({{langx|th|ประเวศ}}, {{IPA|th|prā.wêːt|pron}}) is a khwaeng (subdistrict) of Prawet District, in Bangkok, Thailand. In 2020, it had a total population of 87,676 people.{{cite web|url=https://stat.bora.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statyear/#/TableTemplate4/Area/statpop?yymm=63&ccDesc=%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3&topic=statpop&ccNo=10&rcodeNo=1032&rcodeDesc=%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A8|publisher=Department of Provincial Administration|title=Population statistics 2020|language=Thai|accessdate=28 November 2021}}

The word "Prawet" is the shortened of "Prawet Burirom", a khlong (canal) dug through the area in the 19th century. The name mean "entrance to a blissful city".

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