Country Thailand Tambon 12 Amphoe established 1884 Area 89 km² Province Nonthaburi Province | Seat Pak Kret Muban 51 (administrative) Time zone THA (UTC+7) Population 240,532 (2015) | |
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Pak Kret (Thai: ปากเกร็ด, [pàːk krèt]) is a district (amphoe) in the northeastern part of Nonthaburi province, central Thailand.
Contents
- Map of Pak Kret District Nonthaburi Thailand
- Geography
- Mueang Thong Thani
- Education
- Transportation
- Administration
- References
Map of Pak Kret District, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Geography
The district is located in the northeast of the province. It borders (from north clockwise) the districts Lat Lum Kaeo and Mueang Pathum Thani of Pathum Thani Province, Don Mueang and Lak Si of Bangkok, and Mueang Nonthaburi and Bang Bua Thong of Nonthaburi.
The district is crossed by the Chao Phraya River. A large oxbow of the river has been shortened by a canal, Khlong Lat Kret, dug in 1722 in the Ayuthaya Era, to form the island of Ko Kret.
Mueang Thong Thani
Mueang Thong Thani is a satellite city with high-rise condominiums developed by Bangkok Land in 1989, the company built Mueang Thong Thani Stadium in 1998 for the 13th Asian Games. The stadium was later renamed IMPACT Exhibition Center. It includes a 12,000 entertainment and sports arena, which is the primary large-scale concert venue for Bangkok, as well as a convention center for trade shows.
Education
A partial list of primary and secondary schools in Pak Kret:
- Pakkred Secondary School
- Nawamintarachinuthid Horwang Nonthaburi School (also called Horwangnon)
- Suan Kularb Wittayalai Nonthaburi School (also called Suannon)
- Triamudom Suksa Nomklao Nonthaburi School(also called Triam Nom Non)
- Wat Paramaiyikawat School
- Wat Sala Kun School
- Pichaya Suksa School
- International School Bangkok
- Rose Marie Academy
- Saint Francis Xavier School
- Chonprathanwittaya School
Transportation
There are 10 main roads in Pak Kret,
- Kanchanaphisek Road
- Chaeng Watthana Road
- Tiwanon Road
- Nonthaburi-Pathum Thani Road
- Bang Bua Thong-Pathum Thani Road
- Liang Mueang Pak Kret Road (Pak Kret Bypass)
- Si Saman Road
- Chaiyaphruek Road
- Ratchaphruek Road
- Soi Pak Kret-Chaeng Watthana 16 (Phummiwet Road).
Administration
The district is subdivided into 12 subdistricts (tambon). These are further subdivided into 85 villages (muban).
5 of the tambon covering 34 villages belong to the city (thesaban nakhon) of Pak Kret. The other 7 tambon are each administrated by a Tambon Administrative Organization (TAO).