Amphoe Pak Kret

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Pak Kret
ปากเกร็ด
Statistics
Province: Nonthaburi
District office: Pak Kret
13°54′45″N, 100°29′54″E
Area: 89.0 km²
Inhabitants: 201,399 (2004)
Pop. density: 2,296.6 inh./km²
Geocode: 1206
Postal code: 11120
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Map of Nonthaburi, Thailand highlighting Pak Kret

Pak Kret (Thai: ปากเกร็ด) is a district (Amphoe) in the northeastern part of Nonthaburi province, central Thailand.

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[edit] Geography

Leaning chedi on Ko Kret
Leaning chedi on Ko Kret

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.

[edit] Attractions and travel

Thai dance at the Wat Pailom
Thai dance at the Wat Pailom

[edit] Ko Kret

Main article: Ko Kret

[edit] 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.

[edit] Education

A partial list of primary and secondary schools in Pak Kret:

  1. Nawamintarachinuthid Horwang Nonthaburi School (also called Horwangnon)
  2. Suan Kulab Wittayalai Nonthaburi School (also called Suannon)
  3. Pak Kret Secondary School[1]
  4. Wat Poramai Yigawat School
  5. Wat Salakun School
  6. Pitchaya Suksa School
  7. International School Bangkok

School's activity to help students learning

[edit] Transportation

There are 10 main roads in Pak Kret,

  1. Kanchanaphisek Road
  2. Chaeng Watthana Road
  3. Tiwanon Road
  4. Nonthaburi-Pathum Thani Road
  5. Bang Bua Thong-Pathum Thani Road
  6. Phummiwet Road.
  7. Liang Mueang Pak Kret Road (Pak Kret Bypass)
  8. Si Saman Road
  9. Chaiyaphruek Road
  10. Ratchaphruek Road

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 12 subdistricts (tambon). These are further subdivided into 85 villages (muban).

No. Name Thai name     
1. Pak Kret ปากเกร็ด 7. Tha It ท่าอิฐ
2. Bang Talat บางตลาด 8. Ko Kret เกาะเกร็ด
3. Ban Mai บ้านใหม่ 9. Om Kret อ้อมเกร็ด
4. Bang Phut บางพูด 10. Khlong Khoi คลองข่อย
5. Bang Tanai บางตะไนย์ 11. Bang Phlap บางพลับ
6. Khlong Phra Udom  คลองพระอุดม  12. Khlong Kluea  คลองเกลือ 

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).

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