Editing Lat Phrao district

{{Infobox settlement
| official_name          = Lat Phrao
| native_name            = ลาดพร้าว
| native_name_lang       = th
| settlement_type        = [[List of districts of Bangkok|Khet]]
| image_skyline          =Sunflower field@Bangkok - panoramio.jpg
| image_alt              =
| image_caption          =[[Sunflower]] field, the only one in Bangkok, behind [[Satriwitthaya 2 School]]
| image_map              = Amphoe 1038.svg
| map_caption            = Khet location in [[Bangkok]]
| pushpin_map            =
| pushpin_map_caption    =
| coordinates            = {{coord|13|48|13|N|100|36|27|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type       = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name       = Thailand
| subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]]
| subdivision_name1      = [[Bangkok]]
| subdivision_type2      = Seat
| subdivision_name2      = [[Lat Phrao subdistrict|Lat Phrao]]
| subdivision_type3      = ''[[Khwaeng]]''
| subdivision_name3      = 2
| established_title      = Khet established
| established_date       = 4 September 1989
| leader_title           =
| leader_name            =
| area_total_km2         = 22.157
| population_total       = 120,394<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/views/showDistrictData.php?rcode=10&statType=1&year=60|title=Population and House Report for Year 2017 (see page 2 for data of this district)|publisher=Department of Provincial Administration, Ministry of Internal Affairs|accessdate=2018-04-01}} ([http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/ Search page])</ref>
| population_as_of       = 2017
| population_density_km2 = 5,599.72
| timezone               = [[Time in Thailand|ICT]]
| utc_offset             = +7
| postal_code_type       = [[Postal code]]
| postal_code            = 10310 and 10230
| geocode                = 1038
| website                =
| footnotes              =
}}
'''Lat Phrao''' ({{langx|th|ลาดพร้าว}}, {{rtgs|''Lat Phrao''}}, {{IPA|th|lâːt pʰráːw|pron}}) is one of the [[Districts of Bangkok|50 districts]] (''khet'') of [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]. The district is bound by six other districts (from north clockwise): [[Bang Khen district|Bang Khen]], [[Bueng Kum district|Bueng Kum]], [[Bang Kapi district|Bang Kapi]], [[Wang Thonglang district|Wang Thonglang]], and [[Chatuchak district|Chatuchak]].

==History==
Formerly, Lat Phrao was a [[tambon]] of [[Bang Kapi district]], in what was then [[Phra Nakhon province]], before the unification of [[Thonburi]] and [[Phra Nakhon]] into the single administrative area of [[Bangkok|Krung Thep]] (Bangkok). Later it was a sub-district (tambon) of the Bang Kapi District (amphoe), after naming conventions were changed for administrative districts of Bangkok.

On 4 September 1989, Lat Phrao was split off from Bang Kapi along with [[Bueng Kum]] as new districts.

In 1997, the boundaries of Lat Phrao District were modified to balance the size and population of Bangkok's districts. The portion of Chorake Bua sub-district north of Khok Khram and Ta Reng canals was reassigned to [[Bang Khen district]], and portions of the Lat Phrao sub-district were added to [[Wang Thonglang district]].

On 24 January 2002, portions of Wang Thonglang District were reassigned to Lat Phrao Sub-district.<ref name=Lat/>

The word ''Lat Phrao'' literally means 'slope of [[coconut]]'. The district seal features a coconut putting forth two fresh leaves, assumed the district used to be full of coconut orchards.<ref name=Lat>{{cite web|url=http://www.bangkok.go.th/latphrao/page/sub/3713|language=thai|title=ประวัติความเป็นมา|work=Lat Phrao District Office}}</ref>

==Administration==
The district is divided into two sub-districts (''[[khwaeng]]'').
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!No.||Name||Thai||Area<br/>(km<sup>2</sup>)||Map
|-
|{{center|1.}}||[[Lat Phrao subdistrict|Lat Phrao]]||ลาดพร้าว||<div align="right">15.102</div>||rowspan=3|[[File:Khwaeng 1038.png|120px|Map]]
|-
|{{center|2.}}||[[Chorakhe Bua]]||{{lang|th|จรเข้บัว}}||<div align="right">7.055</div>
|-
!colspan=3|Total||<div align="right">22.157</div>
|}

==District council==
The district council for Lat Phrao has seven members, who each serve four-year terms. [[2006 Thailand local elections|Elections]] were last held on 30 April 2006. The results were seven seats for the [[Thai Rak Thai Party]].

==References==
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{{Khet Bangkok}}

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