Bang Khun Phrom (Thai: บางขุนพรหม, pronounced [bāːŋ kʰǔn pʰrōm]) is a khwaeng (subdistrict) of Phra Nakhon District, in Bangkok, Thailand.
[2] Formerly the area known as Ban Lan (บ้านลาน, pronounced [bâːn lāːn]), a place that was a hub of palm-leaf manuscript shops.
The name Ban Lan literally means "community of palm-leaves".
[3] In the past, Bang Khun Phrom area was as wide as the western side of Samsen Road, the location of Wat Sam Phraya and Bang Khun Phrom Palace.
The result of the administrative division of Bangkok causing both to be in the present Wat Sam Phraya Subdistrict.