Wat Phraya Krai subdistrict

Wat Phraya Krai (Thai: วัดพระยาไกร, pronounced [wát pʰrā.jāː krāj]) is one of three khwaeng (sub-district) of Bang Kho Laem district, Bangkok.

It has a total area of 2.300 km2 (round about 0.888 mi2[2]) west side along Chao Phraya river and in late 2017, it had a total population of 26,681 people.

Later, Phraya Shoduek Ratchasetthi (magnate Boonma), who was the former governor for King Nangklao (Rama III), restored the temple as a royal monastery, renaming the temple to "Wat Chotanaram", and also enshrined the famous Golden Buddha image at this temple (currently enshrined at Wat Traimit in Chinatown).

[5] The chapel, including other buildings, went into ruins, eventually turning into free land for the East Asiatic Company to rent for the location as its head office in Bangkok (currently Asiatique The Riverfront).

But the name Wat Phraya Krai still appears to this day as the name of the sub-district and locations within that sub-district, such as Watprayakrai Police Station and Wat Phraya Krai Post Office etc.