Living· CityMETER · Bang Na and Prawet · Bangkok
The same Bang Na name can lead to different districts
Government Agencies & WorkforceBangkok’s location records place Bang Na Police Station on Srinagarindra Road in Prawet district, while Bang Na Post Office is listed on Sanphawut Road in Bang Na. The shared name makes a useful point: finding a service begins with its address and function together.
A view inside CityMETER
External source example from Bangkok Metropolitan Administration location records, read on 10 October 2026 · used as context for exploring the map.
- Data period
- 2023–2024 (workforce statistics)
- Coverage
- Location records for 76 provinces and Bangkok
- Level of detail
- Agency locations · ministry/department statistics
- Publisher
- OCSC · OPDC · DOPA · BMA
A familiar name is only the beginning
The police-station record names Nong Bon subdistrict in Prawet; the post-office record names Bang Na subdistrict in Bang Na. Reading the two entries together reveals information that the organisation names alone leave out. For someone preparing a visit, the street and district provide a concrete starting point for checking the destination. The example comes from the published location lists. It shows why a service enquiry benefits from reading the address alongside the familiar place name.
Start with the service being sought
In the agency map, begin with a category connected to the task, such as administration or police, and then read the entries around the relevant area. Starting with the service turns a broad collection of places into a more purposeful enquiry. Next, examine the address and contact information for the entry of interest. Prepare the questions that will make a conversation useful: which work the office handles, when to make contact and what information to bring. This sequence puts the practical need ahead of the size of the directory.
Service locations and workforce context serve different enquiries
For coordination across organisations, locations help assemble the places and offices to contact. OCSC workforce statistics provide a separate ministry-and-department context. Structuring the enquiry in two parts keeps the work clear: which local organisation should be approached, and which agency-level information helps explain the service structure? A team can then assign follow-up work to the appropriate level. This is particularly useful when a discussion needs both a practical contact list and a broader understanding of how the organisations involved are arranged.
Make the next contact specific
Choose one organisation and record its full name, street, district and the question to ask. Before travelling, confirm the destination and service arrangements with the organisation. For a field team, a short list with clear names and addresses makes an appointment easier to communicate. A service-planning team can use the same list to record the outcome of each contact and add information obtained from the area. The useful end point is a conversation connected to the right place and the right task, with enough detail for another colleague to continue.
Explore your own place
Choose one service category, find the relevant organisation, and confirm its address and contact arrangements before visiting.
Sources and reading notesPublisher, period, coverage and references
Compiled or derived data
- Data publisher
- OCSC — workforce; OPDC and DOPA — agencies/places; Bangkok Metropolitan Administration — Bangkok place datasets
- Source
- OCSC publishes ordinary civil-servant statistics by ministry and department. OPDC provides agency addresses and contacts; DOPA covers government and important places in 76 provinces. Bangkok supplies office, police, post-office and fire-station locations. Read each source within its own scope.
- Data period
- Checked OCSC statistics: 2023 and 2024. Location datasets and agency-specific documents have different reference dates, so this is not a single-date current staffing snapshot.
- Coverage
- Location references include DOPA’s 76-province records and Bangkok datasets; workforce statistics are at ministry/department level, not staffing at each map location
- Level of detail
- Agency/place addresses and contacts; ordinary civil-servant counts by ministry, department, occupation, position, sex and education
Read the references
- OCSC — ordinary civil-servant workforce (opens a new tab)
- OCSC — government workforce report 2024 (opens a new tab)
- OPDC — agency addresses and contacts (opens a new tab)
- Bangkok — government offices and ministries (opens a new tab)
- Bangkok — police stations (opens a new tab)
- Bangkok — post offices (opens a new tab)
- Bangkok — fire stations (opens a new tab)
- DOPA — government and important places in 76 provinces (GD Catalog) (opens a new tab)
Further notes for comparison or citation
The combined categories are not a total of government agencies or public-sector staff. Confirm staffing and contact details with each organisation before service planning.
Locations, headcounts, authorised positions and service standards measure different things. Do not assign department totals to every branch without a verified crosswalk. An address or contact does not confirm current operation, service boundaries or quality.
