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Chim Phli
Chimphli ( th, ฉิมพลี, ), also written as ''Chim Phli'', is a ''khwaeng'' (sub-district) of Taling Chan District, Thonburi side of Bangkok. History Chimphli was originally a ''tambon'' in Amphoe Taling Chan, Thonburi Province. Later, Phra Nakhon and Thonburi Provinces were merged in 1972 as Bangkok. In 1986, enacted the new Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) Act. designated Bangkok as a special administrative region, Chimphli has become a full sub-district of Taling Chan District ever since. The name ''Chimphli'', as defined by the Royal Institute Dictionary means, '' cotton tree''. Geography Chimphli is regarded as a north and northwest part of the district, with a total area of 8.730 km2 (3.371 mi2), include agricultural area of 2,666.1 rai (about 1,053.7 acres). Neighbouring subdistricts are (from north clockwise): Maha Sawat in Amphoe Bang Kruai of Nonthaburi Province (Khlong Maha Sawat is a borderline), Taling Chan in its district ( Souther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khwaeng
A ''khwaeng'' (, ) is an administrative subdivision used in the fifty districts of Bangkok and a few other city municipalities in Thailand. Currently, there are 180 ''khwaeng'' in Bangkok. A ''khwaeng'' is roughly equivalent to a ''tambon'' in other provinces of Thailand, smaller than an ''amphoe'' (district). With the creation of the special administrative area of Bangkok in 1972 the ''tambon'' within the area of the new administrative entity was converted into ''khwaeng''.Item 17 of The common English translation for ''khwaeng'' is subdistrict. Historically, in some regions of the country ''khwaeng'' referred to subdivisions of a province (then known as ''mueang'', predating the modern term ''changwat''), while in others they were called ''amphoe''. Administrative reforms at the beginning of the 20th century standardized them to the term ''amphoe''. ''Khwaeng'' of Bangkok ''Khwaeng'' in City Municipalities See also *Subdivisions of Thailand References {{reflist Sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khlong Maha Sawat
Khlong Maha Sawat ( th, คลองมหาสวัสดิ์, ), also known as Khlong Chaiyaphruek (คลองชัยพฤกษ์, ), is a ''khlong'' (canal) in Thailand. It is a man-made waterway dug in 1859–1860 in the reign of King Rama IV. Today it is listed by the Fine Arts Department as a national heritage site. It starts from Khlong Lat Bang Kruai (Khlong Bangkok Noi) near Wat Chaiyaphrueksamala, flows along the border of Nonthaburi's Bang Kruai with Taling Chan and Thawi Watthana of suburban Bangkok, then flows through Phutthamonthon to meet the Tha Chin River at Ngio Rai Subdistrict in Nakhon Pathom's Nakhon Chai Si District. Its length is . Note: Khlong Maha Sawat and Khlong Prapa Maha Sawat are two different canals. History Connecting Bangkok Noi Canal and the Tha Chin (Nakhon Chaisi) River, the 28 kilometre-long Maha Sawat Canal was created as a shortcut to Phra Pathom Chedi and to open up land on both banks to agriculture. In 1852, King Rama IV o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangkok Bus Terminal (Borommaratchachonnani)
Bangkok Bus Terminal (Borommaratchachonnani) is a bus station that is the terminal of bus service from Bangkok to many provinces in southern Thailand (including nearby provinces of Bangkok). Location The station is located along Borommaratchachonnani Road in Taling Chan District's Chim Phli, western suburb of Bangkok. History Originally, the southern bus terminal was located on Charansanitwong Road at Fai Chai Junction. It opened for service on January 1, 1960. In 1989, it shifted to Borommaratchachonnani Road near present CentralPlaza Pinklao Central Pinklao (previously known as CentralPlaza Pinklao) is a shopping mall on Borommaratchachonnani Road in Bangkok Noi District, Bangkok, Thailand. Overview The shopping mall has a total of six floors with a basement floor included. Ancho ..., due to the traffic situation around the station. And shifted again to present location in 1994. That is why the station has many names, including "Bangkok Bus Terminal (Taling Chan)" and " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaeo Ngoen Thong Road
Kaeo (Māori: ''Kāeo'') is a township in the Far North District of New Zealand, located some northwest of Kerikeri. The town takes its name from the ''kāeo'' or New Zealand freshwater mussel, which is found in the nearby rivers. Sanfords Fishery factory, one of the main employers in Kaeo, closed in December 2011. History and culture Pre-European settlement Kaeo used to be a fortified village ''pā'' of the Ngati Uru sub-tribe. This tribe arrived in the Whangaroa Harbour as late as 1770–1775, having been driven out of the Rawhiti area of the Bay of Islands, after killing and eating Captain Marion du Fresne and his crew. European settlement Wesleydale, the first Wesleyan Methodist mission in New Zealand, was established by Samuel Leigh and William White at Kaeo in June 1823, then abandoned in 1827 after it was sacked by local Māori. A memorial cairn marks the site of the mission adjacent to the cemetery on the south side of the Kaeo River. Flooding Kaeo is b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borommaratchachonnani Road
250px, Borommaratchachonnani Road and parallel overpass in the phase of Chimphli Subdistrict, Taling Chan District 250px, Borommaratchachonnani Road in the beginning phase near Borommaratchachonnani Intersection and Tesco Lotus Pinklao Borommaratchachonnani Road ( th, ถนนบรมราชชนนี, , ), the most part of which is Highway 338 (ทางหลวงแผ่นดินหมายเลข 338), is a main road in Bangkok's Thonburi side (west bank of Chao Phraya River) and Bangkok Metropolitan Region. Borommaratchachonnani Road has a starting point at the Borommaratchachonnani Intersection in the areas of Bangkok Noi and Bang Phlat's Pinklao neighbourhood in Bangkok. Then headed to the west through Taling Chan and Thawi Watthana as far as entering the area of Phutthamonthon, Sam Phran in Nakhon Pathom and ending at the intersection with Petchkasem Road in the area of Nakhon Chai Si, total length is 33.984 km (21.117 mi). The road was the result of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangkok Southern Bus Terminal
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 10.539 million as of 2020, 15.3 percent of the country's population. Over 14 million people (22.2 percent) lived within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region at the 2010 census, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy. Bangkok traces its roots to a small trading post during the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century, which eventually grew and became the site of two capital cities, Thonburi in 1768 and Rattanakosin in 1782. Bangkok was at the heart of the modernization of Siam, later renamed Thailand, during the late-19th century, as the country faced pressures from the West. The city was at the centre of Thailand's political struggles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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