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Samre ( th, สำเหร่, ), also spelled Sam Re and Samray, is a subdistrict (''khwaeng'') of Thon Buri District, Bangkok, Thailand. It is also the name of a neighbourhood around the area. History The word ''samre'' is a name for the plant ''Malabar melastome'' (also known as ''khlongkhleng''), which probably used to grow in abundance in the area, leading the neighbourhood to be known by the name. It was also the name of a Buddhist temple (''wat'') in the area, Wat Samre, believed to have been built around 1717 and now known as Wat Ratchawarin. Samre used to be a site of public executions during the late seventeenth to early eighteenth centuries, where prisoners were beheaded and their heads set on spikes by the riverside. It was a place locals feared to be heavily haunted, and is described as such in ''Nirat Thalang'', a travel poem written c. 1815–1816 by Muen Phromsomphatson, a student of Sunthorn Phu. In the 1850s, a plot of land in the area was purchased by American ... [...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] |
Bang Lamphu Lang
Bang Lamphu Lang ( th, บางลำภูล่าง, ) is a ''khwaeng'' (subdistrict) of Khlong San district, Bangkok's Thonburi side (west bank of Chao Phraya river). History Originally, Bang Lamphu Lang was a name of all Khlong San area. Its name changed to Khlong San in the reign of King Vajiravudh (Rama VI). It became part of Bangkok after the merging of Thonburi and Phra Nakhon provinces in 1971. Its name "Bang Lamphu Lang" meaning "lower place of mangrove apples". Its name has a similar origin to Bang Lamphu in Phra Nakhon side (ฺBangkok core). Because, in the past it was considered an area adjacent to the Chao Phraya river and was a source of mangrove apples ('' Sonneratia caseolaris'', or lamphu in Thai) that grow along the river banks. These trees are also the habitat of fireflies. Today, alike to Bang Lamphu, although mangrove apples and fireflies have disappeared, but its name is still used for this area. Bang Lamphu Lang (including other areas of Khlong San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighbourhoods Of Bangkok
This is a partial list of neighbourhoods in Bangkok. Bang Kapi *Bang Kapi * Chok Chai 4 * Happy Land *Hua Mak *Khlong Chan * Lam Sali * Lat Phrao *Ramkhamhaeng Bang Sue * Bang Pho * Bang Son * Bang Sue * Pracha Chuen * Tao Pun * Wong Sawang Chatuchak *Ari *Chatuchak Park * Chorakhe Bua * Chumtang Bang Sue *Kamphaeng Phet * Lat Phrao * Mo Chit * Phahon Yothin * Pradiphat * Ratchayothin * Saphan Khwai *Wat Samian Nari Don Mueang * Bang Khen * Don Mueang * Kaset-Nawamin * Lak Si * Lat Pla Khao * Ngam Wong Wan *Saphan Mai * Sena Nikhom * Thung Song Hong Dusit * Bang Krabue * Lan Phra Borommarup Song Ma *Kiak Kai * Maha Nak * Ratchawat *Samsen * Si Yan * Soi Suan Oi Pathum Wan (well known as ''Ratchaprasong'' shopping street area) * Ban Krua * Banthat Thong * Bon Kai * Charoen Phon *Chit Lom * Chula * Hua Lamphong * Lang Suan * Suphachalasai (National Stadium) * Phloen Chit * Phra Ram 1 *Ratchadamri *Ratchaprasong *Sam Yan * Saphan Lueang *Siam Square (Shinjuku of Thailand) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rama III Bridge
The Rama III Bridge ( th, สะพานพระราม 3, , ), also known as the New Krungthep Bridge, is a bridge crossing the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand. The bridge was completed in 1999 and was designed to alleviate traffic congestion on the adjacent Krungthep Bridge. The bridge was named in honour of King Nangklao Nangklao ( th, พระบาทสมเด็จพระนั่งเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว, ; 31 March 1788 – 2 April 1851), birth name Thap ( th, ทับ), also styled Rama III, was the third king of Siam u .... References Road bridges in Bangkok Bridges completed in 1999 Cantilever bridges Crossings of the Chao Phraya River 1999 establishments in Thailand {{Bangkok-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samitivej Hospital
Samitivej PCL ( th, สมิติเวช), doing business as Samitivej Hospitals ( th, โรงพยาบาลสมิติเวช), is a private hospital brand in Thailand. It operates hospitals and health centers in Bangkok and Chonburi Province. It is owned by Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BDMS), Thailand's largest private hospital company. 40% of the patients seen at Samitivej centres are not Thai.Reisman, David A. ''Health Tourism: Social Welfare Through International Trade''. Edward Elgar Publishing, January 1, 2010. , 9781849805537. p177 The centres offer halal food, and patients can get frequent flier miles. Hospitals Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital is on Sukhumvit Road in Vadhana, Bangkok. Samitivej Sukhumvit, with 87 examination rooms, has 400 medical specialist staff and space for 270 patients. David A. Reisman, author of ''Health Tourism: Social Welfare Through International Trade'', wrote that "Samitivej Sukhumvit has considerable experience with inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bukkhalo
Bukkhalo ( th, บุคคโล, ) is a '' khwaeng'' (sub-district) of Thon Buri District, Bangkok. Its name is also the name of surrounding area. Geography Bukkhalo is the central area of the district. The area is bounded by other subdistricts (from north clockwise): Talat Phlu and Bang Yi Ruea in its district (Ratchaphruek Road is a divider line), Samre in its district (Somdet Phra Chao Tak Sin Road is a divider line), Dao Khanong in its district (Ratchadaphisek Road is a divider line), respectively. Places * The Mall Tha Phra Tha Phra ( th, ท่าพระ, ) is a main road intersection in the Wat Tha Phra Subdistrict, Bangkok Yai District in Thon Buri side, Bangkok. Characteristics & history The intersection is the junction of Ratchadaphisek (Inner Ring Road ... *Wat Krachap Phinit *Bukkhalo Intersection (shares with Samre and Dao Khanong) *Wat Sutthawas *Somdet Phra Pin Klao Hospital * Pho Nimit BTS Station Note: the local temple Wat Bang Nam Chon, indeed, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahaisawan Road
250px, Krungthep bridge carry the Mahai Sawan road across Chao Phraya River from Thonburi (west bank) to Phra Nakhon sides (east bank) Mahai Sawan Road ( th, ถนนมไหสวรรย์, , ) is a short road and intersection in Bangkok. It runs from Mahai Sawan intersection in Thon Buri District through Bukkhalo intersection and Krungthep Bridge across Chao Phraya River to Phra Nakhon side (east bank of the river) and ends at Thanon Tok, connecting Charoen Krung Road and Rama III Road in Bang Kho Laem District. It was named after the first governor of Thonburi province (now Thonburi), Mahai Sawan (พระยามไหสวรรย์) or Ko Sombatsiri (กอ สมบัติศิริ). Mahai Sawan intersection is four-way connecting Somdet Phra Chao Tak Sin, Ratchadaphisek and Mahai Sawan roads beneath Rama III Bridge. Its original appearance was only three-way but, later on, Ratchadaphisek Road was expanded to become a four-lane like today. This intersection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chao Phraya River
The Chao Phraya ( or ; th, แม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา, , or ) is the major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the centre of the country. It flows through Bangkok and then into the Gulf of Thailand. Etymology On many old European maps, the river is named the ''Mae Nam'' (Thai: แม่น้ำ), the Thai word for "river" (literally, "motherly water"). James McCarthy, F.R.G.S., who served as Director-General of the Siamese Government Surveys prior to establishment of the Royal Survey Department, wrote in his account, "''Mae Nam'' is a generic term, ''mae'' signifying "mother" and ''Nam'' "water," and the epithet Chao P'ia signifies that it is the chief river in the kingdom of Siam." H. Warington Smyth, who served as Director of the Department of Mines in Siam from 1891 to 1896, refers to it in his book first published in 1898 as "the Mae Nam Chao Phraya". In the English-language media in Thailand, the name Chao Phraya River is oft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dao Khanong Subdistrict
Dao Khanong ( th, ดาวคะนอง, also spelled: ดาวคนอง; ) is a ''khwaeng'' (sub-district) of Thon Buri district, Bangkok's Thonburi side. It is also the name of the surrounding area. History and etymology ''Dao Khanong'' roughly translates as 'swaggering star'. It is named after the Khlong (canal) Dao Khanong, which runs through the area and is regarded as the right tributary of Chao Phraya River, which connects the Chao Phraya River with Khlong Bang Khun Thian in the Bang Khun Thian, Chom Thong and Rat Burana areas. Khlong Dao Khanong is regarded as one of the most bustling water transport routes in Bangkok, because it is a tourist route. There are several theories about the area's name. All believe that it originates from the Mon people and Mon language, because of the numerous Mon population in the area. There are many buildings and neighbourhoods that have Mon roots, such as Wat Nang Nong, or ''tambon'' Song Khanong in Phra Pradaeng District, Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bang Kho Laem District
Bang Kho Laem ( th, บางคอแหลม, ) is one of the 50 districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. The incumbent district officer is Samita Xanthavanij. The district is bounded by (clockwise from north) Sathon, Yannawa, and across the Chao Phraya River, Rat Burana, Thon Buri and Khlong San districts. History Bang Kho Laem was formerly a part of amphoe Ban Thawai in Phra Pradaeng Province. Ban Thawai was later reassigned to Phra Nakhon Province, and renamed amphoe Yan Nawa. When Phra Nakhon and Thon Buri were combined into a single province in 1972, the names of administrative units in the newly combined capital were changed from amphoe and tambon to district (''khet'') and sub-district (''khwaeng''). Thus, amphoe Yan Nawa (อำเภอยานนาวา) became khet Yan Nawa (เขตยานนาวา). Due to population increases, on 18 April 1989, Yan Nawa Branch 2 (Khwaeng Bang Kho Laem) was established as a second administrative unit within the Ya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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