Dusit ( th, ดุสิต; ) is a ''
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 othe ...
'' (subdistrict) of
Dusit District, in
Bangkok
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,
Thailand
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.
Naming
Its named after
Dusit Palace
Dusit Palace ( th, พระราชวังดุสิต, RTGS: ''Phra Ratcha Wang Dusit'') is a compound of royal residences in Bangkok, Thailand. Constructed over a large area north of Rattanakosin Island between 1897 and 1901 by King Chu ...
, that is located in the area.
The word "Dusit", refers to "
Tushita
Tuṣita (Sanskrit) or Tusita (Pāli) is one of the six deva-worlds of the Kāmadhātu, located between the Yāma heaven and the heaven. Like the other heavens, is said to be reachable through meditation. It is the heaven where the Bodhisatt ...
", the fourth of six
heavenly realm
Heavenly may refer to:
* Pertaining to Heaven
Music Bands
* Heavenly (British band), an English pop band
* Heavenly (French band), a French heavy metal band
Albums
* ''Heavenly'' (Johnny Mathis album), 1959
* ''Heavenly'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel a ...
, according to the belief in
Buddhist cosmology
Buddhist cosmology describes the planes and realms in which beings can be reborn. The spatial cosmology consists of a vertical cosmology, the various planes of beings, into which beings are reborn due to their merits and development; and a hori ...
. The residence of
Bodhisattva
In Buddhism, a bodhisattva ( ; sa, 𑀩𑁄𑀥𑀺𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁆𑀯 (Brahmī), translit=bodhisattva, label=Sanskrit) or bodhisatva is a person who is on the path towards bodhi ('awakening') or Buddhahood.
In the Early Buddhist schools ...
Svetaketu who believed to have advented as a
Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha, was a śramaṇa, wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.
According to Buddhist tradition, he was ...
on the human world.
Geography
Dusit has a total area of 2.233 km
2 (about 0.862 mi
2), which is the most southern part of the district, and most of the area is the royal court and government offices. It is the site of Dusit District Office.
The area is bordered by neighbouring subdistricts (from the north clockwise):
Thanon Nakhon Chai Si in its district (Khlong Samsen is a borderline),
Suan Chitlada in its district (
Khlong Prem Prachakon
Khlong Prem Prachakon ( th, คลองเปรมประชากร, ) is a '' khlong'' (คลอง; canal) in central Thailand. It's considered to be the first canal dug in the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). It connects between Ba ...
is a borderline), Wat Sommanat of
Pom Prap Sattru Phai District
Pom Prap Sattru Phai ( th, ป้อมปราบศัตรูพ่าย, , or popularly just called Pom Prap, ) is one of the Districts of Bangkok, 50 districts (khet) of Bangkok, Thailand. Neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) ...
and Bang Khun Phrom of
Phra Nakhon District (
Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem
Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem ( th, คลองผดุงกรุงเกษม, ) is a canal (''khlong'') in Bangkok. It was dug in 1851 in order to serve as a new outer moat for the expanding city, extending its boundaries from the Rattanakosin ...
is a borderline),
Wachiraphayaban in its district (
Samsen Road
350px, Samsen Road in the phase of Thewet Naruemit Bridge (view backward to Phra Nakhon side)
Samsen or spelled Sam Sen ( th, สามเสน, ) is a road and neighbourhood in Bangkok considered to be one of Bangkok's oldest. Samsen road start ...
is a borderline).
Demography
In 2017 it had a total population of 12,792 people.
References
Subdistricts of Bangkok
Dusit district
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