Khlong Chak Phra ( th, คลองชักพระ, ) is one of the six ''

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 ...

s'' (sub-districts) of

Taling Chan District Taling Chan ( th, ตลิ่งชัน, ) is one of the 50 districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. Its neighbours, clockwise from the north, are Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi province and Bang Phlat, Bangkok Noi, Bangkok Yai, Pha ...

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, 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 estima ...

Thonburi __NOTOC__ Thonburi ( th, ธนบุรี) is an area of modern Bangkok. During the era of the Kingdom of Ayutthaya, its location on the right (west) bank at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River had made it an important garrison town, which is ...

side. It is the location of the district office.

Geography

It is named after

Khlong A ''khlong'' ( th, คลอง, ), alternatively spelt as ''klong'' () commonly refers to a canal in Thailand. These canals are spawned by the rivers Chao Phraya, Tha Chin, and Mae Klong, along with their tributaries particularly in the low-ly ...

Chak Phra, that currents through right side of the area and also a borderline with other districts. Geography of Khlong Chak Phra is long and thin, giving it a curve-like shape and the easternmost of the district, with a total area of 1.251 km² (0.483 mi²). Most of the area consisting of lowlands along the waterways, therefore often flooding regularly. Neighbouring sub-districts are (from the north clockwise): Taling Chan in its district, Arun Amarin,

Bang Khun Non Bang Khun Non ( th, บางขุนนนท์, ) is a ''khwaeng'' (subdistrict) of Bangkok Noi District, in Bangkok, Thailand. In 2018, it had a total population of 9,549 people. Its name after Khlong Bang Khun Non, a canal runs through the a ...

and Bang Khun Si of

Bangkok Noi Bangkok Noi ( th, บางกอกน้อย, ) is one of the 50 districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Bang Phlat, Phra Nakhon (across Chao Phraya River), Bangkok Yai, Phasi Charoen, and ...

District, Khuha Sawan of

Phasi Charoen Phasi Charoen ( th, ภาษีเจริญ, ) is one of the 50 districts (''Khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. The district is bounded by other Bangkok districts (from north clockwise): Taling Chan, Bangkok Noi, Bangkok Yai, Thon Buri, Chom Th ...

District, Bang Phrom,

Bang Ramat Bang Ramat ( th, บางระมาด, ) is one of the six ''khwaengs'' (subdistricts) of Taling Chan District in Bangkok's Thonburi area. Bang Ramat has 23 administrative villages. History It is named after Khlong Bang Ramat, a waterway tha ...

, and Chimphli in its district.

Transportation

The area is served by the Bang Ramat Railway Halt of the

State Railway of Thailand The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) ( th, การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย, abbrev. รฟท., ) is the state-owned rail operator under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transport in Thailand. History The SRT was ...

(SRT), whose Southern Line passes beside

Taling Chan Floating Market Taling Chan ( th, ตลิ่งชัน, ) is one of the 50 districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. Its neighbours, clockwise from the north, are Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi province and Bang Phlat, Bangkok Noi, Bangkok Yai, Pha ...

and Taling Chan District Office.

Local legend

Khlong Chak Phra has a

legend A legend is a Folklore genre, genre of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human actions, believed or perceived, both by teller and listeners, to have taken place in human history. Narratives in this genre may demonstrate human valu ...

about a

ghost A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to rea ...

of a pregnant woman similar to

Mae Nak Phra Khanong Mae Nak Phra Khanong ( th, แม่นากพระโขนง, meaning 'Lady Nak of Phra Khanong'), or simply Mae Nak ( th, แม่นาก, 'Lady Nak') or Nang Nak ( th, นางนาก, 'Miss Nak'), is a well-known Thai ghost. Acc ...

, named ''"Phi Yai Wan"'' (ผียายหวาน, "ghost of Mrs. Wan"). Like well-known a Mae Nak Phra Khanong who died while still pregnant, it is said that her spirit haunt people, including tuk-tuk or taxi drivers at night in many different ways, such as hail a cab, but then suddenly vanished mysteriously or hanging upside down from the tree. Believed that her story is true about the 1970–71. It is said that she was a local woman shot and killed because of jealousy by her husband on the railway side near the Taling Chan Junction and Wat Taling Chan. At present, there is still an old wooden boat preserved at Wat Champa in Bang Ramat, believed to be the boat of Yai Wan. According to the confirmation of a man who experienced this event directly, he said it happened in 1975. A deceased woman named ''"Daeng Wan"'' (แดงหวาน), she was the person he regarded as sister-in-law. She died from being shot by her husband because of the misconception that she was a pestered fishing cat in the daybreak, and she died unknowingly. The boat is believed to belong to Yai Wan, it was actually his own boat that he dedicated to Wat Champa because it's a haunted boat. Every night nowadays, Daeng Wan's spirit still rows in a khlong beside Wat Champa.

Places of interest

*Taling Chan Floating Market *Wat Chang Lek *Wat Taling Chan *Wat Paknam Fang Nuea *Song Khlong Floating Market

References

{{Coord, 13, 46, 35.96, N, 100, 27, 23.51, E, region:TH_type:landmark, display=title Taling Chan district Subdistricts of Bangkok