Lam Sali (, ) is a four-way intersection in Hua Mak subdistrict,

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district, Bangkok. It is also the name of the surrounding area. It is an intersection of Ramkhamhaeng and

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roads, not far from The Mall Bang Kapi. Its name is distorted from the word ''"Lam Ta Samli"'' (ลำตาสำลี; lit: the old Samli's track, or Mr. Samli's track). Since in the olden days, this area was a countryside that was full of waterways, such as

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and

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s with grove woods, known as ''"Thung Bang Kapi"'' (ทุ่งบางกะปิ; Bang Kapi Field), and was a Muslim settlement. There was an old man named ''"To Kili"'' (โต๊ะกีลี) or ''"Ta Samli"'' (ตาสำลี) whose job was to raise buffalos for the locals. He often drove a herd of buffalo to eat grass at front of the Yamee-Unmuttageen Mosque in present day. Long days, the fields were so smooth that it became a path, hence the name ''Lam Ta Samli'' and finally became a ''Lam Sali''. The Lam Sali intersection had extreme traffic jams beginning December 7, 2018, when the Lam Sali

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(only inbound side) was closed for one year due to the construction of the

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{{reflist Bang Kapi district Neighbourhoods of Bangkok Road junctions in Bangkok