Chatuchak subdistrict

Chatuchak
จตุจักร
Outside Chatuchak Park near Mo Chit Station and Chatuchak Park Station (taken from Chatuchak side)
Location in Chatuchak District
Coordinates: 13°47′46.4″N 100°33′01.7″E / 13.796222°N 100.550472°E / 13.796222; 100.550472
Country Thailand
ProvinceBangkok
KhetChatuchak
Named afterChatuchak Park
Area
 • Total
7.878 km2 (3.042 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
21,853
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code
10900
TIS 1099103005

Chatuchak (Thai: จตุจักร, pronounced [t͡ɕàʔ.tùʔ.t͡ɕàk]) is a khwaeng (subdistrict) of Chatuchak District, Bangkok, Thailand. It is a location of the district office.

History

The name Chatuchak after Chatuchak Park, a public park was built on the occasion of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX)'s fourth cycle (48 years old) anniversary (Chatuchak means "fourth cycle"). In late 2003 it was officially declared a subdistrict along with four other subdistricts in Chatuchak.[2]

Geography

Chatuchak is an area in the southwest of the district. It is bounded by (from the north clockwise): Lat Yao in its district (Ratchadaphisek Road is a borderline), Chomphon in its district (Phaholyothin Road is a borderline), Phaya Thai in Phaya Thai District (Khlong Bang Sue is a borderline), Bang Sue in Bang Sue District (Khlong Prapa and Southern Railway Line are the borderlines).[2][3]

Places

Transportation

Cites

  1. ^ Administrative Strategy Division, Strategy and Evaluation Department, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (2021). สถิติกรุงเทพมหานครประจำปี 2563 [Bangkok Statistics 2020] (PDF) (in Thai). Retrieved 1 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b "ประกาศกรุงเทพมหานคร เรื่อง เปลี่ยนแปลงพื้นที่แขวงลาดยาว และตั้งแขวงเสนานิคม แขวงจันทรเกษม แขวงจอมพล แขวงจตุจักร เขตจตุจักร" ["Bangkok Announcement on Change of Lat Yao Subdistrict area and set up Sena Nikhom Subdistrict Chan Kasem Subdistrict Chomphon Subdistrict Chatuchak Subdistrict, Chatuchak District"] (PDF). Ratchakitcha (in Thai). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 27, 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "แผนที่ดินไทยและธาตุอาหารพืช". r01.ldd.go.th (in Thai).