WSamphanthawong is one of the 50 districts (khet) of Bangkok, Thailand. Regarded as Bangkok's Chinatown, it is the smallest district in area but has the highest population density of Bangkok's districts. Neighboring districts are Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bang Rak, Khlong San, and Phra Nakhon.
WChakkrawat is a khwaeng (subdistrict) of Samphanthawong district, Bangkok.
WChaloem Buri is the area south of the intersection of Yaowarat Road and Songsawat Roads in Bangkok's Samphanthawong District.
WBangkok's Chinatown is one of the largest Chinatowns in the world. It was founded in 1782 when the city was established as the capital of the Rattanakosin Kingdom, and served as the home of the mainly Teochew immigrant Chinese population, who soon became the city's dominant ethnic group. Originally centred around Sampheng, the core of Chinatown now lies along Yaowarat Road, which serves as its main artery and sometimes lends its name to the entire area, which is often referred to as Yaowarat. Chinatown's entire area is roughly coterminous with Samphanthawong District, and includes neighbourhoods such as Song Wat and Talat Noi along the Chao Phraya River, and Charoen Chai, Khlong Thom and Nakhon Khasem along Charoen Krung Road.
WThe Golden Buddha, officially titled Phra Phuttha Maha Suwanna Patimakon, commonly known in Thai as Phra Sukhothai Traimit, is a gold Maravijaya Attitude seated Buddharupa statue, with a weight of 5.5 tonnes. It is located in the temple of Wat Traimit, Bangkok, Thailand. At one point in its history the statue was covered with a layer of stucco and coloured glass to conceal its true value, and it remained in this condition for almost 200 years, ending up as what was then a pagoda of minor significance. During relocation of the statue in 1955, the plaster was chipped off and the gold revealed.
WKhlong Thom is a neighbourhood in Bangkok, mainly in Pom Prap Sattru Phai District. It is located along Mahachak Road around its intersection with Charoen Krung, on the periphery of Bangkok's Chinatown in Samphanthawong District. Mahachak Road was built around 1930 on the site of the former Khlong Sampheng. The canal was filled in to make way for the road, hence the name Khlong Thom, which means "filled canal".
WLeng Buai Ia Shrine is a Chinese shrine, in the Samphanthawong district of Bangkok's Chinatown. It is located in a courtyard among a network of narrow alleys off Charoen Krung Road.
WMo Mi is a large intersection located in the centre of Bangkok's Chinatown district in the sub-districts of Pom Prap, Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Talat Noi, and Samphanthawong.
WOdeon Circle or Wongwian Odeon is a roundabout in Bangkok, it's the intersection of Yaowarat, Charoen Krung, and Tri Mit or Mittaphap Thai-China roads in Samphanthawong sub-district, Samphanthawong district. In the circle, There's a red huge Chinese architecture gate which was built by Thai Chinese descent as a part of the celebrations of King Bhumibol’s 72nd anniversary in 1999. It's known as a gateway of Bangkok's Chinatown which Yaowarat as a main artery.
WPhadung Dao Road is a short road in the area of Bangkok's Chinatown, which can be considered a soi (alleyway). It is divided into two parts: The first part begins on the right side of Charoen Krung Road, running south to intersect with Yaowarat Road. The second part stretches from the intersection with Yaowarat to Phat Sai Road, which connects Yaowaphanit and Song Sawat Roads in the area near Sampheng. The total length is approximately 200 metres (0.12 mi).
WPhitthaya Sathian Bridge is a historic bridge in the Bangkok's Talat Noi sub-district, Samphanthawong district. It's considered as another iron bridge of Bangkok counterpart with the Damrong Sathit Bridge, popularly known as Saphan Lek, which site in the area of Khlong Thom. Phitthaya Sathian Bridge is the bridge on Charoen Krung road across Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem and considered to be the end of Samphanthawong. The next district is Bang Rak.
WPlaeng Nam is a name of a road that intersects from Charoen Krung to Yaowarat Roads in the area of Bangkok's Chinatown, includes also a namesake four-way intersection where it meets Charoen Krung and Phlapphla Chai roads, which is regarded as the starting point of Phlappha Chai, while the next intersection on Charoen Krung side is Mo Mi. Moreover, it is also close to the Wat Mangkon Kamalawat.
WRatchawong Pier is a pier on Chao Phraya River in Bangkok.
WRatchawong Road is a road in Bangkok, Thailand. It is located in the area of Bangkok's Chinatown. It starts from Suea Pa intersection toward southeast and meets with Yaowarat road at Ratchawong intersection where it bends to the south as far as the end of the Ratchawong pier (N5), the ferry pier to Tha Din Daeng in Thonburi side and Chao Phraya Express Boat service. Its lengths 600 m.
WS.A.B. Intersection is formed by the intersection of Charoen Krung and Worachak with Chakkrawat roads in Bangkok's Pom Prap Sattru Phai and Samphanthawong Districts near Khlong Thom area, regarded as an end of Worachak road and beginning of Chakkrawat road.
WSamphanthawong is one of the three khwaeng (subdistrict) of Samphanthawong District, Bangkok, regarded as the main subdistrict of the district.
WSampheng is a historic neighborhood and market in Bangkok's Chinatown, in Samphanthawong District. It was settled during the establishment of Bangkok in 1782 by Teochew Chinese, and eventually grew into the surrounding areas. The original street of Sampheng, now officially known as Soi Wanit 1, is now a small alleyway lined with numerous shops, and is a famous market.
WSaphan Han is a small bridge over the Khlong Rop Krung in the so-called Khlong Ong Ang in the areas of Bangkok's Chakkrawat sub-district, Samphanthawong district and Wang Burapha Phirom sub-district, Phra Nakhon district, including both a neighbourhood and namesake shopping district.
WSi Phraya Pier, with designated pier number N 3, is a pier on the Chao Phraya River located at the southern end of Si Phraya Road, Bangkok.
WThe Talat Noi Branch is Siam Commercial Bank's first permanent office, and the oldest operating bank branch in Thailand. It is located in Talat Noi Subdistrict of Bangkok's Samphanthawong District, at the periphery of Bangkok's Chinatown. The building, designed by Italian architect Annibale Rigotti in the Beaux-Arts style, was built in 1908 or 1910. It sits on the bank of the Chao Phraya River, almost next to the Holy Rosary Church, and is listed by the Fine Arts Department as an unregistered ancient monument. The building received the ASA Architectural Conservation Award in 1982, and underwent renovations in 1995.
WSieng Kong or sometimes spell Xiang Gong and Siang Kong is a neighbourhood in the area of Bangkok's Chinatown, Talat Noi sub-district, Samphanthawong district. It is well known to most Thais as the car part and secondhand engine machine center. It covers the area from Talat Noi, Song Wat to parts of Khao Lam, Tri Mit and Charoen Krung roads.
WThe So Heng Tai Mansion is a nineteenth-century Chinese courtyard house in the historic neighbourhood of Talat Noi in Bangkok. It was built by Phra Aphaiwanit, a Hokkien Chinese bird's nest tax farmer with ancestry from Fujian who eventually joined the nobility under King Rama III. His descendants include many prominent Thai businessmen, celebrities and politicians including Korn Chatikavanij. The house has continuously been inhabited by his descendants, including one branch who now form the Poshyachinda family. It is one of the last remaining traditional Chinese houses in Bangkok and claims to be the oldest private residence in the city. A Thai Chinese tycoon reportedly offered to buy the residence for 2 billion baht, an offer turned down by the family. Today, it also operates as a diving school, a pool having been built in the courtyard in 2004. The house has at times been opened to the public, especially since 2014 when the Talat Noi area was promoted as a cultural tourism destination. Multiple organizations have offered assistance in its restoration, though lack of government support has largely left maintenance of the house to the family's own expense.
WSong Wat Road is a historic road in the area of Bangkok's Samphanthawong district. It has its origins by separating from Chak Phet road near Chakkrawat police station and foot of Phra Pok Klao bridge on the borderline of Chakkrawat sub-district, Samphanthwong district and Wang Burapha Phirom sub-district, Phra Nakhon district, then cuts across Ratchawong road in the area near Ratchawong pier, as far as ending at the intersection with Khao Lam and Charoen Krung roads in Talat Noi sub-district in the area known as Sieng Kong (เซียงกง) or official name Soi Wanit 2. The distance is 1,196 m alongside Chao Phraya river almost all the way.
WSuea Pa Road, also written as Sueapa or Sua Pa is a road and intersection in Bangkok. It's a short road in the areas of Pom Prap sub-district, Pom Prap Sattru Phai district and Samphanthawong sub-district, Samphanthawong district. The road separates from the front of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration General Hospital and ends at the intersection with Charoen Krung road. It's considered to be the intersection next to the S.A.B. intersection on Charoen Krung road located before Wat Mangkon Kamalawat, the largest and most well-known joss house in Bangkok.
WTalat Noi or Talad Noi is a historic neighbourhood in Bangkok. It roughly occupies the area of the sub-district of the same name in Samphanthawong District. On the periphery of Bangkok's Chinatown, Talat Noi has been home to various ethnic Chinese communities since soon after the foundation of Bangkok. Several historic buildings are found in the area, including the Holy Rosary Church, the Talat Noi Branch of Siam Commercial Bank, and the So Heng Tai Mansion.
WThian Fah Foundation Hospital, shortened to Thian Fah Foundation is the first foundation and private hospital in Thailand, including shrine. Located at 606 Yaowarat Road, Samphanthawong Subdistrict, Samphanthawong District, Bangkok near Wat Traimit, Odeon Circle and Chaloem Buri Intersection.
WWoeng Nakhon Khasem is a market in the Samphanthawong District, Bangkok, Thailand. It is popularly known as the "Thieves Market" as formerly mostly stolen goods were sold there. The market is surrounded by Charoen Krung, Chakkrawat, Boriphat, and Yaowarat Roads in the area near foot of Damrong Sathit Bridge with close to Wang Burapha and Khlong Thom. Its name literally translated as "delightful townspeople alcove".
WWat Bamphen Chin Phrot or familiarly known in Teochew Yong Hok Yi (ย่งฮกยี่) is a Chinese temple of the Mahāyāna sect in Thailand, located on Soi Yaowarat 8, Samphanthawong Subdistrict, Samphanthawong District, Bangkok. This temple has many interesting features, because it is one of the oldest Chinese temples in Thailand, including the only temple located on Yaowarat Road and can be considered as the smallest temple in the country, because it is only five storey shophouse.
WWat Bophit Phimuk Worawihan, or simple known as Wat Bophit Phimuk is a second grade royal temple in Bangkok, located on Chakkrawat Road, Chakkrawat Sub-district, Samphanthawong District near the foot of Phra Pok Klao Bridge on periphery of Chakkrawat Sub-district, Samphanthawong District and Wang Burapha Phirom Sub-district, Phra Nakhon District. Regarded as another Thai temple located in the area known as Chinatown, in addition to the Wat Traimit or the Wat Chakkrawat.
WWat Chai Chana Songkhram, or written as Wat Chaichana Songkhram is a Thai Buddhist temple located in the area of Khlong Thom not far from Chinatown, or popularly known as Yaowarat.
WWat Kanmatuyaram, or written as Wat Kanma Tuyaram is a small Thai civilian temple in Bangkok, located on Mangkon Road, Samphanthawong Sub-district, Samphanthawong District, regarded as another Thai temple located in the area of Bangkok's Chinatown, in addition to Wat Traimit. The entrance of the temple on Charoen Krung Road opposite to Chinese temple Wat Mangkon Kamalawat. It is the temple in Dhammayuttika Nikaya sect of Buddhism.
WWat Pathum Khongkha Ratchaworawihan, or simple known as Wat Pathum Khongkha is a second class royal temple in the Talat Noi area of Bangkok's Chinatown near Tri Mit Road, which leads to Odeon Circle, the beginning of Yaowarat Road.
WWat Tuek is an intersection in the area of Samphanthawong and Chakkrawat Subdistricts, Bangkok's Samphanthawong District, where Yaowarat meets Chakkrawat Roads, considered to be the tip phase of Yaowarat Road, or better known as Bangkok's Chinatown. Yaowarat is a road with a length of about 1.5 km and is a road with traffic management as one-way. Starting from the Odeon Circle when passing this intersection and spans Khlong Rop Krung with Bhanubandhu Bridge, it will end at Merry Kings Intersection in front of the Wang Burapha in the area of Phra Nakhon District's Wang Burapha Phirom Subdistrict. S.A.B. Intersection is paralleled on the Chakkrawat side, including close to Woeng Nakhon Khasem.
WYaowarat Road in Samphanthawong District is the main artery of Bangkok's Chinatown. Modern Chinatown now covers a large area around Yaowarat and Charoen Krung Road. It has been the main centre for trading by the Chinese community since they moved from their old site some 200 years ago to make way for the construction of Wat Phra Kaew, the Grand Palace. Nearby is the Phahurat or Little India. The area is bordered by the Chao Phraya River to the south. Yaowarat Road is well known for its variety of foodstuffs, and at night turns into a large "food street" that draws tourists and locals from all over the city.