Sathon district
Sathon
สาทร | |
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UTC+7 (ICT) | |
Postal code | 10120 |
Geocode | 1028 |
Sathon or Sathorn (
History
Sathon district was once part of Yan Nawa. Due to its large area and population, first a branch district office of Yan Nawa was set up on 9 March 1989 to serve the people in three khwaeng of Yan Nawa. And then on 9 November 1989, the Sathon district was established inheriting the area once served by the branch office.
The district is named after
Administration
The district is divided into three sub-districts (khwaeng).
No. | Name | Thai | Area (km2) |
Map |
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1. |
Thung Wat Don | ทุ่งวัดดอน | 3.195 |
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2. |
Yan Nawa | ยานนาวา | 2.090
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3. |
Thung Maha Mek | ทุ่งมหาเมฆ | 4.041
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Total | 9.326
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The Department of Airports of Thailand is headquartered in Sathon,[3] as was its predecessor, the Department of Civil Aviation.[4]
Aeronautical Radio of Thailand (AEROTHAI) and Bangkok Dock Company, the state enterprises under the Ministry of Transport also based in the district.
Sathon Road
Sathon Road marks the northern boundary of the district, with the southern lane of the road belonging to Sathon District and the northern lane across the Sathon Canal belonging to Bang Rak.
Along Sathon Road there are many up-scale hotels, the famous "Robot Building", Saint Louis Hospital (and church, and school), the Apostolic Nunciature of The Holy See, and the Blue Elephant cooking school.
Places
Wat Yannawa (วัดยานนาวา), a temple dating back to the Ayutthaya period, is probably the best known temple in Sathon. It has a unique junk-shaped chedi and viharn built by King Rama III. The idea behind the construction was that Chinese junk was quickly disappearing and the pagoda should show present descendants what it looked like. The temple was known as Wat Kok Khwai (วัดคอกควาย) during the Ayutthaya Kingdom and Wat Kok Krabue (วัดคอกกระบือ) during the Thonburi and early-Bangkok eras before the construction of the chedi.
Wat Don (วัดดอน) was built in 1797 during the
Hindu Dharma Sabha Association (สมาคมฮินดูธรรมสภา), also better known as Wat Vishnu (วัดวิษณุ) is one of Bangkok's oldest and most prominent
San Chao Mae Brahma Met (ศาลเจ้าแม่พรหมเมศ) is a
Economy
Nok Air has its head office in the Rajanakarn Building in Yan Nawa, Sathon.[8]
Education
- Assumption College Primary Section
- Garden International School Bangkok
- Rajamangala University of Technology Krungthep
- Wat Suthiwararam School
- Satri Si Suriyothai School
- Saint Louis College (Bangkok)
Diplomatic missions
- Embassy of Austria[9]
- Embassy of Brazil
- Embassy of Denmark
- Embassy of Germany
- Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See
- Embassy of Luxembourg
- Embassy of Malaysia
- Embassy of Mexico
- Embassy of Morocco
- Embassy of Panama
- Embassy of Singapore
- Embassy of Slovakia
- Embassy of United Kingdom
References
- ^ "Population and House Report for Year 2017 (see page 2 for data of this district)". Department of Provincial Administration, Ministry of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 2018-04-01. (Search page)
- ^ "Sathon". Office of Royal Society. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
- ^ Contact Us. Department of Airports. Retrieved on 1 August 2019
- ^ Contact DCA Archived 2010-01-09 at the Wayback Machine. Department of Civil Aviation. Retrieved on 4 March 2010.
- ^ "ป่าช้าวัดดอน สุสานสุดเฮี้ยน" [Wat Don Cemetery, a very haunted graveyard]. CH3 (in Thai).
- ^ Krai-ngu, Traithep. "วัดวิษณุ : หนึ่งเดียวในไทยที่มีเทพครบทุกองค์!!" [Vishu Temple : only one in Thailand that has all the gods!!]. Siamganesh (in Thai). Retrieved 2020-04-18.
- ^ Num lukthung (2009-07-21). ""New Road" ถนนใหม่สายแรกในกรุงเทพฯ" ["New Road" the first road in Bangkok]. Manager Online (in Thai). Retrieved 2020-04-18.
- ^ "Contact US". Nok Air. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- ^ "Diplomatic and Consular List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.