Huai Khwang
ห้วยขวาง | |
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Etymology: Impeded Creek | |
Coordinates: 13°46′41.5″N 100°34′49.4″E / 13.778194°N 100.580389°E | |
Country | Thailand |
Province | Bangkok |
Khet | Huai Khwang |
Area | |
• Total | 5.342 km2 (2.063 sq mi) |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 27,109 |
• Density | 5,074.69/km2 (13,143.4/sq mi) |
[2] | |
Time zone | UTC+7 ( ICT) |
Postal code | 10310 |
TIS 1099 | 101701 |
Huai Khwang ( Thai: ห้วยขวาง, pronounced [hûa̯j kʰwǎːŋ]) is a khwaeng (subdistrict) of Huai Khwang district, downtown Bangkok.
The subdistrict was once a tangle of marshlands in the past. Hence its name "Creeks That Block the Ways." [3]
Nowadays, Huai Khwang is best known for its seedy nightlife and so-called massage parlours. [4]
In addition, Pracha Rat Bamphen road, a branching off Ratchadaphisek road, is also the location of many shops or even nightclubs for Chinese. These Chinese are all new generation, some of them are even students. As a result, Huai Khwang has been dubbed as "New Chinatown". [5]
Huai Khwang is the west part of the district. Adjoining subdistricts are (from the north clockwise): Sam Sen Nok and Bang Kapi in its district, Din Daeng and Ratchadaphisek in Din Daeng district.
Huai Khwang
ห้วยขวาง | |
---|---|
Etymology: Impeded Creek | |
Coordinates: 13°46′41.5″N 100°34′49.4″E / 13.778194°N 100.580389°E | |
Country | Thailand |
Province | Bangkok |
Khet | Huai Khwang |
Area | |
• Total | 5.342 km2 (2.063 sq mi) |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 27,109 |
• Density | 5,074.69/km2 (13,143.4/sq mi) |
[2] | |
Time zone | UTC+7 ( ICT) |
Postal code | 10310 |
TIS 1099 | 101701 |
Huai Khwang ( Thai: ห้วยขวาง, pronounced [hûa̯j kʰwǎːŋ]) is a khwaeng (subdistrict) of Huai Khwang district, downtown Bangkok.
The subdistrict was once a tangle of marshlands in the past. Hence its name "Creeks That Block the Ways." [3]
Nowadays, Huai Khwang is best known for its seedy nightlife and so-called massage parlours. [4]
In addition, Pracha Rat Bamphen road, a branching off Ratchadaphisek road, is also the location of many shops or even nightclubs for Chinese. These Chinese are all new generation, some of them are even students. As a result, Huai Khwang has been dubbed as "New Chinatown". [5]
Huai Khwang is the west part of the district. Adjoining subdistricts are (from the north clockwise): Sam Sen Nok and Bang Kapi in its district, Din Daeng and Ratchadaphisek in Din Daeng district.