Dao Khanong

{{About|sub-district and neighbourhood in Bangkok|the film|By the Time It Gets Dark}} {{Infobox settlement   |official_name = Dao Khanong |native_name = ดาวคะนอง |settlement_type = [[Khwaeng]] | coordinates = |motto = | image_skyline= 201701 Talat Phlu Station.jpg |image_caption = [[Talat Phlu BTS station]], Dao Khanong.<ref name=dao/> | image_map = {{#property:P242}} | map_caption = Location in [[Thon Buri district]]  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name ={{flag|Thailand}} |subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Bangkok]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Districts of Thailand|Khet]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Thon Buri district|Thon Buri]]  |established_title = |established_date =  |area_total_km2 = 1.289 |area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/upload/user/00000130/BMA_STATISTICS%202563/ebook%2063.pdf|script-title=th:สถิติกรุงเทพมหานครประจำปี 2563|trans-title=Bangkok Statistics 2020|author=Administrative Strategy Division, Strategy and Evaluation Department, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration|date=2021|access-date=27 November 2021|lang=th|archive-date=30 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930084153/https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/upload/user/00000130/BMA_STATISTICS%202563/ebook%2063.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |area_water_km2 =  |population_as_of = 2018 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =17,361 |population_density_km2 =13,468.58  |timezone = [[Indochina Time|ICT]] |utc_offset = +7 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m =  |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code = {{#property:P281}} |area_code = |blank_name = [[TIS 1099]] |blank_info = {{#property:P1067}} |website = |footnotes = }}

'''Dao Khanong''' ({{langx|th|ดาวคะนอง, also spelled: ดาวคนอง}}; {{IPA|th|dāːw kʰā.nɔ̄ːŋ|pron}}) is a ''[[khwaeng]]'' (sub-district) of [[Thon Buri district]], [[Bangkok]]'s [[Thonburi]] side. It is also the name of the surrounding area.

==History and etymology== ''Dao Khanong'' roughly translates as 'swaggering star'. It is named after the [[Khlong]] (canal) Dao Khanong, which runs through the area and is regarded as the right tributary of [[Chao Phraya River]], which connects the Chao Phraya River with Khlong Bang Khun Thian in the [[Bang Khun Thian]], [[Chom Thong District, Bangkok|Chom Thong]] and [[Rat Burana]] areas. Khlong Dao Khanong is regarded as one of the most bustling [[water transport]] routes in Bangkok, because it is a tourist route.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edtguide.com/travel/378332/klong-dao-khanong|title=คลองดาวคะนอง (ประตูน้ำคลองดาวคะนอง)|trans-title=Khlong Dao Khanong (Khlong Dao Khanong Watergate)|language=thai|work=edtguide|date=2012-06-13|accessdate=2019-08-11}}</ref>

There are several theories about the area's name. All believe that it originates from the [[Mon people]] and [[Mon language]], because of the numerous Mon population in the area. There are many buildings and neighbourhoods that have Mon roots, such as Wat Nang Nong, or ''[[tambon]]'' Song Khanong in [[Phra Pradaeng District]], [[Samut Prakan Province]] (across the Chao Phraya River).

In addition, there is a legend about two crocodiles fighting in this area, hence the name ''Dang Khanong'' ['crocodiles's swagger'], later distorted to ''Dao Khanong''.<ref name=ban>{{cite web|url=http://topicstock.pantip.com/library/topicstock/2008/09/K6995847/K6995847.html|trans-title="Dao Khanong" Where does this name come from?|title="ดาวคะนอง" ชื่อนี้มีที่มาอย่างไร |first= Rocket |last=Fuel|date=2008-09-13|language=thai|work=[[Pantip.com]]|accessdate=2019-08-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thaistudies.chula.ac.th/2018/09/29/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%82%E0%B9%89%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%92%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A2/|title=จระเข้ในวัฒนธรรมไทย|trans-title=Crocodiles in Thai culture|date=2018-09-29|accessdate=2019-08-11|language=thai|work=Thaistudies}}</ref>

''Dao Khanong'' was mentioned in ''"[[Nirat]] Mueang Klaeng"'' (นิราศเมืองแกลง), the travelogue poetry by the poet [[Sunthorn Phu]] in the early- [[Rattanakosin period]].<ref name=ban/>

Around 1970s–1990s, Dao Khanong was an area that was well known as the center for watch and glasses shops of Bangkok.

==Geography== Neighbouring sub-districts are (from the north clockwise): [[Talat Phlu]], Bukkhalo, and [[Samre, Bangkok|Samre]] in its district, Bang Kho Laem of [[Bang Kho Laem District]] (across the Chao Phraya River), Chom Thong, and Bang Kho of Chom Thong District.<ref name=dao>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-08-11|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dao+Khanong,+Thon+Buri,+Bangkok/@13.7053133,100.4751882,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x30e298626333b961:0x40100b25de28b60!8m2!3d13.7038115!4d100.4832171|work=[[Google Maps]]|title=Dao Khanong}}</ref>

==Places== {{multiple image | direction = vertical | width = 250 | align =right | image1 = Thanon Somdet Phra Chao Tak Sin.jpg | alt1 = | caption1 = Somdet Phra Chao Tak Sin Road, Dao Khanong Market. | image2 = สะพานกรุงเทพ (Krung Thep Bridge)-Road View.jpg | alt2 = | caption2 = Krung Thep Bridge (seen from Dao Khanong). }} *[[Talat Phlu BTS Station]] *[[Big C]] Supercenter Dao Khanong *Yan Nawa office of the [[Metropolitan Electricity Authority]] (MEA), Dao Khanong Sub-Branch *Dao Khanong Market *Dao Khanong Pier *Chao Mae Thapthim ([[Shui Wei Sheng Niang]]) Shrine *Lao Pun Tao Kong Shrine *Buan Chun Tua Almshouse *Wat Klang Dao Khanong *Dao Khanong High School

==Transport== *Khlong Dao Khanong *[[Ratchadapisek Road]] *Somdet Phra Chao Tak Sin Road *Suk Sawat Road *Charoen Nakhon Road *[[Mahaisawan Road]] and Mahaisawan Intersection *Bukkhalo Intersection *[[Krungthep Bridge]] (Bangkok Bridge)<ref name=dao/> *[[Rama III Bridge]] (New Bangkok Bridge)

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