Khlong Chak Phra subdistrict

{{short description|Sub-district in Bangkok, Thailand}} {{Infobox settlement   |official_name = Khlong Chak Phra |native_name = คลองชักพระ |settlement_type = [[Khwaeng]] | coordinates = |motto = | image_map = {{#property:P242}} | map_caption = Location in [[Taling Chan District]]  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name ={{flag|Thailand}} |subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Bangkok]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Amphoe|Khet]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Taling Chan District|Taling Chan]]  |established_title = |established_date =  |area_total_km2 = 1.251 |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}}</ref> |area_water_km2 =  |population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 9982 |population_density_km2 =  |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 = |image_skyline = Khlong Chak Phra, Taling Chan, Bangkok, Thailand - panoramio (14).jpg |caption = Viaduct over Khlong Chak Phra }} '''Khlong Chak Phra''' ({{langx|th|คลองชักพระ}}, {{IPA|th|kʰlɔ̄ːŋ t͡ɕʰák pʰráʔ|pron}}) is one of the six ''[[khwaeng]]s'' (sub-districts) of [[Taling Chan District]] in [[Bangkok]]'s [[Thonburi]] side. It is the location of the district office.

==Geography== It is named after [[Khlong]] [[Khlong Bang Khun Si|Chak Phra]], that currents through right side of the area and also a borderline with other districts. Geography of Khlong Chak Phra is long and thin, giving it a curve-like shape and the easternmost of the district, with a total area of 1.251 km<sup>2</sup> (0.483 mi<sup>2</sup>). Most of the area consisting of lowlands along the waterways, therefore often flooding regularly.

Neighbouring sub-districts are (from the north clockwise): Taling Chan in its district, [[Arun Amarin Subdistrict|Arun Amarin]], [[Bang Khun Non]] and [[Bang Khun Si Subdistrict|Bang Khun Si]] of [[Bangkok Noi]] District, Khuha Sawan of [[Phasi Charoen]] District, [[Bang Phrom, Bangkok|Bang Phrom]], [[Bang Ramat]], and Chimphli in its district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thaitambon.com/tambon/101901|work=ThaiTambon.com|language=thai|title=ข้อมูลแขวงคลองชักพระ เขตตลิ่งชัน กรุงเทพมหานคร|trans-title=Information of Khlong Chak Phra Subdistrict, Taling Chan District, Bangkok}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>

==Transportation== The area is served by the [[Bang Ramat Railway Halt]] of the [[State Railway of Thailand]] (SRT), whose [[Southern Line (Thailand)|Southern Line]] passes beside [[Taling Chan Floating Market]] and Taling Chan District Office.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Pantip.com]]|trans-title=Roadside lunch break at ... Bang Ramat|title=พักเที่ยงริมทางที่...บางระมาด|author= Red Fox|date=2007-02-02|language=thai|url=http://topicstock.pantip.com/blueplanet/topicstock/2007/02/E5103834/E5103834.html}}</ref>

==Local legend== Khlong Chak Phra has a [[urban legend|local legend]] about a [[Thai ghost|ghost]] named ''Phi Yai Wan'' (ผียายหวาน, "ghost of Mrs. Wan"), a pregnant woman whose story resembles that of the famous [[Mae Nak Phra Khanong]]. Like Mae Nak, she reportedly died while pregnant, and her spirit is said to haunt people, especially [[tuk-tuk]] and taxi drivers, at night. Witnesses claim she appears in eerie ways; for example, she might hail a cab, then suddenly vanish without a trace, or appear hanging upside down from a tree. Her story is believed to be true, with the incident said to have occurred around 1970–71. According to the tale, she was a local trader who was shot and killed by her possessive husband near the railway tracks by [[Taling Chan Station|Taling Chan Junction]] and Wat Taling Chan, Some say, however, that she hanged herself.

Today, an old wooden boat, believed to have belonged to Yai Wan, is still preserved at [[Wat Champa]] in Bang Ramat.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Thongdaeng|first1=Wityada|title=ชุมทางตลิ่งชัน ย่านเก่า [ก่อน] กรุงเทพฯ|first2=Saran|last2=Thongpan|trans-title=Taling Chan Junction old neighbourhood [before] Bangkok|date=September 2012|publisher=Muang Boran Journal|location=Bangkok|isbn=978-974-7727-93-7|pages=112–113 |language=Thai}}</ref>

One man who claims to have experienced the haunting firsthand said it happened in 1975. The ghost he encountered was a woman named ''Daeng Wan'' (แดงหวาน), whom he considered his sister-in-law. She had been fatally shot by her husband in the early morning, after he mistook her for a [[fishing cat]] that had been pestering the area. The boat, believed to be Yai Wan's, was actually his own; he later donated it to Wat Champa because it was haunted. According to this man's own account, Daeng Wan's spirit still rows the canal beside Wat Champa at night.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xopw1CikwO0|via=YouTube|date=2020-11-19|language=Thai|author=Bugaboo.TV|title=ผีเล่าผี EP.10 เรื่องสุดหลอน!! เปิดตำนานผียายหวาน|trans-title=Ghost tell ghost EP.10 the most haunting story!! open the legend of the ghost of Yai Wan|type=Video}}</ref>

==Places of interest== *Taling Chan Floating Market *Wat Chang Lek *Wat Taling Chan *[[Wat Paknam Fang Nuea]] *Song Khlong Floating Market<ref>{{cite web|url=https://com2ine.com/travel/taling-chan-floating-market-bangkok/|title=ตลาดน้ำตลิ่งชัน ใกล้ใจกลางกรุงเทพฯ พร้อมเที่ยวตลาดน้ำตลิ่งชันพาชมบรรยายกาศสองฝั่งคลอง วิถีชีวิตไทย|work=com2ine.com|language=thai|author=COMZINE69|trans-title=Taling Chan floating market Near the center of Bangkok along with visiting the Taling Chan floating market, take a look atmosphere on the two sides of the canal, Thai way of life}}</ref>

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[[Category:Taling Chan district]] [[Category:Subdistricts of Bangkok]]