# Khlong Chak Phra subdistrict

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Sub-district in Bangkok, Thailand

Khwaeng in Thailand

Khlong Chak Phra คลองชักพระ Khwaeng Viaduct over Khlong Chak Phra Location in Taling Chan District Country Thailand Province Bangkok Khet Taling Chan Area [1] • Total 1.251 km2 (0.483 sq mi) Population (2020) • Total 9,982 Time zone UTC+7 (ICT) Postal code 10170 TIS 1099 101901

**Khlong Chak Phra** ([Thai](/source/Thai_language): คลองชักพระ, pronounced [\[kʰlɔ̄ːŋ t͡ɕʰák pʰráʔ\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Thai)) is one of the six *[khwaengs](/source/Khwaeng)* (sub-districts) of [Taling Chan District](/source/Taling_Chan_District) in [Bangkok](/source/Bangkok)'s [Thonburi](/source/Thonburi) side. It is the location of the district office.

## Geography

It is named after [Khlong](/source/Khlong) [Chak Phra](/source/Khlong_Bang_Khun_Si), 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 km2 (0.483 mi2). 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](/source/Arun_Amarin_Subdistrict), [Bang Khun Non](/source/Bang_Khun_Non) and [Bang Khun Si](/source/Bang_Khun_Si_Subdistrict) of [Bangkok Noi](/source/Bangkok_Noi) District, Khuha Sawan of [Phasi Charoen](/source/Phasi_Charoen) District, [Bang Phrom](/source/Bang_Phrom%2C_Bangkok), [Bang Ramat](/source/Bang_Ramat), and Chimphli in its district.[2]

## Transportation

The area is served by the [Bang Ramat Railway Halt](/source/Bang_Ramat_Railway_Halt) of the [State Railway of Thailand](/source/State_Railway_of_Thailand) (SRT), whose [Southern Line](/source/Southern_Line_(Thailand)) passes beside [Taling Chan Floating Market](/source/Taling_Chan_Floating_Market) and Taling Chan District Office.[3]

## Local legend

Khlong Chak Phra has a [local legend](/source/Urban_legend) about a [ghost](/source/Thai_ghost) named *Phi Yai Wan* (ผียายหวาน, "ghost of Mrs. Wan"), a pregnant woman whose story resembles that of the famous [Mae Nak Phra Khanong](/source/Mae_Nak_Phra_Khanong). Like Mae Nak, she reportedly died while pregnant, and her spirit is said to haunt people, especially [tuk-tuk](/source/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 Junction](/source/Taling_Chan_Station) 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](/source/Wat_Champa) in Bang Ramat.[4]

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](/source/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.[5]

## Places of interest

- Taling Chan Floating Market

- Wat Chang Lek

- Wat Taling Chan

- [Wat Paknam Fang Nuea](/source/Wat_Paknam_Fang_Nuea)

- Song Khlong Floating Market[6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Administrative Strategy Division, Strategy and Evaluation Department, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (2021). [สถิติกรุงเทพมหานครประจำปี 2563](https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/upload/user/00000130/BMA_STATISTICS%202563/ebook%2063.pdf) [Bangkok Statistics 2020] (PDF) (in Thai). Retrieved 27 November 2021.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["ข้อมูลแขวงคลองชักพระ เขตตลิ่งชัน กรุงเทพมหานคร"](http://www.thaitambon.com/tambon/101901) [Information of Khlong Chak Phra Subdistrict, Taling Chan District, Bangkok]. *ThaiTambon.com* (in Thai).[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Red Fox (2007-02-02). ["พักเที่ยงริมทางที่...บางระมาด"](http://topicstock.pantip.com/blueplanet/topicstock/2007/02/E5103834/E5103834.html) [Roadside lunch break at ... Bang Ramat]. *[Pantip.com](/source/Pantip.com)* (in Thai).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Thongdaeng, Wityada; Thongpan, Saran (September 2012). *ชุมทางตลิ่งชัน ย่านเก่า [ก่อน] กรุงเทพฯ* [*Taling Chan Junction old neighbourhood [before] Bangkok*] (in Thai). Bangkok: Muang Boran Journal. pp. 112–113. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-974-7727-93-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-974-7727-93-7).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Bugaboo.TV (2020-11-19). ["ผีเล่าผี EP.10 เรื่องสุดหลอน!! เปิดตำนานผียายหวาน"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xopw1CikwO0) [Ghost tell ghost EP.10 the most haunting story!! open the legend of the ghost of Yai Wan] (Video) (in Thai) – via YouTube.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** COMZINE69. ["ตลาดน้ำตลิ่งชัน ใกล้ใจกลางกรุงเทพฯ พร้อมเที่ยวตลาดน้ำตลิ่งชันพาชมบรรยายกาศสองฝั่งคลอง วิถีชีวิตไทย"](https://com2ine.com/travel/taling-chan-floating-market-bangkok/) [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]. *com2ine.com* (in Thai).{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_numeric_names:_authors_list))

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