{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Khlong Sam Wa | native_name = คลองสามวา | native_name_lang = th | settlement_type = [[List of Districts of Bangkok|Khet]] | image_skyline = Safari World.jpg | image_seal = | image_alt = | image_caption = Dolphin show at Safari World | image_map = Amphoe 1046.svg | map_caption = Khet location in [[Bangkok]] | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|13|51|35|N|100|42|15|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = [[Country]] | subdivision_name = Thailand | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Bangkok]] | subdivision_type2 = Seat | subdivision_name2 = [[Bang Chan, Bangkok|Bang Chan]] | subdivision_type3 = ''[[Khwaeng]]'' | subdivision_name3 = 5 | established_title = Khet established | established_date = 21 November 1997 | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_total_km2 = 110.686 | population_total = 209,120<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/views/showDistrictData.php?rcode=10&statType=1&year=65|title=Population and House Report for Year 2022 (see page 2 for data of this district)|publisher=Department of Provincial Administration, Ministry of Internal Affairs|accessdate=2023-04-01}} ([http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/ Search page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912195945/http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/ |date=2019-09-12 }})</ref> | population_as_of = 2022 | population_density_km2 = 1,889.31 | timezone = [[Time in Thailand|ICT]] | utc_offset = +7 | postal_code_type = [[Postal code]] | postal_code = 10510 | geocode = 1046 | website = | footnotes = }}'''Khlong Sam Wa''' ({{langx|th|คลองสามวา}}, {{IPA|th|kʰlɔ̄ːŋ sǎːm wāː|pron}}) is one of the [[Districts of Bangkok|50 districts]] (''khet'') of [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]. It is bounded by other districts (from north clockwise): [[Lam Luk Ka district]] of [[Pathum Thani province]], [[Nong Chok]], [[Min Buri]], [[Khan Na Yao]], [[Bang Khen]], and [[Sai Mai]] of Bangkok. As of 2022, it had the highest population of all districts in Bangkok.
==History== Khlong Sam Wa was established as a district on 21 November 1997 by splitting from Min Buri. Khlong Sam Wa was the name of an [[amphoe]] (district) in Min Buri and hence the name is used as the district name. In 1947 when the area was still rural, the farming community of Bang Chan was chosen as a centre for [[Thai studies]].<ref name="Sharp">{{cite journal|last1= Sharp| first1 = Lauriston| authorlink1 = Lauriston Sharp|first2=Lucien M.|last2= Hanks|editor= Brian L. Foster.|date=Winter 1983|title= Bang Chan: Social History of a Rural Community in Thailand |journal= [[Ethnohistory (journal)|Ethnohistory]]|volume=30|issue=1|pages=35–36|publisher= Duke University Press|doi=10.2307/481501|jstor= 481501| s2cid = 165570294| url = https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/255/book/58011}}</ref>
The name "Khlong Sam Wa" literally means "a ''[[khlong]]'' (canal) with a width of three ''[[wa (unit)|wa]]''" (about {{convert|5.94|m|ft|1|abbr=on}}. The name comes from a legal classification issued during the reign of King [[Rama V]] in 1891. At that time, any canal with a width of three wa or more was officially referred to as "Khlong Sam Wa." This legal designation later became the origin of the district's name.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.matichon.co.th/article/news_2747792|work=Matichon|date=2021-05-30|accessdate=2022-02-16|title=เขตหนองจอก ลาดกระบัง และคลองสามวา|language=thai|trans-title=Districts of Nong Chok Lat Krabang and Khlong Sam Wa|first1=Bundit |last1=Chulasai|first2=Ratchada|last2=Chotpanit}}</ref>
==Administration== The district is divided into five sub-districts (''[[khwaeng]]''). {|class="wikitable sortable" !No.||Name||Thai||Area<br/>(km<sup>2</sup>)||Map |- |{{center|1.}}||Sam Wa Tawan Tok||{{lang|th|สามวาตะวันตก}}||<div align="right">24.249</div>||rowspan=6|[[File:Khwaeng 1046.png|150px|Map]] |- |{{center|2.}}||Sam Wa Tawan Ok||{{lang|th|สามวาตะวันออก}}||<div align="right">40.574</div> |- |{{center|3.}}||[[Bang Chan, Bangkok|Bang Chan]]||{{lang|th|บางชัน}}||<div align="right">18.644</div> |- |{{center|4.}}||[[Sai Kong Din]]||{{lang|th|ทรายกองดิน}}||<div align="right">11.396</div> |- |{{center|5.}}||[[Sai Kong Din Tai]]||{{lang|th|ทรายกองดินใต้}}||<div align="right">15.823</div> |- !colspan=3|Total||<div align="right">110.686</div> |}
==District council== The district council for Khlong Sam Wa has seven members, who each serve four-year terms. [[2006 Thailand local elections|Elections]] were last held on 30 April 2006. The [[Thai Rak Thai]] Party won seven seats.
==Places== * [[Safari World]] *[[Wari Phirom Park]] *[[Wat Phraya Suren]] and [[Wat Phraya Suren Floating Market]] ===Kip Mu=== ''Kip Mu'' (กีบหมู {{IPA|th|kìːp mǔː|}}, {{lit|pig's hoof}}) is a neighbourhood in Bang Chan sub-district, widely known as a "labour market" because it serves as a gathering place for [[day labour]]ers. Every morning, from around 5:00 a.m. until no later than 9:00 a.m., employers and contractors drive pickup trucks here to hire workers. The workers are available in various trades according to their skills, such as carpenters, painters, plumbers, welders, plasterers, or unskilled labourers. They line up along both sides of the road for almost {{convert|1|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} to be chosen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://themomentum.co/kip-mu-market-labor/|date=2021-01-21|work=The MOMENTUM|title=ชะตากรรมที่สิ้นหวังของ 'แรงงานก่อสร้างตลาดกีบหมู'|trans-title=The hopeless fate of 'labours at Kip Mu market'|language=thai|accessdate=2021-09-06}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.bangkok.go.th/KhlongSamWa BMA website with Khlong Sam Wa landmarks] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827054822/http://www.bangkok.go.th/khlongsamwa/ |date=2017-08-27 }}
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