{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Khlong San | native_name = คลองสาน | native_name_lang = th | settlement_type = [[List of Districts of Bangkok|Khet]] | image_seal = | image_skyline = Chao Phraya Thonburi bank.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = [[Skyscraper]]s on the Chao Phraya River, Khlong San | image_map = Amphoe 1018.svg | map_caption = Khet location in [[Bangkok]] | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|13|43|49|N|100|30|35|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 = [[Khlong San subdistrict|Khlong San]] | subdivision_type3 = ''[[Khwaeng]]'' | subdivision_name3 = 4 | established_title = District established | established_date = | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_total_km2 = 6.051 | population_total = 73263<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/views/showDistrictData.php?rcode=10&statType=1&year=60|title=Population and House Report for Year 2017|publisher=Department of Provincial Administration, Ministry of Internal Affairs|access-date=2018-04-01|archive-date=2020-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919054929/https://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/views/showDistrictData.php?rcode=10&statType=1&year=60|url-status=dead}} ([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 = 2017 | population_density_km2 = 12107.59 | timezone = [[Time in Thailand|ICT]] | utc_offset = +7 | postal_code_type = [[Postal code]] | postal_code = 10600 | geocode = 1018 | website = | footnotes = }} '''Khlong San''' ({{langx|th|คลองสาน}}, {{IPA|th|kʰlɔ̄ːŋ sǎːn|pron}}) is one of the [[Districts of Bangkok|50 districts]] (''khet'') of [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]. On the west bank of [[Chao Phraya River]], its neighboring districts across the river are (from north clockwise) [[Phra Nakhon]], [[Samphanthawong]], [[Bang Rak district|Bang Rak]], [[Sathon]], and [[Bang Kho Laem]]. On the west side of the river, the only land neighbor is [[Thon Buri district]].
==History== {{Maeklong Railway RDT|collapse=yes}} Khlong San is one of the oldest districts of Bangkok with a long history. Its name comes from a ''[[khlong]]'' (คลอง; lit: canal) that runs through the area, called "Khlong San" or "Khlong Prasan". It starts from the Chao Phraya River and flows toward Khlong Somdet Chao Phraya Ong Noi in front of Wat Phichai Yat, connecting with several other canals such as Khlong Wat Thong Thammachat, Khlong Wat Thong Nopphakhun, and Khlong Lat Ya. All of these were waterways passing through the local orchards. The most famous fruit of Khlong San was ''longkong'' (a type of ''[[langsat]]''). Around 70 to 80 years ago, many of the canals were excavated and replaced by roads such as [[Lat Ya Road|Lat Ya]], Prajadhipok, and Khlong San Roads; now known collectively as Somdet Chao Phraya Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thairath.co.th/content/414991|language=th|work=[[Thai Rath]]|title=ย้อนรอย 103 ปี "คลองสาน"|date=2014-04-07|author=ทีมข่าวกทม.}}</ref>
Khlong San was called, in chronological order, Amphoe Bang Lamphu Lang (บางลำภูล่าง), Amphoe Buppharam (บุปผาราม), and Amphoe Khlong San (since 1916) when it was part of [[Thonburi]] Province. Its status was changed to [[king amphoe]] in 1938 and back to [[amphoe]] again in 1957 due to population changes. It became part of Bangkok after the merging of [[Thonburi]] and [[Phra Nakhon (province)|Phra Nakhon]] Provinces in 1971.
Khlong San was originally the terminus of the [[Maeklong Railway]], but the line was cut back to [[Wongwian Yai]] in 1961 to ease traffic congestion.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pass|first=Mike|title=Thai Steam Today & Yesteryear|url=http://2bangkok.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/2012%20Thai%20Steam%20Today.pdf|work=2Bangkok|access-date=12 March 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514140127/http://2bangkok.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/2012%20Thai%20Steam%20Today.pdf|archive-date=14 May 2012}}</ref>
==Administration== The district is divided into four sub-districts (''[[khwaeng]]''). {|class="wikitable sortable" !No.||Name||Thai||Area<br/>(km<sup>2</sup>)||Map |- |{{center|1.}}||[[Somdet Chao Phraya subdistrict|Somdet Chao Phraya]]||{{lang|th|สมเด็จเจ้าพระยา}}||<div align="right">1.317</div>||rowspan=5|[[File:Khwaeng 1018.png|150px|Map]] |- |{{center|2.}}||[[Khlong San subdistrict|Khlong San]]||{{lang|th|คลองสาน}}||<div align="right">0.727</div> |- |{{center|3.}}||[[Bang Lamphu Lang]]||{{lang|th|บางลำภูล่าง}}||<div align="right">2.234</div> |- |{{center|4.}}||[[Khlong Ton Sai]]||{{lang|th|คลองต้นไทร}}||<div align="right">1.773</div> |- !colspan=3|Total||<div align="right">6.051</div> |}
==Places== [[File:Iconsiam tallest building Bangkok under construction.jpg|thumb|Magnolias Waterfront Residences at ICONSIAM, the tallest building in Bangkok]]
* King [[Taksin]] Monument and [[Wongwian Yai]] (วงเวียนใหญ่) * [[Wat Anongkharam]] (วัดอนงคาราม) * [[Wat Sawettachat]] (วัดเศวตฉัตร) * [[Wat Phichai Yat]] (วัดพิชัยญาติ) * [[Wat Thong Thammachat]] (วัดทองธรรมชาติ) * [[Wat Thong Nopphakhun]] (วัดทองนพคุณ) * [[PLATF@RM]] (แพลตฟอร์ม) * [[Princess Mother Memorial Park]] (อุทยานสมเด็จพระศรีนครินทร์) and [[Thang Nguan Hah Vintage House]] (เก๋งจีนทั้งง่วนฮะ) with [[Gong Wu Shrine|Guan Yu Shrine]] (ศาลเจ้ากวนอู) * [[Wang Li House]] (บ้านหวั่งหลี) and [[Lhong 1919]] (ล้ง 1919) with Mazu Shrine (ศาลเจ้าแม่ทับทิมคลองสาน) * [[Tha Din Daeng, Bangkok|Tha Din Daeng]] (ท่าดินแดง) * [[Fortifications of Bangkok#1852 forts|Pong Patchamit Fort]] (ป้อมป้องปัจจามิตร) * [[ICONSIAM]] (ไอคอนสยาม) * [[Sinn Sathorn Tower]] (สินสาธรทาวเวอร์) * Saichol Mansion (Residential Tower)
==Transportation== * Wongwian Yai is a major bus hub on the west side of the [[Chao Phraya River]]. * The district is served by stations on two rapid transit lines: ** [[Silom Line]]: [[Krung Thon Buri BTS station]] and [[Wongwian Yai BTS station]] ** [[Gold Line (Bangkok)]]: [[Krung Thon Buri BTS station]], [[Charoen Nakorn station]] and [[Khlong San station]]
== Health == * [[Taksin Hospital]], [[Bangkok Metropolitan Administration]] * [[Somdet Chaopraya Institute of Psychiatry]], Department of Mental Health, [[Ministry of Public Health (Thailand)|Ministry of Public Health]]
==Notable people== *[[Srinagarindra]] – mother of King [[Ananda Mahidol]] (Rama VIII) and King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] (Rama IX)
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Thadindaeng7247.jpg|''Mae ka'' (แม่ค้า; female trader in Thai) is cooking ''[[Khanom buang]]'' at Tha Din Daeng File:ป้อมป้องปัจจามิตร เขตคลองสาน กรุงเทพมหานคร (9).jpg|Pong Patchamit Fort File:Bkksuansomdetya090527a.jpg|Inside Princess Mother Memorial Park File:Lad Ya road.jpg|Lat Ya Road sign File:Watpichayart.jpg|[[Prang (architecture)|Phra Prang]], [[Wat Phichai Yat]] File:BTSKrungThonBuriStationB.jpg|Krung Thon Buri Road from Krung Thon Buri BTS Station File:201701 Wongwian Yai Station.jpg|Wongwian Yai BTS Station File:Chinese Architecture near Chao Phraya River.JPG|Pagoda, Chee Chin Khor Foundation, a historic [[Chinese temple]] File:วงเวียนใหญ่ 2.jpg|King Taksin Monument at [[Wongwian Yai]], the left background is Khlong San File:วงเวียนใหญ่ (5).jpg|Wongwian Yai at night as seen from Khlong San area </gallery>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310230557/http://www.bma.go.th/bmaeng/khlongsan/ BMA website with landmarks of Khlong San] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060327044844/http://203.155.220.217/klongsarn/ Khlong San district office] (Thai)
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