Wat Sommanat subdistrict

{{Infobox settlement   |official_name = Wat Sommanat |native_name = วัดโสมนัส |settlement_type = [[Khwaeng]] | coordinates = |motto = | image_skyline = Bkkwatsomanat050621a.jpg |image_caption = The eponymous Wat Sommanat Wihan | image_map = {{#property:P242}} | map_caption = Location in [[Pom Prap Sattru Phai District]]  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Thailand |subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Bangkok]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Amphoe|Khet]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Pom Prap Sattru Phai District|Pom Prap Sattru Phai]]  |established_title = |established_date =  |area_total_km2 = 0.350 |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 = 2019 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 6672 |population_density_km2 =  |timezone = [[Time in Thailand|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 = }} [[file:Muay Thai match at Rajadamnern Stadium 2007-05-20 9.JPG|thumb|250px|[[Muay Thai]] bout at Rajadamnern Boxing Stadium]] '''Wat Sommanat''' ({{langx|th|วัดโสมนัส}}, {{IPA|th|wát sǒːm.mā.nát|pron}}) is a ''[[khwaeng]]'' (sub-district) in [[Pom Prap Sattru Phai]] District, Bangkok.

==Description & topography== Wat Sommanat is named after [[Wat Sommanat Wihan]], a local [[wat|Buddhist temple]] that faces [[Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem]] canal. The area is considered as the northernmost part of the district, with a total area of 0.350 [[kilometer square|km<sup>2</sup>]] (0.135 [[square mile|mi<sup>2</sup>]]).

The sub-district bordered by other areas (from the north clockwise): [[Dusit Subdistrict, Bangkok|Dusit]] and [[Suan Chitlada Subdistrict|Suan Chitlada]] in [[Dusit District]] (Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem is a borderline), [[Si Yaek Maha Nak]] in Dusit District (Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem is a borderline), [[Khlong Maha Nak Subdistrict|Khlong Maha Nak]] and [[Ban Bat]] in its district ([[Lan Luang Road]] is a borderline), and [[Ban Phan Thom]] with [[Bang khun Phrom]] in [[Phra Nakhon]] District (Outer [[Ratchadamnoen Avenue]] is a borderline).

It can also be divided into five communities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bangkok.go.th/pomprapsattruphai/page/sub/2507|work=Bangkok.go.th|language=thai|title=สำนักงานเขตป้อมปราบศัตรูพ่าย|trans-title=Pom Prap Sattru Phai District}}</ref>

''Nang Loeng'' is another name for the area.

==Population== In 2019, it had a total population of 6,672 people.<ref name="รายงานสถิติจำนวนประชากรและบ้าน">กรมการปกครอง. กระทรวงมหาดไทย. "รายงานสถิติจำนวนประชากรและบ้าน ประจำปี พ.ศ. 2562." [ออนไลน์]. เข้าถึงได้จาก: http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/views/showZoneData.php?rcode=1008&statType=1&year=62 2563. สืบค้น 29 พฤษภาคม 2563. {{langx|th|ภาษาไทย}}</ref>

==Places== *Pom Prap Sattru Phai Office District *Wat Sommanat Wihan *Wat Sunthorn Thammathan (Wat Khae Nang Loeng) *[[Talat Nang Loeng]] *[[Thewakam Rangrak Bridge]] (shared with Si Yaek Maha Nak and Suan Chitlada of Dusit) *[[Rajadamnern Boxing Stadium]] *[[Ministry of Tourism and Sports (Thailand)|Ministry of Tourism and Sports]] * Nanglerng Police Station *[[King Prajadhipok Museum]] ==Cites== {{reflist}} [[Category:Pom Prap Sattru Phai district]] [[category:Subdistricts of Bangkok]]