Sala Thammasop

{{inline|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox settlement   |official_name = Sala Thammasop |native_name = ศาลาธรรมสพน์ |settlement_type = [[Khwaeng]] | coordinates = |motto = | image_map = {{#property:P242}} | map_caption = Location in [[Thawi Watthana district]]  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name ={{flag|Thailand}} |subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Bangkok]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Districts of Thailand|Khet]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Thawi Watthana district|Thawi Watthana]]  |established_title = |established_date =  |area_total_km2 = 28.698 | 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 = 2020 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 55590 |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 = Phuttamonthon Sai 2 railway halt 04.jpg |caption = [[Phuttamonthon Sai 2 Railway Halt]] in January 2024 }} '''Sala Thammasop''' ({{langx|th|ศาลาธรรมสพน์}}, {{IPA|th|sǎː.lāː tʰām.mā.sòp|pron}}) is a ''[[khwaeng]]'' (sub-district) of [[Bangkok]]'s [[Thawi Watthana district]]. It has an area of 28.698 km<sup>2</sup> (about 11 mi<sup>2</sup>).

==History== The name ''Sala Thammasop'' refers to a 'pavilion for sermons', but in the past it was called ''Sala Tham Sop'' meaning 'funeral pavilion'. King [[Mongkut]] (Rama IV) ordered the digging of the [[Khlong Maha Sawat]] with ''[[Sala (Thai architecture)|salas]]'' (pavilions) along the banks of the canal. There were twin salas for disposing of the bodies of those who died digging the canal. It was called ''Sala Tham Sop''. After [[World War II in Thailand|World War II]], its name was changed to the more pleasant-sounding ''Sala Thammasop''. Another of the salas was ''Salaya'', a sala that housed [[traditional Thai medicine|medical textbooks]]. It became the name of [[Salaya, Thailand|Salaya Subdistrict]] of [[Phutthamonthon District]].

==Places== *[[Sala Thammasop railway station]] *[[Phuttamonthon Sai 2 Railway Halt]] *[[Thongsuk College]] *[[Utthayan Avenue]] *[[Borommaratchachonnani Road]]

==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.bangkok.go.th/thawiwatthana/page/sub/898/%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%8C|title=คลองมหาสวัสดิ์|trans-title=Khlong Maha Sawat|work=Bangkok.go.th|language=thai|accessdate=2019-03-31|archive-date=2019-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331104558/http://www.bangkok.go.th/thawiwatthana/page/sub/898/%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%8C|url-status=dead}} *{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Thaitrainstory/photos/a.617694255025490/798752573586323/?type=1&theater|title=สถานีศาลาธรรมสพน์ ชื่อเพราะไหมครับ|trans-title=Sala Tammasop station, is this name beautiful|date=2016-02-05|language=thai|accessdate=2019-03-31|work=facebook|author=Team Nang Rot Fai Kub Nai Ham Mun}} {{Coord|13|46|55.1|N|100|22|42.5|E|region:TH_type:landmark|display=title}}

[[Category:Thawi Watthana district]] [[Category:Subdistricts of Bangkok]]