Siri Rat subdistrict

{{travelguide|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox settlement  | official_name = Siri Rat | native_name = ศิริราช | settlement_type = [[Khwaeng]] | coordinates = | motto = | image_map = {{#property:P242}} | map_caption = Location in [[Bangkok Noi District]] | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Thailand}} | subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Bangkok]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Amphoe|Khet]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Bangkok Noi District|Bangkok Noi]] | established_title = | established_date =  | area_total_km2 = 1.258 | 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}}</ref> | area_water_km2 =  | population_as_of = 2020 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 13458 | 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 = Siriraj_Hospital,Bangkok.jpg | caption = [[Siriraj hospital]] }} '''Siri Rat''' (also spelled '''Siriraj''', {{langx|th|ศิริราช}}) is one of the 180 sub-districts (''[[khwaeng]]'') of [[Bangkok]], Thailand, covering the area around [[Siriraj Hospital]], located on the southern rim of [[Khlong]] (canal) [[Bangkok Noi Canal|Bangkok Noi]] mouth to the western bank of the [[Chao Phraya River]] in [[Bangkok Noi District]]. It is also named for the road intersection of Thanon (Road) Arun Ammarin and Thanon Wang Lang at the front of the hospital.

== Attractions == {{multiple image | direction = vertical | width = 250 | align =left | image1 =National Museum of Royal Barges sign.JPG

| alt1 = | caption1 =Sigh of National Museum of Royal Barges by the Khlong Bangkok Noi

| image2 = Street food at Wang Lung.jpg

| alt2 = | caption2 =The atmosphere of [[Street food of Thailand|street food]] stalls along Wang Lang Road, part of Wang Lang Market near Siriraj Hospital and Wang Lang Pier }} The area is also included into [[Rattanakosin Island]] historical area as it used to be [[Thon Buri]] downtown (formerly capital of [[Thailand]] around 1768-1782). The major features in Siri Rat are the [[Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University]], the oldest government hospital and the largest medical institution of Thailand, [[Wang Lang Market|Wang Lang ladies market]] and [[Wat Rakhang]], ''Temple of the Bell'', the major temple with many exquisite fine arts. Outside the area just the northern rim of Khlong Bangkok Noi, there is also the [[Royal Barges National Museum|National Museum of]] [[Thailand's Royal Barge Procession|Royal Barge]], where 8 important barges are preserved and displayed.

== Transportation == === Boat === [[Wanglang (Siri Rat) Pier|Wang Lang or Siri Rat Pier]] is the main pier for the area, consists of the ferry crossing-river boat service to [[Tha Chang Pier|Tha Chang]] and [[Tha Phra Chan]] piers to the [[Grand Palace]], [[Wat Phra Kaew]] and [[Sanam Luang]]; and the [[Chao Phraya Express Boat]] Service to northern suburb at [[Nonthaburi (city)|Nonthaburi]] or Bangkok downtown at [[Si Lom subdistrict|Si Lom]] and [[Sathon]]. Nearby there is also another [[Tha Rot Fai|Rotfai (Railway) Pier]] at the former [[Thon Buri Railway Station]] for the Chao Phraya Express Boat.

=== Bus === There are several bus, public [[tuk-tuk]] or ''[[songthaew]]'' (public passenger pick-up vehicles) services to [[Taling Chan]], [[Bangkok Yai]], [[Charan Sanit Wong Road]] and [[Pinklao]] neighbourhood, and also the river-crossing bus lines through [[Phra Pinklao Bridge]] to [[Sanam Luang]] and [[Ratchadamnoen Road]] at another river side.

=== Railway === There is also [[Bangkok Noi Railway Station]] (or the former Thon Buri railway station), which used to be the southern railway terminal, and became the terminal station of the [[Thailand-Burma Railway|Death Railway]] to [[Kanchanaburi]] built by Japan during [[World War II]].

=== Main roads === * [[Wang Lang Road]] * [[Arun Ammarin Road]] * [[Rotfai Road, Bangkok Noi|Rotfai Road]]

==Electoral Constituency Delimitation== Unlike other areas of Bangkok Noi, in the [[2023 Thai general election|general elections of 2023]] and [[2026 Thai general election|2026]], Siri Rat was included in constituency 32 (while the other sub-districts of Bangkok Noi were in constituency 33) out of the 33 constituencies of Bangkok. Constituency 32 comprised Siri Rat; [[Bangkok Yai District|Bangkok Yai]]; [[Hiran Ruchi]], [[Bang Yi Ruea]], and [[Wat Kanlaya]] sub-districts of [[Thon Buri district|Thon Buri]]; [[Pak Khlong Phasi Charoen]], [[Bang Waek]], [[Bang Chak, Phasi Charoen|Bang Chak]], and [[Khuha Sawan]] sub-districts of [[Phasi Charoen]]; and [[Bang Chueak Nang]] sub-district of [[Taling Chan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thaipbs.or.th/news/content/500548|title=เลือกตั้ง 2569 ศึกชิงเก้าอี้ สส.กทม. เปิดรายชื่อผู้สมัคร 33 เขตเลือกตั้ง |date=2025-12-27|via=Thai PBS|accessdate=2026-03-16|language=thai}}</ref>

The winning parties were the [[Move Forward Party]] and the [[People's Party (Thailand)|People's Party]], respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3063406990750205|via=Facebook|title=Thai elections: Why Bangkok was an outlier|author=CNA|date=2026-02-14|accessdate=2026-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sanook.com/news/8844378/|via=Sanook.com|title=กรุงเทพฯ สีส้ม "ก้าวไกล" กวาด ส.ส. 32 เขต แบ่งเพื่อไทย 1 เขต|date=2023-05-15|accessdate=2026-03-16|language=thai}}</ref>

==See also== * [[Bangkok Noi District]] * [[Siriraj Hospital]]

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[[Category:Subdistricts of Bangkok]] [[Category:Bangkok Noi district]]