{{redirect|Suan Luang|the neighbourhood in Pathum Wan district|Banthat Thong Road#Suan Luang}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Suan Luang | native_name = สวนหลวง | native_name_lang = th | settlement_type = [[List of districts of Bangkok|District]] | image_skyline = Shrinetomaenak.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Outer perimeter of the shrine to Mae Nak Phra Khanong at Wat Mahabut. | image_map = Amphoe 1034.svg | map_caption = District location in [[Bangkok]] | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|13|43|49|N|100|39|5|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 = [[Phatthanakan Subdistrict|Phatthanakan]] | subdivision_type3 = ''[[Khwaeng]]'' | subdivision_name3 = 3 | established_title = District established | established_date = 14 January 1994 | leader_title = | leader_name = | etymology = Royal Garden | area_total_km2 = 23.678 | population_total = 122,534<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 (see page 2 for data of this district)|publisher=Department of Provincial Administration, Ministry of Internal Affairs|accessdate=2018-04-01}} ([http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/ Search page])</ref> | population_as_of = 2017 | population_density_km2 = 5,175.01 | timezone = [[Time in Thailand|ICT]] | utc_offset = +7 | postal_code_type = [[Postal code]] | postal_code = 10250 | geocode = 1034 | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Suan Luang''' ({{langx|th|สวนหลวง}}, {{IPA|th|sǔan lǔaŋ|pron}}) is one of the [[Districts of Bangkok|50 districts]] (''khet'') of [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]. It is bounded by other Bangkok districts (from north clockwise): [[Bang Kapi district|Bang Kapi]], [[Saphan Sung district|Saphan Sung]], [[Prawet district|Prawet]], [[Phra Khanong district|Phra Khanong]], and [[Watthana district|Watthana]].
==History== Suan Luang was a sub-district of Phra Khanong District. When Phra Khanong district was split into smaller districts on 9 November 1989, Suan Luang became part of the new Prawet District. On 14 January 1994 (following its announcement on 8 October 1993) Suan Luang was elevated to a district, merging the area once belonging to Suan Luang Sub-district with additional land from Prawet and Khlong Toei. Suan Luang Sub-district remained the only sub-district until 2017, when the two new sub-districts of On Nut and Phatthanakan were created.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=31 August 2017|title=ประกาศกรุงเทพมหานคร เรื่อง เปลี่ยนแปลงพื้นที่แขวงสวนหลวง และตั้งแขวงอ่อนนุช แขวงพัฒนาการ เขตสวนหลวง|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2560/E/215/44.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902055910/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2560/E/215/44.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 2, 2017|journal=[[Royal Thai Government Gazette]]|language=th|volume=134|pages=44}}</ref>
Its name literally translates to "royal garden," named after a sub-district in the area that once existed during the early [[Rattanakosin era]] (18th century).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.matichon.co.th/columnists/news_1791340|work=Matichon|language=thai|date=2019-12-08|accessdate=2023-12-16|title=เขตสวนหลวง ร.9|first1=Bundit |last1=Chulasai|first2=Ratchada|last2= Chotpanit}}</ref>
==Administration== The district has three sub-districts (''[[khwaeng]]''). {|class="wikitable sortable" !No.||Name||Thai||Area<br/>(km<sup>2</sup>)||Map |- |{{center|1.}}||[[Suan Luang subdistrict, Bangkok|Suan Luang]]||{{lang|th|สวนหลวง}}||<div align="right">9.251</div>||rowspan=4|[[File:Khwaeng 1034.png|150px|Map]] |- |{{center|2.}}||[[On Nut Subdistrict|On Nut]]||{{lang|th|อ่อนนุช}}||<div align="right">5.894</div> |- |{{center|3.}}||[[Phatthanakan Subdistrict|Phatthanakan]]||{{lang|th|พัฒนาการ}}||<div align="right">8.533</div> |- !colspan=3|Total||<div align="right">23.678</div> |}
==Places== [[File:Hua Mak Railway Station.JPG|250px|thumbnail|left|[[Hua Mak Railway Station]]]] * Wat Maha But is well known for its [[Mae Naak|Mae Nak]] shrine. Numerous works of fiction and films including ''[[Nang Nak]]'' were influenced by Mae Nak.<ref name="BP-20190726">{{cite news |last1=Rithdee |first1=Kong |title=''Nam Nak'' at 20 |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/social-and-lifestyle/1719095/nang-nak-at-20 |accessdate=26 July 2019 |work=Bangkok Post |date=26 July 2019}}</ref>
==Education== {{expand section|date=March 2013}} *[[St. Mark's International School Bangkok]] is in the district.<ref>"[http://www.stmarks.ac.th/contact.php Contact]." [[St. Mark's International School Bangkok]]. Retrieved on 6 Mar 2013.</ref> *[[Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology]] *[[Triam Udom Suksa Pattanakarn School]] *[[Asokwit Onnut School]]
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==External links== {{Portal|Thailand}} * [http://www.bangkok.go.th/suanluang Suan Luang district office] (Thai only) * [http://bangkoklibrary.com/content/569-suan-luang-district-bangkok Planning Department maps of Suan Luang District]
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