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'''Wachiraphayaban''' ({{langx|th|วชิรพยาบาล}}) is a ''[[khwaeng]]'' (subdistrict) of [[Dusit District]], in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]].
==History & naming== Most areas of Wachiraphayaban are in [[Samsen]] quarter, Samsen is an area with a long history before the [[History of Bangkok|establishment of]] [[Rattanakosin]] in 1782, since the [[Ayutthaya period]] in the reign of King [[Narai]] this was where the [[Immaculate Conception Church, Bangkok|Immaculate Conception Church]] was located, and the Portuguese community.
Until the early Rattanakosin period, the Christian [[Khmer people|Khmer]]s escape their country to settle here with the royal permission of the King [[Rama I]]. Later in the reign of King [[Rama III]], there were also a group of Christian [[Vietnamese people|Annamese]] settlers here as well, and they built another church, [[St. Francis Xavier Church, Bangkok|St. Francis Xavier Church]]. Thus making Samsen a settlement of both people races, hence the named "Ban Khmer" (บ้านเขมร) and "Ban Yuan" (บ้านญวน—''Yuan'' is old Thai language colloquialism used for Annamese).
Before 1939, then named '''Ban Yuan Samsen'''. ({{lang|th|บ้านญวนสามเสน}})<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=56|issue=ก|pages=877–882|title=พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนนามอำเภอ กิ่งอำเภอและตำบลบางแห่ง พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๒|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2482/A/877.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125113948/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2482/A/877.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 25, 2012|date=1939-09-25|language=Thai}}</ref> [[file:Krung Thon Bridge สะพานกรุงธน (ซังฮี้) by Trisorn Triboon 1111 14.jpg|thumb|left|[[Krung Thon Bridge]], also called ''Sang Hi Bridge'', spans the [[Chao Phraya River]], connecting Wachiraphayaban with the Bang Yi Khan and Bang Phlat subdistricts on the [[Thonburi]] side]] The eponymous [[Vajira Hospital]], the old government hospital since the reign of King [[Rama VI]] on [[Sam Sen|Samsen Road]].
==Geography== Wachiraphayaban can be considered as the western area of the district. It has a total area of 1.074 km<sup>2</sup> (0.415 mi<sup>2</sup>).
The area is bordered by neighbouring subdistricts (from the north clockwise): [[Thanon Nakhon Chai Si]] in its district (Khlong Samsen is a borderline), [[Dusit Subdistrict, Bangkok|Dusit]] in its district (Samsen Road is a borderline), [[Wat Sam Phraya subdistrict|Wat Sam Phraya]] of [[Phra Nakhon]] District ([[Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem]] is a borderline), (across the river) [[Bang Yi Khan]] and Bang Phlat of [[Bang Phlat]] District (midstream of [[Chao Phraya River]] is a borderline).
==Demography== In 2017 it had a total population of 11,267 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/views/showDistrictData.php?statType=1&year=60&rcode=10|publisher=Department of Provincial Administration|title=Population statistics 2017|language=Thai|accessdate=2018-03-20}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{Coord|13|46|50.0|N|100|30|13.6|E|region:TH_type:landmark|display=title}} [[Category:Subdistricts of Bangkok]] [[Category:Dusit district]]
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