Khlong Toei
| Khlong Toei คลองเตย |
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| Province: | Bangkok |
| Surface: | 12.994 km² |
| Residents: | 108,066 (2013) |
| Population density : | 9548.1 E./km² |
| ZIP : | 10110, 10260 |
| Geocode : | 1033 |
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Khlong Toei ( Thai : คลองเตย , " Pandanus Canal") is one of the 50 districts (Khet) in Bangkok , the capital of Thailand .
Khlong Toei is located in the southern part of the city and includes part of Sukhumvit Road . The port of Bangkok is located in Khlong Toei. The district is also known for the largest slum area in Bangkok. The north-west of the district, on the other hand, functions as a central business district in Bangkok. This is where the Thai Stock Exchange , Queen Sirikit Convention Center , banks, hotels and shopping centers are located.
geography
Khlong Toei is bounded in the north by Sukhumvit Road, in the east by a straight extension of Sukhumvit Soi 52 down to the Mae Nam Chao Phraya ( Chao Phraya River ), in the south by the Chao Phraya itself and in the west by Tang Duang Ta Ruea - Din Daeng ”( expressway from the port to Din Daeng ).
The neighboring districts are clockwise from the north: Watthana , Phra Khanong , on the other bank of Mae Nam Chao Phraya Amphoe Phra Pradaeng , which is part of Samut Prakan Province , Yan Nawa , Sathon and Pathum Wan .
history
The district was formerly part of Phra Khanong and was established on November 9, 1989 as a new district. Originally, Khlong Toei consisted of six sub-districts , but three of them were incorporated into the new Watthana district on March 8, 1998 .
The Khlong Toei area has a long history dating back to the 9th century when the first port was built here. The associated town was called Mueang Pak Nam Phra Pradaeng ( เมือง ปากน้ำ พระประแดง ), opposite the Amphoe Phra Pradaeng . Khlong Thanon Trong ( คลอง ถนน ตรง ) was a canal on the one hand, and a parallel road on the other, which was built around 1857 under King Mongkut (Rama IV). Later the channel was called Khlong Toei and on the lower reaches Khlong Hua Lamphong.
The street was renamed in 1919 by King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) in Thanon Phra Ram 4 ("Rama IV Street"). In 1947 a large part of the canal was filled in to make room for the expansion of Rama IV Street.
port
The port of Khlong Toei ( Khlong Toei Port ), also known as the port of Bangkok ( Bangkok Port ) (position: 13 ° 42 ′ 25 ″ N , 100 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ E ), was Thailand's only cargo seaport for a long time . Its construction began in 1938 and lasted until the end of World War II.
The port is located on the Chao Phraya, not far from the Gulf of Thailand . But because of its limited capacity and massive traffic jams caused by semi-trailers in the area, almost all freight has been outsourced to the port in Laem Chabang ( Si Racha district , Chonburi province ) since it opened in July 1991 .
Informal settlements
The largest marginal settlement area (“slum”) in Bangkok and one of the largest in Asia is located near the port, south of Rama IV Street and on the site of the Port Authority of Thailand . Illegally precarious dwellings have been built here since the 1950s due to the port's great demand for cheap labor. According to an official census in the 1990s, over 70,000, but now probably up to 120,000 people live there. The teacher Prateep Ungsongtham Hata , who was born and grew up in the slum of Khlong Toei, has been committed since 1968 to improving the living conditions of the residents of this slum and in particular to the education of their children. She is known as the "Slum Angel" or the "Angel of Khlong Toei". In 1972 the port administration threatened to evict the residents in order to expand the port facilities. However, the Prateeps protest drew public attention to the matter and the authorities were forced to give those affected a different part of their property for settlement.
Attractions
- Thanon Sukhumvit (Sukhumvit Street) - the western part of the street is part of the Khlong Toei district and is home to numerous hotels, shops and restaurants. For example, one of the district's shopping centers is The Emporium .
- Queen Sirikit Convention Center - trade fair and exhibition center that is used all year round. The area is connected to the Bangkok Metro with a station of the same name. An idyllic park has recently opened here, the Benjakitti Park, with a large lake that previously belonged to the state tobacco factory.
- Benjakitti Park - recently opened park with a large lake next to the Convention Center. The site used to belong to Tobacco Monopoly, the government's cigarette factory.
- Benjasiri Park - another fairly new park. It was established in honor of Queen Sirikit's 60th birthday . It is located next to The Emporium Shopping Center
- Chuwit Park - the newest park in the district. It was set up by Chuwit Kamolvisit (owner of numerous massage parlors, now a politician) on a piece of his own land, which is about 2400 m² in size and is worth about 1250 million Baht. The park opened in December 2005 and is located on Soi 10 on Sukhumvit Road.
traffic
The Bangkok Skytrain (BTS) has numerous stations along Sukhumvit Road, among them in Khlong Toei: Nana, Asok (with transfer to the subway), Phrom Phong, Thong Lo, Ekkamai, Phra Khanong and On Nut, the terminus.
The Bangkok subway ( Bangkok Metro ) has the following stations: Khlong Toei, Queen Sirikit Convention Center and Sukhumvit (you can change to the Skytrain).
The bus station for all buses going east ( Trat , Rayong , Chon Buri ) is opposite the junction of Ekkamai Road ( Sukhumvit Soi 63 ) and near the Ekkamai BTS station.
education
The private University of Bangkok is located in Khlong Toei .
administration
The district is divided into three sub-districts ( Khwaeng ):
| No. | Name Khwaeng | Thai | Pop. |
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| 1. | Khlong Toei | คลองเตย | 72,350 |
| 2. | Khlong Tan | คลองตัน | 11,787 |
| 3. | Phra Khanong | พระโขนง | 23,929 |
literature
Two novels by Christopher G. Moore , translated into German, are set in and around Khlong Toei:
- House of Spirits . Zurich 2000
- Nana Plaza . Zurich 2001
Individual evidence
- ^ Marc Askew: Bangkok. Place, practice and representation. Routledge, 2002, section “Genealogy of the slum. Pragmatism, politics and locality. ”Pp. 139–169.
- ↑ Ross King, Kim Dovey: Reading the Bangkok slum. In: Slum Tourism. Poverty, power and ethics. Routledge, 2012, pp. 164-166.
- ↑ Benchasiri Park ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Website of the BMA, Public Park Office (in English)
- ↑ 2013 population statistics ( Thai ) Department of Provincial Administration. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
Web links
- Khlong Toei District Office (in Thai)
- Meike Fries: From the slum to the university and back. In: Zeit Online , September 22, 2011.
Coordinates: 13 ° 42 ' N , 100 ° 35' O .