Phaya Thai District
Phaya Thai ( Thai: พญาไท ) is one of the 50 districts (Khet ) of Bangkok, capital of Thailand. Phaya Thai is a northern downtown district on either side of Phahonyothin Road.
Phaya Thai also means one of the major roads in Bangkok ( Thanon Phaya Thai ) and a station of the Bangkok Skytrain ( Sathani Phaya Thai ), both of which are, however, now in the neighboring district Ratchathewi.
Geography
Phaya Thai is bounded on the north by Khlong Bang Sue, in the east of the Wiphawadi Rangsit Highway, in the south of Khlong Sam Sen and to the west of the railway line that runs from Hua Lamphong Train Station via the train station of Bang Sue to the whole of Thailand.
History
The Phaya Thai district was created in 1966, with one united parts of Dusit and Bang Kapi. The district is named after the Phaya Thai Road. Since then, the district has undergone many changes. 1973, the District Huai Khwang of Phaya Thai was cleaved. In 1978, the boundaries between Huai Khwang, Phaya Thai and Bang Kapi were adjusted to obtain a uniform distribution of population.
In 1989, the district Ratchathewi was created, which was formed from the southern area of the old Phaya Thai district. Finally, Phaya Thai had to give up the eastern sub-districts to the newly created Din Daeng District, so that today only a sub-district, Sam Sen Nai, is left.
The various changes today is the Phaya Thai Road and the Skytrain station no longer in Phaya Thai district, but in Ratchathewi and Pathum Wan.
Attractions
A large part of the eastern area occupied by the Royal Thai Army, which maintains an army Stadium and a radio and television station ( Thai TV5 ) here.
Numerous buildings of the government are located in the Phaya Thai:
- Government Savings Bank ( ธนาคารออมสิน )
- The Ministry of Finance
- The Ministry of Nature and Environment Inventories
- The Thailand Research Fund
More recently, the Philatelic Museum is reopened after extensive renovation. It is located behind the post office Samsen Nai at Saphan Kwai ( สะพานควาย Buffalo Bridge ).
The residential areas tend to be concentrated in the region Saphan Kwai with many shops, homes and a Big C shopping center.
The only Buddhist temple ( wat ) in the district is the Wat Phai Tan ( วัด ไผ่ ตัน ).
Traffic
In the Phaya Thai district of Bangkok Skytrain stations are three: Sanam Pao Saphan Kwai and Ari. The Bang Sue station of Bangkok Metro is located in the far northwest of the district.
Management
The district has only one sub-district ( Kwaeng ):