Official Name: | Khlong Chan |
Native Name: | คลองจั่น |
Settlement Type: | Khwaeng |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Bangkok |
Subdivision Type3: | Khet |
Subdivision Name3: | Bang Kapi |
Area Total Km2: | 12.062 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 76934 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Blank Name: | TIS 1099 |
thumb|350px|The Mall Bangkapi also known as The Mall 8 Bangkapi
Khlong Chan (th|คลองจั่น, pronounced as /th/) is a neighbourhood in Bangkok, also a khwaeng (sub-district) of Bang Kapi District, Bangkok.
Khlong Chan is the name of a tributary of Khlong Saen Saep canal. The longest khlong (canal) in Thailand that flows from the downtown Bangkok to the eastern part at province of Chachoengsao which flows through the area of Bang Kapi.
The name Khlong Chan means a canal filled with chan (Millettia brandisiana) trees. Because this area in the past there were chan plants lined on both sides of the canal.
Khlong Chan is an area in the southeast of Bangkok and is the northern part of Bang Kapi District.
The area bounded by other areas (from the north clockwise): Nawamin in Bueng Kum District, Khlong Kum in Bueng Kum District, Hua Mak in its district, Phlabphla in Wang Thonglang District, and Wang Thonglang in Wang Thonglang District, with Lat Phrao in Lat Phrao District.[2] [3]