Official Name: | Khlong Tan Nuea |
Native Name: | คลองตันเหนือ |
Settlement Type: | Khwaeng |
Coordinates: | 13.7424°N 100.5886°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Thailand |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Bangkok |
Subdivision Type3: | Khet |
Subdivision Name3: | Watthana |
Named For: | Khlong Tan |
Area Total Km2: | 7.031 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 49971 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Blank Name: | TIS 1099 |
Khlong Tan Nuea (Thai: คลองตันเหนือ, in Thai pronounced as /kʰlɔ̄ːŋ tān nɯ̌a̯/) is a khwaeng (subdistrict) of Watthana District, in Bangkok, Thailand. In 2020, it had a total population of 49,971 people.[2]
Its name means "North Khlong Tan", according to its direction. Khlong Tan is a tributary on the left side of Khlong Saen Saep, the longest khlong (canal) in Thailand was excavated in the early Rattanakosin period around the reign of King Rama III that flows through this vicinity.
Khlong Saen Saep confluence Khlong Tan in the area like a three way junction. Hence, this vicinity was called Khlong Tan as well.[3]