Official Name: | Khuha Sawan |
Native Name: | คูหาสวรรค์ |
Settlement Type: | Khwaeng |
Coordinates: | 13.7436°N 100.4596°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Bangkok |
Subdivision Type3: | Khet |
Subdivision Name3: | Phasi Charoen |
Area Total Km2: | 0.909 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 6,063 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Blank Name: | TIS 1099 |
Khuha Sawan (th|คูหาสวรรค์, pronounced as /th/) is a khwaeng (subdistrict) of Phasi Charoen District, in Bangkok, Thailand. In 2020, it had a total population of 6,063 people.[2]
Its name Khuha Sawan (lit: "celestial cavern") after a local temple, Wat Khuha Sawan, a historic Buddhist temple, formerly known as Wat Sala Si Na (วัดศาลาสี่หน้า).
It is sort of shaped like a boot with toe not far from the Bang Wa BTS Skytrain and Bang Wa MRT Subway stations. It shares a border with sister subdistrict Pak Khlong Phasi Charoen. Both areas are informally known collectively as "Bang Phai".
Khuha Sawan borders Bang Phrom and Khlong Chak Phra to the north (Khlong Bang Chueak Nang is a borderline), Bang Khun Si and Wat Tha Phra to the east (Khlong Bang Khun Si, Khlong Mon and Khlong Bangkok Yai are the borderlines), Pak Khlong Phasi Charoen to the south (Khlong Bang Chak is a borderline), Bang Chak and Bang Waek to the west.
It has a total area of 0.909 km2 (0.351 sq mi). Regarded as the smallest administrative area of Phasi Charoen District.