Wat Thep Sirin subdistrict explained

Official Name:Wat Thep Sirin
Native Name:วัดเทพศิรินทร์
Settlement Type:Khwaeng
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Thailand
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Bangkok
Subdivision Type3:Khet
Subdivision Name3:Pom Prap Sattru Phai
Area Total Km2:0.347
Area Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2018
Population Total:6,909
Timezone:ICT
Utc Offset:+7
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Blank Name:TIS 1099

thumb|250px|Tuk-tuk on Krung Kasem Road, passing in front of Debsirin School, one of the oldest boys' schools in the country.

Wat Thep Sirin subdistrict (Thai: วัดเทพศิรินทร์, in Thai pronounced as /wát tʰêːp.sì.rīn/) is a khwaeng (subdistrict) of Pom Prap Sattru Phai district in Bangkok.

History

Wat Deb Sirin (sometimes written as Wat Debsirin), is a royal temple named in honour of Queen Debsirindra, wife of King Mongkut (Rama IV) and mother of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V).

The area originally was known as Suan Mali (สวนมะลิ, 'jasmine garden') and Rong Liang Dek (โรงเลี้ยงเด็ก, 'child care house'). Both of them are tambon in Pom Prap Sattru Phai District, Phra Nakhon Province (now Bangkok).

Rong Liang Dek was the first nursery in Thailand, it was founded in 1890 by Princess Saisavali Bhiromya, the royal consort of King Chulalongkorn, following the loss of her eldest daughter (Princess Nabhachara Chamrassri) at the age of five years to typhoid in 1889. She established the nursery to adopt orphans north of Suan Mali. After it opened, she named all children herself, before whose names she prefixed the word Bun ('good deed').[2]

The nursery was demolished, but its name still appears as a soi ('alleyway') on left side of Bamrung Mueang Road called Soi Rong Liang Dek or Trok Rong Liang Dek and it is in the area of neighbouring Khlong Maha Nak Subdistrict.

In 1940, Suan Mali and Rong Liang Dek were merged with Wat Thep Sirin.[3]

Geography

Wat Thep Sirin borders four subdistricts (from the north clockwise): Khlong Maha Nak (Bamrung Mueang Road is the dividing line), Rong Mueang of Pathum Wan District (Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem is the dividing line), Pom Prap (Luang Road is the boundary), and Ban Bat (Worachak Road is the boundary).

Phlapphla Chai Road runs south from Pom Prap and ends at the junction where it joins with Bamrung Mueang Road.[4]

Places

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/upload/user/00000130/BMA_STATISTICS%202563/ebook%2063.pdf. th:สถิติกรุงเทพมหานครประจำปี 2563. Bangkok Statistics 2020. Administrative Strategy Division, Strategy and Evaluation Department, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration . 2021 . 27 November 2021. th.
  2. Web site: CHN_311_ตรอกโรงเลี้ยงเด็ก. CHN_311 Trok Rong Liang Dek. thai. 2011-05-06. pongsakornlovic. YouTube.
  3. Book: Wirasinchai, Sansani. ชื่อบ้านนามเมืองในกรุงเทพฯ. Names of districts in Bangkok. 2008. Matichon. Bangkok. 9789740202585. 414 . Thai.
  4. Web site: เขตป้อมปราบ. Pom Prap District. thai. Bsa.or.th.