Official Name: | Saphan Sung |
Native Name: | สะพานสูง |
Settlement Type: | Khwaeng |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Bangkok |
Subdivision Type3: | Khet |
Subdivision Name3: | Saphan Sung |
Area Total Km2: | 8.147 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 28,213 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Blank Name: | TIS 1099 |
Saphan Sung (th|สะพานสูง, pronounced as /th/) is a khwaeng (subdistrict) of Saphan Sung District, in Bangkok, Thailand. In 2020, it had a total population of 28,213 people.[2]
Saphan Sung is another historical settlement of many Muslim Bangkokians, the area's name means "Tall Bridges." It's believed that the name refers to many tall bridges built across the network of canals that ran through the agriculture farmland of the old days.