Thon Buri

Thon Buri is one of the 50 districts of , . On the west bank of , it was once part of . Neighboring districts are , , , , , , and .
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  • Type: Locality with 120,000 residents
  • Description: district in Bangkok, Thailand
  • Also known as: “Dhonburi”, “Dhonhuri”, “Thon Buri district”, and “Thonhuri”
  • Historically known as: “Amphoe Thon Buri” and “Changwat Thon Buri”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Khao San Road and Grand Palace.

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is a small road about a block from the Chao Phraya River at the northern side of . Backpackers and budget travellers are drawn here by some of the cheapest accommodation and travel deals in Thailand.

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The is a complex of buildings at the heart of , Thailand. The palace has been the official residence of the Kings of Siam since 1782.

Buddhist temple
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Ratchawararam Ratchawaramahawihan or is a in the Bangkok Yai district of , . It is situated on on the west bank of the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bangkok and Rattanakosin.

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is the capital and largest city of . With a population of over eleven million inhabitants, is by far Thailand's main city, with the urban sprawl comprising nearly half of Thailand's population, and the largest city on the Southeast Asian mainland.

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, also known as Island, is the historic centre of , where most of Bangkok's "must see" sights can be found, including the Grand Palace and Wat Pho.

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is Bangkok's multicultural district, located west of and southeast of . Yaowarat Road is the home of Bangkok's sizeable Chinese community, while those of Indian ethnicity have congregated around Phahurat Road.

Thon Buri

Latitude
13.725° or 13° 43′ 30″ north
Longitude
100.4851° or 100° 29′ 6″ east
Population
120,000
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
7P52PFFP+X2
Geo­Names ID
1605403
Wiki­data ID
Q2305621
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Thon Buri” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منطقة ثون بوري”
  • Basque: “Thon Buri”
  • Bengali: “থনবুরি জেলা”
  • Bishnupriya: “খেত থোন বুরি”
  • Burmese: “ဓနပုရီ”
  • Cebuano: “Khet Thon Buri”
  • Chinese: “吞武里县”
  • Chinese: “吞武里縣”
  • Dutch: “Thonburi”
  • Estonian: “Thonburi”
  • German: “Thon Buri”
  • German: “Thonburi”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Thon Buri”
  • Indonesian: “Thon Buri”
  • Italian: “Thon Buri”
  • Japanese: “トンブリー区”
  • Khmer: “ធនបុរី”
  • Lao: “ເຂດທົນບຸລີ”
  • Macedonian: “Тон Бури”
  • Macedonian: “Тонбури”
  • Northern Sami: “Thonburi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thonburi”
  • Norwegian: “Thonburi”
  • Persian: “تون بوری”
  • Portuguese: “Thon Buri”
  • Russian: “Тхонбури”
  • Scots: “Thon Buri Destrict”
  • Scots: “Thon Buri”
  • Thai: “เขตธนบุรี”
  • Thai: “ธนบุรี”
  • Thai: “ราชคฤห์”
  • Thai: “อำเภอธนบุรี”
  • Thai: “อำเภอราชคฤห์”
  • Ukrainian: “Тхонбурі”
  • Urdu: “تھون بوری ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Thon Buri”
  • Wu Chinese: “Thonburi”
  • Wu Chinese: “吞武里”
  • Wu Chinese: “吞武里区”
  • Wu Chinese: “吞武里區”

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