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Wat Arun

Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchawaramahawihan or Wat Arun is a in the Bangkok Yai district of , . It is situated on on the west bank of the .
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  • Opening hours: 8:30 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: Buddhist temple in central Bangkok, Thailand
  • Also known as: “Temple of Dawn”, “Temple of the Dawn”, “Wat Arun Ratchavararam”, “Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchawaramahawihan”, and “Wat Arunratchawararam Ratchaworamahawihan”
  • Address: 158 Thanon Wang Doem, กรุงเทพมหานคร, 10600

Places of Interest Nearby

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. is situated 730 metres northeast of Wat Arun.

Castle
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Thonburi Palace, also known in Thai as Phra Racha Wang Derm, is the former royal palace of King Taksin, who ruled the Siamese kingdom of Thonburi following the fall of Ayutthaya in 1767 and up until the establishment of Rattanakosin in 1782. is situated 200 metres southeast of Wat Arun.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kudi Chin and Ban Mo.

Neighborhood
or Kadi Chin, also spelled "Kudee Jeen", etc. is a historic neighbourhood in . It is in Wat Kanlaya Sub-district, Thon Buri District, on the west bank of the , south of Bangkok Yai Canal.

Neighborhood
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is the name of a street and its corresponding neighbourhood in 's Wang Burapha Phirom Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District. It is located just outside the old inner moat in the historic area.

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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.

Wat Arun

Latitude
13.74382° or 13° 44′ 38″ north
Longitude
100.48849° or 100° 29′ 19″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
7P52PFVQ+G9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23481741
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­religious
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
1621012
Wiki­data ID
Q724970
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Wu Chinese—“Wat Arun” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Wat Arun”
  • Bulgarian: “Уат Арун”
  • Burmese: “အရုဏရာဇဝရာရာမ ရာဇဝရမဟာဝိဟာရ”
  • Burmese: “အရုဏ်ကျောင်းတော်”
  • Catalan: “Wat Arun”
  • Central Bikol: “Wat Arun”
  • Chinese: “郑王寺”
  • Chinese: “郑王寺塔”
  • Chinese: “郑王庙”
  • Chinese: “鄭王寺”
  • Chinese: “鄭王廟”
  • Chinese: “黎明寺”
  • Danish: “Wat Arun”
  • Dutch: “Wat Arun”
  • Finnish: “Wat Arun”
  • French: “Wat Arun”
  • German: “Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchaworamaha Wihan”
  • German: “Wat Arun”
  • Hebrew: “ואט ארון”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש השחר”
  • Hindi: “वाट अरुण”
  • Hungarian: “Vat Arun”
  • Indonesian: “Candi Fajar”
  • Indonesian: “Wat Arun”
  • Indonesian: “Wat Arunratchawararam Ratchaworamahavihara”
  • Indonesian: “วัดอรุณ”
  • Indonesian: “วัดอรุณราชวรารามราชวรมหาวิหาร”
  • Italian: “Wat Arun Ratchavararam”
  • Italian: “Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchawaramahawihan”
  • Italian: “Wat Arun”
  • Japanese: “ワット・アルン”
  • Japanese: “ワット･アルン”
  • Japanese: “ワット・アルンラーチャワラーラーム”
  • Japanese: “暁の寺”
  • Khmer: “វត្តអរុណ”
  • Korean: “새벽사원”
  • Korean: “아룬 사원”
  • Korean: “왓 아룬”
  • Lao: “ວັດອະຣຸນຣາດຊະວະຣາຣາມ”
  • Latvian: “Vataruns”
  • Macedonian: “Ват Арун”
  • Malayalam: “വാട്ട് അരുൺ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wat Arun”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wat Arun”
  • Norwegian: “Wat Arun”
  • Persian: “وات آرون”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Świtu”
  • Polish: “Wat Arun”
  • Portuguese: “Wat Arun”
  • Russian: “Ват Арун”
  • Russian: “Ват-Арун”
  • Sicilian: “Wat Arun”
  • Slovenian: “Wat Arun”
  • Spanish: “Templo del Amanecer”
  • Spanish: “Wat Arun”
  • Swedish: “Wat Arun”
  • Tagalog: “Wat Arun”
  • Tamil: “வாட் அருண்”
  • Thai: “วัดแจ้ง”
  • Thai: “วัดมะกอก”
  • Thai: “วัดมะกอกนอก”
  • Thai: “วัดอรุณ”
  • Thai: “วัดอรุณราชธาราม”
  • Thai: “วัดอรุณราชวราราม”
  • Thai: “วัดอรุณราชวรารามราชวรมหาวิหาร”
  • Turkish: “Vat Arun”
  • Turkish: “Wat Arun”
  • Ukrainian: “Ват Арун”
  • Urdu: “وات ارون”
  • Vietnamese: “Chùa Bình Minh - Bangkok”
  • Vietnamese: “Đền Bình Minh - Wat Arun”
  • Vietnamese: “Đền Bình Minh”
  • Vietnamese: “Wat Arun”
  • Wu Chinese: “黎明寺”

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