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Sathon

Sathon or Sathorn, is a district of , , one of fifty into which the city is divided. Situated along the in central Bangkok, Sathorn is home to numerous intergovernmental organizations, foreign embassies, and Southeast Asian offices of multinational corporations.
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  • Type: Suburb with 138,000 residents
  • Description: district in Bangkok, Thailand
  • Also known as: “Sathon district”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lumphini Park and MBK Center.

Park
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, also Lumpini or Lumpinee, is a 360 rai park in , . The park offers rare open public space, trees and playgrounds in the Thai capital and contains an artificial lake where visitors can rent boats.

Shopping center
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, also known by its former name as Mahbunkhrong, is a large in Siam area, , . At eight storeys, the center contains around 2,000 shops, restaurants and service outlets.

Railway station
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Bangkok railway station is a railway station in , the former central passenger terminal in and the former railway hub of . It is in the center of the city in the , and is operated by the State Railway of Thailand.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yaowarat and Phahurat and Siam Square.

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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.

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area is Bangkok's main shopping drag and its BTS Skytrain station is often considered as the centre of the city. This article expands the area to include Ratchaprasong, Phloen Chit Road and Chulalongkorn University.

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is the closest Bangkok gets to Wall Street, with glistening skyscrapers all boasting the names of financial institutions. However, the character of the area changes after nightfall: the small sois between Road and Surawong Road come alive with people who are out for a good time, and Patpong's well-known "red light" district is often a sought-out location.

Sathon

Latitude
13.7214° or 13° 43′ 17″ north
Longitude
100.5305° or 100° 31′ 50″ east
Population
138,000
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
7P52PGCJ+G6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2313566462
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6908643
Wiki­data ID
Q45744
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Sathon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منطقة ستون”
  • Bishnupriya: “খেত সাথোন”
  • Burmese: “သာဒရ”
  • Cebuano: “Khet Sathon”
  • Chinese: “沙吞县”
  • Danish: “Sathon”
  • Dutch: “Sathon”
  • Dutch: “Sathorn”
  • Dutch: “เขตสาทร”
  • Estonian: “Sathon”
  • French: “Khet Sathon”
  • French: “Sathon”
  • German: “Sathon”
  • German: “Sathorn”
  • Indonesian: “Sathon”
  • Italian: “Sathon”
  • Japanese: “サートーン区”
  • Japanese: “サートン区”
  • Khmer: “ស្រុកសាទរ”
  • Korean: “싸톤”
  • Lao: “ເຂດສາທອນ”
  • Northern Sami: “Sathon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sathon”
  • Norwegian: “Sathon”
  • Russian: “Сатон”
  • Spanish: “Sathon”
  • Thai: “เขตสาทร”
  • Thai: “เขตสาธร”
  • Thai: “สาทร”
  • Thai: “อำเภอสาทร”
  • Urdu: “ساتھون ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Sathon”
  • Vietnamese: “Sathorn”
  • Wu Chinese: “Sathorn”
  • Wu Chinese: “沙吞区”
  • Wu Chinese: “沙吞區”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sathon”. Photo: Ahoerstemeier, CC BY-SA 3.0.