Wat Chalong
The most important of the 29 buddhist temples of Phuket is Wat Chalong or officially Wat Chaiyathararam, located in the Chalong Subdistrict, Mueang Phuket District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Buddhist temple
- Denomination: Theravada
- Description: Buddhist temple in Phuket Province, Thailand
- Also known as: “Wat Chaithararam” and “Wat Chaiyathararam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Phuket Big Buddha.
Phuket Big Buddha
Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Phuket Big Buddha, or The Great Buddha of Phuket, is a seated Maravija Buddha statue in Phuket, Thailand. The official name is Phra Phutta Ming Mongkol Eknakiri, shortened to Ming Mongkol Buddha. Phuket Big Buddha is situated 3½ km southwest of Wat Chalong.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kata and Patong.
Kata
Neighborhood
Photo: ADwarf, Public domain.
Hat Kata Noi is a beach on the southwest side of the island of Phuket in Thailand. It is adjacent to Kata Beach to the south. The beach is bordered to the north by the Mon Tri's Villa Royale Resort, and most of the beachfront is occupied by the resort of Kata Thani. Kata is situated 6 km southwest of Wat Chalong.
Patong
Photo: Rene Ehrhardt, CC BY 2.0.
Patong is the largest beach resort on the island of Phuket. Patong is a party capital of Asia, with famous nightlife and a great beach. This article also includes Kalim, a series of small beaches just north of Patong.
Phuket Town
Phuket is a city in the southeast of Phuket Island, Thailand, and the capital of Phuket province. As of 2024 the city municipality had a population of 71,284 and an urban population of 252,515 in the entire district of Amphoe Mueang.
Wat Chalong
- Categories: wat, tourism, tourist attraction, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Chalong, Mueang Phuket, Phuket, Southern Thailand, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
7.84625° or 7° 50′ 47″ northLongitude
98.3371° or 98° 20′ 14″ eastElevation
16 metres (52 feet)Open location code
6MVWR8WP+GROpenStreetMap ID
way 242673271OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=theravada
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Wat Chalong” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “庆祖庙”
- Chinese: “查龍寺”
- Chinese: “查龙寺”
- Dutch: “Wat Chalong”
- French: “Wat Chalong”
- German: “Wat Chaiyathararam”
- German: “Wat Chalong”
- Russian: “Ват Чалонг”
- Russian: “Храм Чалонг”
- Thai: “วัดฉลอง”
- Thai: “วัดไชยธาราราม”
- Vietnamese: “Wat Chalong”
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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 “Wat Chalong”. Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 4.0.