Wat Ko
Wat Ko is a Buddhist temple of over 320 years old in the area of Bang Chueak Nang Subdistrict, Taling Chan District, Bangkok. The temple was built during the late Ayutthaya period, but the exact builder name is unknown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: กสิณธร ราชโอรส, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand
- Also known as: “Wat Ko, Bangkok”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wat Pak Nam Fang Tai and Wat Pak Nam Fang Nuea.
Wat Pak Nam Fang Tai
Buddhist temple
Photo: Phoebus 28, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wat Pak Nam Fang Tai is a Thai Buddhist temple in Bangkok. It is an ancient private temple built since the Ayutthaya period. Its history is unclear, assumed to be built around 1827 or 1880, and received wis̄ungkhāms̄īmā in the year 1882. Wat Pak Nam Fang Tai is situated 310 metres east of Wat Ko.
Wat Pak Nam Fang Nuea
Buddhist temple
Wat Pak Nam Fang Nuea is an old Thai Buddhist temple in Bangkok. It is a twin monastery of Wat Pak Nam Fang Tai, standing on the opposite bank of Khlong Bang Chueak Nang. Wat Pak Nam Fang Nuea is situated 360 metres northeast of Wat Ko.
Wat Tano
Buddhist temple
Photo: Dharmadana, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wat Tano is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 550 metres south of Wat Ko.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sirirat and Thonburi.
Sirirat
Quarter
Siri Rat is one of the 180 sub-districts of Bangkok, Thailand, covering the area around Siriraj Hospital, located on the southern rim of Khlong Bangkok Noi mouth to the western bank of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok Noi District. Sirirat is situated 3½ km northeast of Wat Ko.
Thonburi
Photo: mikebehnken, CC BY 2.0.
Thonburi is a vast district that consists of the entire west bank of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. After the sack of Ayutthaya in 1767, General Phraya Taksin made Thonburi the new capital of Siam for a brief period of time.
Wat Kanlaya
Quarter
Wat Kanlaya is a khwaeng of Thon Buri District, Bangkok's Thonburi side, regarded as the northeast area of the district adjacent to the Chao Phraya River's west side. Wat Kanlaya is situated 4 km east of Wat Ko.
Wat Ko
- Categories: wat, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Bang Chueak Nang, Taling Chan, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
13.74307° or 13° 44′ 35″ northLongitude
100.45631° or 100° 27′ 23″ eastElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
7P52PFV4+6GOpenStreetMap ID
way 379200885OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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In Other Languages
From German to Thai—“Wat Ko” goes by many names.
- German: “Wat Ko”
- Thai: “วัดเกาะ”
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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 Ko”. Photo: กสิณธร ราชโอรส, CC BY-SA 4.0.